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Explosion, gunfire near mayor's office in Mogadishu 22 Jan 2023 - 04:37 pm
Somali security forces hold their positions near the mayor's office following a blast in Mogadishu, Somalia January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
South Africa faces two more years of power outages, Eskom says 22 Jan 2023 - 03:06 pm
Electrical power lines hang from transmission pylons near to the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Lethabo coal-fired power station in Vereeniging, South Africa, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. File Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
At least five injured after blast at mayor's office in Mogadishu: Ambulance worker 22 Jan 2023 - 02:25 pm
Somali policemen prepare to take their positions near the mayor's office following a blast in Mogadishu, Somalia January 22, 2023. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Sudan's prized gum trees ward off drought but workers wither 22 Jan 2023 - 09:49 am
Gum arabic sap pictured on the branch of an acacia tree, in the state-owned Demokaya research forest some 30km east of El-Obeid, the capital city of the central Sudanese wilayet (state) of North Kordofan, on January 9, 2023. (Photo by Ashraf Shazly / AFP)
Zulus commemorate anniversary of epic win over British in South Africa 21 Jan 2023 - 06:53 pm
Amabutho Zulu regiments hold a British flag captured during the reenactment of the Battle of Isandlwana, in Isandlwana on January 21, 2023. The battle, fought on January 22, 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
Tanzania opposition holds first rally since ban lifted 21 Jan 2023 - 05:18 pm
Freeman Mbowe (L), Chairman Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema, flashes a victory sign during party's first political rally after an imposed ban in 2016 was lifted, at Furahisha Grounds in Mwanza, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by MICHAEL JAMSON / AFP)
Nigeria sets date for first census in 17 years 21 Jan 2023 - 04:10 pm
Vehicles drive in traffic gridlock at Ojodu-Berger bus station in Lagos, Nigeria, on October 19, 2022. (AFP/Getty Images)
Anti-French protesters rally in Burkina Faso 20 Jan 2023 - 09:45 pm
A demonstrator holds placards during a protest to support Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on January 20, 2023. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Gabon foreign minister dies after heart attack at cabinet meeting: govt 20 Jan 2023 - 05:11 pm
In this file photo taken on May 19, 2022 Michael Moussa Adamo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon, attends a UN Security Council ministerial debate over international peace and security, conflict and food security at UN headquarters. (Photo by Andrea Renault / AFP)
Sierra Leone passes law reserving 30% of jobs for women 19 Jan 2023 - 10:36 pm
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio arrives for the first day of a European Union- African Union summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, on February 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Senegal opposition leader to run for president despite rape trial 19 Jan 2023 - 07:34 pm
Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was arrested on sexual assault accusations and released on bail under judicial supervision, speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal on March 8, 2021.  File Photo / Reuters
Mali gets more warplanes, helicopters from Russia 19 Jan 2023 - 07:25 pm
File photo: Twitter / @PresidenceMali
Algeria sentences ex-energy minister to 20 years in prison 19 Jan 2023 - 07:17 pm
Chakib Khelil addresses a news conference after the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Oran on April 19, 2010.  File Photo / Reuters
Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity 19 Jan 2023 - 04:57 pm
A health worker preapres a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal on February 23, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Congo police scatter protesters denouncing slow M23 rebel pullback 18 Jan 2023 - 10:20 pm
Congolese police talk to demonstrators calling on authorities to enforce an agreed withdrawal of M23 rebels from occupied territory in the region, within Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti
Tiger euthanised in South Africa after escaping from private home 18 Jan 2023 - 09:27 pm
Members of a local community policing forum search the nearby bushes for Sheba, an eight-year-old tiger that escaped from a nearby farm in the Walkerville area on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa on January 16, 2023 REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
Abducted Burkina women flee jihadist gunmen through bush 18 Jan 2023 - 07:59 pm
A woman pushes a barrel filled with water on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on January 30, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Davos 2023: Egypt sees high demand from investors after currency drop, says minister 18 Jan 2023 - 06:45 pm
General view of hotels, banks and office buildings by the Nile River in Egypt, on September 12, 2022. File Photo / Reuters