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Ethiopia fires senior prison officials for abuses as reform wave rolls on 05 Jul 2018 - 10:13 am
FILE PHOTO: Ethiopians carry their national flag during a rally in support of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie/File Photo
Burundi school ban on expectant teens skewed against girls' education 04 Jul 2018 - 07:34 pm
Burundian refugee school girls listen to Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai at the Mahama refugee camp, Rwanda, July 14, 2016. Reuters/Katy Migiro
Tens of thousands of Kenyans go hungry after floods 04 Jul 2018 - 07:16 pm
A child walks in his house, which was partly destroyed by flooding water after a dam burst, in Solio town near Nakuru, Kenya May 10, 2018. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
South Africa's urban poor call for land reform 04 Jul 2018 - 07:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a billboard of the Economic Freedom Fighters which is led by Julius Malema in Soweto,  South Africa,  August 5, 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Kenyan county governor arrested on corruption charges 04 Jul 2018 - 11:39 am
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Drug use in Kenya's coast communities up as West-bound heroin flows through 03 Jul 2018 - 08:49 pm
A tourist rides on camel back at the Jomo Kenyatta public beach in coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya March 24, 2013. Reuters/Joseph Okanga
Ethiopia set to remove 3 armed groups from terror list 30 Jun 2018 - 06:25 pm
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Ugandans protest surge in violence against women 30 Jun 2018 - 03:53 pm
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Militants attack African military base in Mali, at least six dead 30 Jun 2018 - 09:52 am
A still image taken from a video shot on June 29, 2018, shows the damage inside African military taskforce, G5 sahel headquarters, in the town of Sevare, Mali. Le Sahelien/Handout via Reuters TV
Nigerian fuel truck 'wildfire' kills 9 28 Jun 2018 - 11:59 pm
Smoke and flame billow from a burning vehicle after an oil tanker truck caught fire in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, Nigeria June 28, 2018. Federal Road Safety Corps/Handout via Reuters
Zimbabwe's leader suspects Grace Mugabe supporters in blast 27 Jun 2018 - 01:29 pm
Injured people lie on the ground after an explosion at the stadium in Bulawayo where Zimbabwe President just addressed a rally on June 23, 2018. AFP / KEN MAUR / DO NOT USE ON TWITTER
Over 200 killed in weekend violence in central Nigeria: governor 27 Jun 2018 - 12:26 pm
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Zimbabwe leader vows peaceful polls despite rally blast 26 Jun 2018 - 06:31 pm
Medics attend to people injured in an explosion during a rally by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe June 23, 2018. Tafadzwa Ufumeli/REUTERS
Eritrean officials in Ethiopia for first talks in 20 years 26 Jun 2018 - 03:46 pm
Eritrea's Foreign minister Osman Saleh Mohammed (3rdR) walks with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C) as Eritrea's delegation arrives for peace talks with Ethiopia at the international airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 26, 2018. / AFP / YONAS
FBI to help probe deadly Ethiopia rally blast 25 Jun 2018 - 06:56 pm
Supporters of Ethiopia Prime Minister attend a rally on Meskel Square in Addis Ababa on June 23, 2018. A blast at the rally in Ethiopia's capital in support of new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed killed several people. (AFP / YONAS TADESSE)
Zimbabwe police says 49 people injured in Saturday's blast 24 Jun 2018 - 02:48 pm
Medics attend to people injured in an explosion during a rally by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe June 23, 2018. Tafadzwa Ufumeli/via REUTERS
Arrests announced as death toll rises in Ethiopia attack 24 Jun 2018 - 11:04 am
Ethiopians gather around an ambulance in Meskel Square in Addis Ababa on June 23, 2018, after an attack on a rally called by the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. AFP / YONAS TADESE
Blast as Zimbabwe president campaigns; Mnangagwa not hurt 23 Jun 2018 - 04:33 pm
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