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Under sanctions pressure: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R). By KCNA VIA KNS (KCNA VIA KNS/AFP/File)

US blacklists South African for N. Korea oil deals

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The US Treasury placed a Russian-born South African man on its sanctions bl ...

Pravin Gordhan, South African Minister of public Enterprise and anti-graft campaigner, estimates around $7 billion may have been stolen through corrupt government tenders. By Wikus de Wet (AFP)

S.Africa graft probe at risk of subversion: minister

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A respected South African minister and anti-graft campaigner on Monday warn ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) visits his Moroccan counterpart Saad Eddine el Othmani in Rabat on November 19, 2018. By FADEL SENNA (AFP)

Spanish PM visits Morocco to boost migration cooperation

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday made his first official visi ...

An opposition protest against the electoral process in Kinshasa on October 26. Many foes of the regime fear rigged polls in December. By Junior D. KANNAH (AFP/File)

DR Congo authorities free 17 pro-democracy activists

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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have provisionally freed 17 ...

Forensic experts examine the site where 30-year-old Mna Guebla blew herself up in Tunis on October 29, 2018. By FETHI BELAID (AFP)

Tunis bomber had sworn allegiance to IS: minister

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An unemployed graduate who blew herself up in Tunisia's capital last month ...

Malaria, which is spread to people through the bites of infected female mosquitoes, is one of the world's deadliest diseases. By PHILIPPE HUGUEN (AFP/File)

Global fight against malaria has stalled, WHO warns

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The World Health Organisation on Monday said global efforts to fight malari ...

Nigeria's pro-business opposition leader launches campaign

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Nigeria's opposition leader Atiku Abubakar launched his presidential campai ...

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African Development Bank To Play Bigger Role In African Economies By Investing In Infrastructure Private Equity

African Development Bank To Play Bigger Role In...

November 16, 2018

Abidjan, C�te d'Ivoire, 16 November 2018 – The Board of Dir ...

A member of the Congolese Red Cross explains the symptoms, risks and precautions of cholera (pictured January 2018), as health authorities have recorded 25,170 cases of cholera in 21 out of the country's 26 provinces. By JOHN WESSELS (AFP/File)

Death toll from DR Congo cholera outbreak at 85...

November 14, 2018

A cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 857 lives sin ...

Martin Fayulu was named on Sunday as joint opposition candidate in DR Congo's presidential election on December 23. By Fabrice COFFRINI (AFP)

Opposition deal for unity candidate in DR Congo...

November 12, 2018

Plans to field a single opposition candidate in DR Congo's presidential election ...

Health workers have returned to work to fight the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Beni region after a brief suspension. By John WESSELS (AFP/File)

DR Congo Ebola response efforts resume in Beni ...

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Efforts to fight a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's r ...

Fatou Hane administers a contraceptive injection to Ramatoulaye Mane at the Croix Rouge health post in Pikine, Dakar, Senegal.

Landmark New Report Shows Use Of Contraception ...

November 12, 2018

KIGALI, Rwanda, 12 November 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- A groundbreak ...

A new dawn? The African Union's headquarters in Addis hosts a summit this weekend on revamping the 16-year-old organisation. By Zacharias ABUBEKER (AFP)

African leaders meet for 'last push' on AU refo...

November 15, 2018

African leaders are set to gather this weekend for a special summit aimed at pus ...

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