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World / Africa

Kenya declares school year 'lost', classes back in 2021 07 Jul 2020 - 09:42 pm
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Kenya emerges from virus lockdown and resumes international flights 06 Jul 2020 - 05:04 pm
Kenyan Airways planes are parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
Malawi cancels independence celebrations over virus spike 05 Jul 2020 - 09:00 pm
Opposition Malawi Congress Party leader Lazarus Chakwera addresses supporters after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika a winner, in Lilongwe, Malawi, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara/File Photo
South Africa deploys military medics to virus hotspot 05 Jul 2020 - 06:44 pm
Dozens of military health practitioners were deployed to help combat the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. / AFP / Michael Sheehan
Botswana investigating mystery deaths of at least 275 elephants 02 Jul 2020 - 10:20 pm
A dead elephant is seen in this undated handout image in Okavango Delta, Botswana May-June, 2020. PHOTOGRAPHS OBTAINED BY REUTERS/Handout via REUTERS
Sierra Leone doctors' strike leaves COVID-19 patients stranded 02 Jul 2020 - 07:49 pm
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South African refinery explosion kills two, injures seven 02 Jul 2020 - 05:17 pm
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We are not guinea pigs,' say South African anti-vaccine protesters 01 Jul 2020 - 09:22 pm
Protesters attend a demonstration against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine testing on Africans, at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Writing on the wall: Congolese murals counter COVID-19 denial 30 Jun 2020 - 03:45 pm
A wall mural depicts an advocacy message on fumigation as a measure against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on the walls of the Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo June 22, 2020. Picture June 22, 2020. REUTERS/
Malawi's new leader makes first cabinet appointments 29 Jun 2020 - 03:26 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 20, 2020, Malawi’s main opposition Malawi Congress Party, MCP, Leader Lazarus Chakwera who is leading the Tonse Alliance in the Presidential elections due on June 23, arrives at Mtandire locations in the suburb of
Lazarus Chakwera inaugurated as Malawi's new president 28 Jun 2020 - 01:24 pm
FILE PHOTO:  Lazarus Chakwera.  REUTERS/Eldson Chagara
South Africa wins court case over decision to ban tobacco sales 26 Jun 2020 - 07:37 pm
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Congo announces end of Ebola outbreak in east, second deadliest on record 25 Jun 2020 - 03:41 pm
Rachel Kahindo, an Ebola survivor working as a caregiver to babies who are confirmed Ebola cases, holds an infant outside the red zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
Miner becomes millionaire after finding biggest tanzanite stones 25 Jun 2020 - 03:40 pm
Tanzanian small-scale miner Saniniu Kuryan Laizer, 52, poses with two of the biggest of the country's precious gemstones, Tanzanite, as a millionaire during the ceremony for his historical discovery in Manyara, northern Tanzania, on June 24, 2020. AFP / F
First vaccinations begin in Africa for COVID-19 trial 24 Jun 2020 - 04:53 pm
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South Africa to start Africa's first coronavirus vaccine pilot 23 Jun 2020 - 04:52 pm
A general view of the beds in the Rev Dr Elizabeth Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni Field Hospital in Korsten, Port Elizabeth on June 22, 2020.  AFP / Michael SHEEHAN
Morocco opens field hospital after spike in virus cases 21 Jun 2020 - 10:53 am
A member of the medical staff walks around during his break in the town of Moulay Bousselham, north of the capital Rabat, on June 20, 2020, as authorities received around 700 COVID-19 patients. / AFP / FADEL SENNA
Crowds begin to gather for inauguration of Burundi president 18 Jun 2020 - 10:28 am
Evariste Ndayishimiye, Burundi's elected President from the ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), addresses the nation after signing the book of condolences at the state house in