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Probe says ex-Nigeria Central Banker opened 593 foreign accounts 22 Dec 2023 - 06:19 pm
The Central Bank of Nigeria's logo is seen on its headquarters building in Abuja, Nigeria, on January 22, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Last French troops bow out of Africa's Sahel 22 Dec 2023 - 04:58 pm
The last French soldiers board a French military plane to leave Niger for good, at the French base which was handed over to the Nigerien army, in Niamey on December 22, 2023. (Photo by Boureima Hama / AFP)
France to close embassy in Niger: diplomatic sources 22 Dec 2023 - 12:02 am
File: Protesters hold a Niger flag during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023. The demonstrators converged at Concertation Square in the heart of the city, following a call by a coalition of civil society associations on a day marking the country's 1960 independence from France. (Photo by AFP)
DR Congo votes for president, MPs amid delays, conflict in east 20 Dec 2023 - 05:18 pm
Congolese police officers block an entry after voters forced their way into a voting station in Kinshasa on December 20, 2023. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Africa Cup of Nations organisers confident no repeat of Cameroon tragedy 20 Dec 2023 - 04:34 pm
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Hundreds battle wildfire threatening S. Africa naval base 20 Dec 2023 - 03:14 pm
A South African firefighter is seen near a house surounded by flames as a fire rages on the mountain above Simon's Town on December 20, 2023. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)
Egypt's President Sisi re-elected with 89.6% of vote 18 Dec 2023 - 05:23 pm
(FILES) Motorists drive past campaign billboards of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi along a street in Cairo on December 7, 2023, ahead of the country's presidential election. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Explosion, blaze at Guinea fuel depot leave eight dead 18 Dec 2023 - 04:02 pm
This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on December 18, 2023 shows flames from the fire at Conakry's main fuel depot. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
South African kidnapped in 2017 released in Mali: security sources 17 Dec 2023 - 04:40 pm
(FILES) This undated and unlocated handout picture released by the van Deventer family shows Gerco van Deventer. South African Gerco van Deventer, who had been held by jihadists in Mali for over five years, has been released on the border between Mali and Algeria, security and humanitarian sources told AFP on December 17, 2023. (Photo by HANDOUT / COURTESY OF THE FAMILY / AFP)
President of Cote d'Ivoire receives credentials of Qatar's Ambassador 16 Dec 2023 - 07:13 pm
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South Africa ex-president Zuma says will not vote ANC in 2024 election 16 Dec 2023 - 06:05 pm
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Indian Navy shadowing a bulk carrier likely taken by Somali pirates 16 Dec 2023 - 02:32 pm
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Kenya to open country for all visitors, scraps visa 14 Dec 2023 - 03:56 pm
Pic: X / Kenya Tourism Board
UN agency warns of food 'catastrophe' in war-ravaged Sudan 13 Dec 2023 - 12:40 am
File photo: People queue for bread in front of a bakery in Omdurman on July 15, 2023. (AFP)
Kenyan acrobatics coach passing life-long skills to local youth 12 Dec 2023 - 06:15 pm
Mathias Kavita shows his diploma of acrobatic study from China and a photo of his time in China at Sarakasi dome in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
South Africa pop sensation Zahara dies aged 36 12 Dec 2023 - 04:37 pm
South African singer and songwriter Zahara performs at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival on March 31, 2012, in Cape Town. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)
Kenya marks 60 years of independence, and the president defends painful economic measures 12 Dec 2023 - 04:21 pm
A member of public reads commemorative newspaper as he attends the national celebration marking Kenya's 60th anniversary of independence from Britain, known as Jamhuri Day, in Nairobi on December 12, 2023. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP)
UN mission in Mali officially ends after 10 years 11 Dec 2023 - 05:41 pm
(FILES) Soldiers hold the UN and Malian flags during the ceremony of Peacekeepers' Day at the operating base of MINUSMA (The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) in Bamako on May 29, 2018.(Photo by Michele CATTANI / AFP)

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Natividad Martinez (R), mother of private Saul Pereira, visits his grave at the General Cemetery of the South in Caracas on January 18, 2026. (Photo by Pedro Mattey / AFP) 'It wasn't clean': Mother mourns son killed in US Maduro assault 
Aerial view of the charred remains of destroyed homes after a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile, on January 18, 2026. Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency on January 18 for two southern regions where raging wildfires have forced about 20,000 people to evacuate their homes. (Photo by Raul Bravo / AFP) Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 19
A vehicle and a house are engulfed in flames during a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile, on January 18, 2026. Photo by GUILLERMO SALGADO / AFP Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 15
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