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Another African bloc wants Congo election recount 14 Jan 2019 - 12:09 pm
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo Martin Fayulu sing in Kinshasa on January 12, 2019, as presidential candidate Martin Fayulu filed his appeal to impose a recount of the votes in the presidential election
Losing Congo presidential candidate challenges result in court 12 Jan 2019 - 05:11 pm
Martin Fayulu, runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, delivers his appeal contesting the Congo's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) results of the presidential election at the constitutional court in Kinshasa, Dem
Congo opposition leader Tshisekedi clinches surprise win in presidential election 10 Jan 2019 - 08:23 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 29, 2018 presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi (C) arrives for a meeting between CENI, SADC and other presidential candidates in Kinshasa, one day ahead of the general elections. AFP / Luis TATO
Malta PM says deal reached for 49 migrants to disembark 09 Jan 2019 - 02:40 pm
The migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, operated by German NGO Sea-Watch, is seen off the coast of Malta, January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Mozambique ex-minister in S.Africa court over loan scandal 08 Jan 2019 - 04:29 pm
Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang appears in court during an extradition hearing in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Shafiek Tassiem
UN chief condemns attempted coup in Gabon 07 Jan 2019 - 08:53 pm
Gabonese soldiers stand in front of the headquarters of the national broadcaster Radiodiffusion Television Gabonaise (RTG) in Libreville on January 7, 2019 after a group of soldiers sought to take power in Gabon while the country's ailing president was ab
Actor Ryan Gosling urges credible election results in Congo 07 Jan 2019 - 06:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: Ryan Gosling. Reuters
Ethiopia, Eritrea reopen another border crossing 07 Jan 2019 - 04:24 pm
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Congo government defends trouble-hit election process 03 Jan 2019 - 03:23 pm
Men remove an electoral campaign banner of Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, former Congolese Interior Minister and presidential candidate in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 2, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Madagascar police fire tear gas to break up opposition protest 02 Jan 2019 - 04:11 pm
Supporters of the Malagasy opposition presidential candidate Marc Ravalomanana gesture and chant slogans during a rally at 13 Mai Plaza, in Antananarivo, on December 29, 2018. AFP / RIJASOLO
Burkina Faso declares emergency in violence-hit provinces 31 Dec 2018 - 07:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Security forces deploy to secure the area after an overnight attack on a restaurant in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou, August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Hamany Daniex
Gambia's journalists, free from dictator, work to win trust 31 Dec 2018 - 02:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former President Yahya Jammeh. Reuters
Most internet connections down in Congo capital after election - residents 31 Dec 2018 - 01:36 pm
An Electoral Agent closes a voting station ahead of counting the ballots after the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Presidential elections on December 30, 2018 in Kinshasa.  AFP / JOHN WESSELS
Congo voters barred over Ebola vote anyway, by the thousands 30 Dec 2018 - 04:40 pm
Hospital beds are stored outside ransacked tents by demonstrators by the Ebola transit centre in Beni, following a demonstration against the postponement of elections in the territory of the Beni and the city of Butembo on December 27, 2018. AFP / ALEXIS
Congo votes for successor to Kabila in long-delayed election 30 Dec 2018 - 02:52 pm
A woman in a polling booth asks for help while casting her ballot at the Matcha polling station in Sake, North Kivu, on December 30, 2018.  AFP / PATRICK MEINHARDT
DR Congo goes to the polls after troubled odyssey 30 Dec 2018 - 11:03 am
A man shows a ballot paper in an improvised polling station in the streets of a district in Beni, on December 30, 2018. AFP / ALEXIS HUGUET
Burundi acquits rights activists sentenced to 10-year terms 27 Dec 2018 - 05:30 pm
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13 Nigerian troops, policeman killed in Boko Haram attack 26 Dec 2018 - 02:53 pm
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