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Nigeria votes for a 2nd day in places as death toll rises 24 Feb 2019 - 09:10 pm
A road leading to a collation centre is blocked, as Nigerians await the result of the Presidential election, in Abuja, Nigeria February 24, 2019. Reuters/Gbemileke Awodoye
New Ebola case in eastern DR Congo, first in 23 days 23 Feb 2019 - 04:57 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health worker waits to handle a new unconfirmed Ebola patient at a newly build MSF (Doctors Without Borders) supported Ebola treatment centre (ETC) in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. November 7, 2018. AFP / John WESSELS
Boko Haram targets Nigeria troops in dawn raid on polling day 23 Feb 2019 - 03:56 pm
Voters check their names on the lists to vote in Maiduguri on February 23, 2019. AFP / AUDU ALI MARTE
Nigeria's Buhari casts ballot as polls open in delayed presidential election 23 Feb 2019 - 12:18 pm
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari (R) verifies his card to vote at a polling station in his native hometown Daura in Katsina State, northwest Nigeria, on February 23, 2019. (AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)
Blasts heard in Nigerian city of Maiduguri before polls 23 Feb 2019 - 09:56 am
A Nigerian woman casts her vote for a candidate in the presidential election at Agiya polling station a few hours before polls opened in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria on February 23, 2019. / AFP / Luis TATO
A look at Nigeria's top 2 presidential contenders 22 Feb 2019 - 05:32 pm
A billboard with a campaign poster bearing images of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party election candidate Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Peter Obi stands on a road in Abuja on February 19, 2019, ahead of rescheduled general elections. AFP / Piu
Senegal's president Macky Sall seeks 2nd term 22 Feb 2019 - 05:32 pm
Senegal's President and candidate for the upcoming presidential elections Macky Sall greets his supporters during his campaign rally In Guediawaye, Senegal February 20, 2019. Reuters/Sylvain Cherkaoui
Nile basin countries celebrate 20 years of partnership 22 Feb 2019 - 05:32 pm
Workers in a mango farms ride a boat on a branch of the Nile after finishing their work in the Al Qata village, Giza Governorate, on August 27, 2018. AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed
The five candidates running in Senegal's presidential election 20 Feb 2019 - 11:46 pm
A supporter runs holding an election poster of the Party of Unity and Assembly (PUR) candidate Issa Sall during his campaign in Dahra Djoloff, Louga region, Senegal February 18, 2019. Reuters/Sylvain Cherkaoui  
24 bodies found after Zimbabwe mine disaster; search goes on 17 Feb 2019 - 04:45 pm
Men walk past a stretcher during an ongoing rescue and recovery operation at the flooded Cricket gold mine near Kadoma, Zimbabwe, on February 17, 2019. AFP / Jekesai NJIKIZANA
Eight rescued from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine 16 Feb 2019 - 04:08 pm
A rescued artisanal miner is carried from a pit as retrieval efforts proceed for trapped illegal gold miners in Kadoma, Zimbabwe, February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Nigeria delays its election; candidates rush back to capital 16 Feb 2019 - 03:06 pm
Nigerians read a daily newspaper on February 16, 2016 in Lagos after the national election has been postponed. AFP / STEFAN HEUNIS
Boko Haram kills eight in northeast Nigeria 16 Feb 2019 - 02:35 pm
Nigerian military secure the area where a man was killed by suspected militants during an attack around Polo area of Maiduguri, Nigeria February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Last-minute Nigeria election delay leaves voters disappointed 16 Feb 2019 - 12:14 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 February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
'Everybody suffers too much:' Nigeria heads to the polls 16 Feb 2019 - 12:19 am
Nigerians check their names against the voters roll in Maiduguri in Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria on February 15, 2019. AFP / Audu Marte
Dozens feared dead in Zimbabwe gold mine flood 16 Feb 2019 - 12:19 am
People gather over a shaft as retrieval efforts proceed for trapped illegal gold miners in Kadoma, Zimbabwe, February 15, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Namibia decriminalises baby abandonment 15 Feb 2019 - 10:29 pm
Representational image. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Six killed in fire on fishing vessel in South Africa 15 Feb 2019 - 10:30 am
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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
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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
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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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