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South Africa govt to ease blackouts ahead of election 04 Apr 2019 - 01:28 am
Eskom's Group Chief Executive Phakamani Hadebe, South African Minister of Enterprise Pravin Gordhan, and Eskom board chairman Jabu Mabuza give a joint press conference to update on the current status of electricity supply during a visit at the Lethabo Pow
South Sudan holds breath as fragile peace faces crucial test 03 Apr 2019 - 06:01 pm
Women carrying children at a market in Udier town, South Sudan, on March 7, 2019. AFP / Simon Maina
Algerian transition should reflect people's wishes: UN chief 03 Apr 2019 - 05:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres attends a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Cholera vaccination campaign launched in post-cyclone Mozambique 03 Apr 2019 - 03:39 pm
Debris and destroyed buildings which stood in the path of Cyclone Idai can be seen in this aerial photograph over the Praia Nova neighbourhood in Beira on April 1, 2019. AFP / Guillem Sartorio
Algerians cheer end of Bouteflika era but want broader change 03 Apr 2019 - 12:44 pm
Hundreds of people celebrate during a demonstration after the resignation of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on April 02, 2019 in Algiers, Algeria. ( Farouk Batiche - Anadolu Agency )
Seeking justice: the long hunt for Rwanda's killers 02 Apr 2019 - 06:51 pm
A picture taken on March 22, 2019 shows skulls of victims of the Rwanda's 1994 genocide's at the Ntarama Genocide Memorial, in Kigali. AFP / Jacques Nkinzingabo
In Algiers, students march to demand immediate end to Bouteflika rule 02 Apr 2019 - 04:21 pm
Algerian students raise banners and placards as they take part in a demonstraion against the current government in the capital Algiers on April 2, 2019. AFP / RYAD KRAMDI
Ethiopian Airlines crash report ready: foreign ministry 01 Apr 2019 - 03:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Rescue teams collect bodies in bags amid debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP / Michael TEWELDE
Missing 737 sensor said to be a focus of Ethiopian crash probe 31 Mar 2019 - 08:14 pm
The cockpit of Jet Airways Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircarft is pictured during its induction ceremony at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport in Mumbai, India, June 28, 2018. Reuters/Abhirup Roy
DR Congo towns vote in polls delayed by conflict, Ebola 31 Mar 2019 - 05:36 pm
Health workers carry a newly admitted confirmed Ebola patient into the Red zone of the Ebola treatment centre in the Eastern Congolese town of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
4 hurt, 10 held in Nicaragua despite govt pledges: opposition 31 Mar 2019 - 10:37 am
An anti-government protester in traditional costume is detained by riot police during a protest against the government of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
Burundi bans BBC and suspends Voice of America, activists cry foul 30 Mar 2019 - 01:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is registered by an electoral official before casting his ballot at a polling centre during the constitutional amendment referendum at School Ecofo de Buye in Mwumba commune in Ngozi province, northern Burun
Kenya orders closure of Dadaab refugee camp this year, according to leaked UN document 29 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
Somali refugees study the Quran at a school in the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya December 19, 2017. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after outbreak 29 Mar 2019 - 08:36 pm
A medical staff member assists a man arriving at a cholera treatment centre set up in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 29, 2019. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Investigators believe anti-stall system activated in Ethiopian crash - WSJ 29 Mar 2019 - 09:13 am
File photo of airplane engine parts are seen at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
Public mistrust thwarts Congo's Ebola response as cases climb 28 Mar 2019 - 06:35 pm
A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccine outside the house of a victim who died in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018. Reuters/Olivia Acland
Comoros police arrest defeated presidential hopeful 28 Mar 2019 - 03:14 pm
Incumbent Comoros President Azali Assoumani greets supporters in Moroni on March 27, 2019 during celebrations for his re-election. AFP / Youssouf IBRAHIM
First cyclone, then slavery: risks abound for Mozambique children 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm
Children play in front of a house destroyed by the winds of cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, on March 27, 2019. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba

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Members of Myanmar Union Election commission (UEC) count ballots after the closing of polls at a polling station in the first phase of Myanmar general election in Yangon on December 28, 2025. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/ AFP) Polls close in first round of Myanmar's election
Image representation Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off coast of Peru
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent medical treatment on December 27, 2025, for the hiccups he has been suffering from for months. (Photo by Pablo Porciuncula / AFP) Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro treated for hiccups

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Displaced Palestinians walk past a large pool of rain water accumulated near tent shelters as the region experiences rain and cold winter conditions, in Gaza City on December 28, 2025. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP 'Shivering from cold and fear': winter rains batter displaced Gazans
File photo. AFP. Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in northern Gaza
Peninsula GCC condemns attack targeting mosque in Syria's Homs
This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 26, 2025, shows the aftermath of the explosion inside Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab neighborhood of Homs. A deadly explosion hit a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area of Syria's Homs on December 26, said authorities who reported at least six people killed. (Photo by HANDOUT / SANA / AFP Syria says Homs bombing 'desperate attempt' to destabilise country

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