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Botswana court upholds ex-president Khama's arrest warrant 13 Jan 2023 - 05:02 pm
File Photo: Botswana's President Ian Khama returns to his seat after giving a speech during the Botswana-South Africa Bi-National Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, November 11, 2016. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)
Crisis-hit Ghana increases public servant salaries by 30% 12 Jan 2023 - 11:19 pm
File Photo: People walk on the street around Kwame Nkrumah circle in Accra, Ghana, December 2, 2016. (REUTERS/Luc Gnago)
No reconciliation without justice: French, German FMs tell Ethiopia 12 Jan 2023 - 10:34 pm
Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed receives German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock (left) and French Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Catherine Colonna (third right) and their delegations at the Prime Minister office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 12, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP)
Somali leader urges people to flush out Al-Shabaab 'bedbugs' 12 Jan 2023 - 09:52 pm
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (centre) gestures as he attends a rally against the Al-Shabaab jihadist group in Mogadishu on January 12, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP)
Nine killed in mosque attack in Burkina Faso 12 Jan 2023 - 06:47 pm
A displaced boy, who fled with others from his village in northern Burkina Faso following attacks by assailants, poses at a school on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on June 15, 2019.  File Photo / Reuters
Egypt relied on competitive Russian wheat as imports dipped in 2022 12 Jan 2023 - 05:16 pm
A worker collects wheat at the Benha grain silos in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, on May 19, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
DR Congo says Rwanda using refugees for 'political purposes' 12 Jan 2023 - 12:15 am
Rwandan President Paul Kagame says his country cannot carry the
Uganda declares end to Ebola outbreak after new cases abate 11 Jan 2023 - 06:35 pm
In this file photo taken on December 09, 2022, a general view of the newly installed makeshift Ebola Treatment Unit with 32 beds, also to be used as a research centre for Ebola strains and vaccine trial. (Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP)
Gambia honours pro-democracy activist killed in custody 10 Jan 2023 - 11:07 pm
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Solo Sandeng during his funeral in Banjul on January 10, 2023. (Photo by Muhamadou BITTAYE / AFP)
Ghana requests 20 Common Framework debt restructuring 10 Jan 2023 - 10:57 pm
A man trades US dollars for Ghanaian cedis at a currency exchange office in Accra, Ghana, June 15, 2015. Picture taken June 15. File Photo / Reuters
Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army 10 Jan 2023 - 10:00 pm
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Gunmen kill 12 Nigeria security personnel in ambush 10 Jan 2023 - 07:20 pm
Nigerian military ride on their truck as they secure the area where a man was killed by suspected militants during an attack around Polo area of Maiduguri, Nigeria, on February 16, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Mozambique anti-jihadist force probes corpse-burning video 10 Jan 2023 - 05:19 pm
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia on August 22, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
South Africa not tightening COVID rules over China, subvariant 10 Jan 2023 - 04:17 pm
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Suspected militants kill 24 civilians in east DR Congo 09 Jan 2023 - 11:49 pm
File Photo: A militiaman of the armed group URDPC/CODECO stopped a religious procession in the village of Masumbuko, Ituri Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on September 18, 2020. (AFP)
Morocco raises migrants' jail time over Melilla tragedy: lawyer 09 Jan 2023 - 10:59 pm
A Sudanese migrant is pictured in the temporary centre for migrants in the Spanish enclave of Melilla on June 25, 2022. (AFP)
Rwanda says it can take no more refugees from DR Congo 09 Jan 2023 - 09:55 pm
Rwandan President Paul Kagame attends a news conference concluding the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda on June 25, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Sudan factions start talks for final transition deal 09 Jan 2023 - 08:17 pm
File Photo: Sudanese civilians wave their national flag as they gather at the freedom square during the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum, Sudan, December 19, 2019. (REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)