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Kenyan court drops $60 million corruption case against deputy president 10 Nov 2022 - 06:09 pm
Kenya's President William Ruto poses for a photograph with his deputy Rigathi Gachagua during their swearing-in ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, September 13, 2022. (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)
DR Congo military, rebels resume fighting: residents 09 Nov 2022 - 11:46 pm
Senegalese peacekeepers with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and Congolese police officers patrol the city of Goma, on November 9, 2022.  (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)
WHO urges 'immediate' food, medical aid for Tigray 09 Nov 2022 - 09:44 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 24, 2021.  File Photo / Reuters
Zimbabwe miners say costs, power shortages dampen 2023 growth prospects 09 Nov 2022 - 03:45 pm
A truck is seen loaded with rocks for processing at an open pit at Dorowa mine in Hwedza, Zimbabwe, on October 22, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Congo expels Reuters reporter 09 Nov 2022 - 12:33 pm
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Court orders striking Kenya Airways pilots back to work 08 Nov 2022 - 05:48 pm
This file photo taken on November 05, 2022, shows Kenya Airways planes at the parking bay amid a strike by pilots organised by Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA), at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi. (AFP/Simon Maina)
Tanzania plane crash survivors, rescuers describe heroics laced with tragedy 08 Nov 2022 - 02:48 pm
Workers use a crane to pull the crashed Precision Air aircraft out of Lake Victoria in Bukoba, Tanzania, on November 8, 2022. Photo by Sitide Protase / AFP
Uganda shortens school term by two weeks to curb Ebola 08 Nov 2022 - 01:26 pm
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Zimbabwe launches first nano-satellite 07 Nov 2022 - 09:12 pm
ZIMSAT-1 is a CubeSat like these. Credit: NASA
Court summons Kenya pilots' union over strike 07 Nov 2022 - 08:24 pm
A passenger approaches a Kenya Airways help desk that assists travelling passengers to re-book flights and hotels, on the second day of a strike by pilots organised by Kenya Airline Pilots Association, at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi on November 6, 2022. (AFP/ Simon Maina)
Kenya publishes loan documents for Chinese-built railway 07 Nov 2022 - 06:23 pm
Kenya's President William Ruto speaks after the Supreme Court upheld his election win in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
DR Congo violates Rwanda airspace in "provocation", says govt 07 Nov 2022 - 05:54 pm
A Congolese soldier leads a session to enroll new recruits into the army to go to the front against the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebellion, in Goma, on November 7, 2022. (AFP/Alexis Huguet)
Pilot strike spurs Kenya Airways to cancel 80% of flights 07 Nov 2022 - 05:19 pm
Passengers sit next to their luggage, after their Kenya Airways flight was cancelled during a strike of Kenya Airways pilots, organised by Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA), at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, November 7, 2022. (REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi)
Africa's mega-cities look to mass transit to ease growing pains 07 Nov 2022 - 03:38 pm
Vehicles drive in chaotic traffic gridlock past yellow painted mini buses, popularly called Danfo, parked at Ojodu-Berger bus station in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, on October 19, 2022. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Tanzania pays tearful tribute to plane crash victims 07 Nov 2022 - 02:54 pm
Rescuers search for survivors after a Precision Air flight that was carrying 43 people plunged into Lake Victoria as it attempted to land in the lakeside town of Bukoba, Tanzania on November 6, 2022. (Photo by SITIDE PROTASE / AFP)
UN food agency under strain in Malawi as refugees flee DR Congo 06 Nov 2022 - 09:05 pm
Congolese civilians carry their belongings as they flee near the Congolese border with Rwanda after fightings broke out in Kibumba, outside Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo May 24, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Sudan's Burhan warns Islamists to steer clear of army 06 Nov 2022 - 07:47 pm
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addresses delegates after signing a declaration of principles between Sudanese Transitional government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North, in Juba, South Sudan, on March 28, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
19 dead after plane crash-landing in Tanzania: PM 06 Nov 2022 - 06:43 pm
Rescuers attempt to recover the Precision Air passenger plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in Bukoba, Tanzania, November 6, 2022. (REUTERS)