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Winnie Mandela was instrumental in the fight against apartheid. (Net photo)

Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist, dies at 81

Monday, April 02, 2018

Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and two surrounding villages near the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri overnight, killing at least 18 people and wounding 84.

18 killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian army base, villages

Monday, April 02, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Namibiau2019s President Hage G. Geingob after a signing ceremony at The Great Hall Of The People on March 29, 2018 in Beijing. Net photo.

Namibia president says China not colonising Africa

Monday, April 02, 2018

Eric Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi is the fifth President of Botswana. Net.

New President looks to wean Botswana off dependence on diamonds

Monday, April 02, 2018

Asylum seekers exchange their money at the border after crossing to their home country

Brainwashed cult followers return to Burundi after rejecting food relief, medical treatment

Monday, April 02, 2018

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Morocco vows to consolidate peace efforts in Africa

Sunday, April 01, 2018

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Kenya hopes for Chinese private sector participation in “Big Four” projects

Saturday, March 31, 2018

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Rwanda, Libya agree on sharing unity and reconciliation experience

Saturday, March 31, 2018

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Kenya to lobby for regional projects under Belt and Road Initiative

Friday, March 30, 2018

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5 killed as car bomb hits eastern Libya city Ajdabiya

Friday, March 30, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a welcome ceremony for his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

China, Namibia agree to establish comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation

Friday, March 30, 2018

Demonstrators carry banners during a protest in Ghana's capital Accra against the expansion of its defence cooperation with the United States, Ghana March 28, 2018. / Internet photo

Thousands of Ghanaians protest defense cooperation agreement with US

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Participants attend the reconciliation meeting in Zintan of Libya on March 28, 2018. The Libyan city of Zintan on Wednesday hosted a reconciliation meeting with representatives of the rival city of Misurata for the first time since armed groups from the two cities fought in 2014 in Tripoli. (Xinhua/Hamza Turkia)

Rival Libyan cities hold first reconciliation meeting in 4 years

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Staff members count ballots at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, on March 28, 2018. Egypt's 2018 presidential election came to an end on Wednesday, as the polling stations closed nationwide at 10 p.m. local time. (Xinhua/Meng Tao)

Sisi likely to win landslide victory as polls wrap up in Egypt

Thursday, March 29, 2018

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Kagame sends message of solidarity to Ethiopian people

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

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Abiy Ahmed elected as chairman of Ethiopia's ruling coalition

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

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South Africa's parliamentary committee to investigate Gupta family's citizenship

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okey Enelamah (C) co-chaired the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee to widen Consultations on the Framework Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA Agreement.

Nigeria begins consultations on continental free trade area

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

President Uhuru Kenyatta signs the CFTA deal in Kigali last week. Net

Kenyan cabinet approves Africa Continental Free Trade treaty

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

A laboratory technician prepares blood samples from volunteers for viral-genotyping at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute in Bagamoyo, 70 kms north of Dar es Salaam. / Courtesy

Scientists in Africa wonder if there's bias against their research

Tuesday, March 27, 2018