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Africa Poll workers wore protective personal equipment as Cape Verde battles a surge in coronavirus cases. By Seyllou (AFP)
Voters go to the polls in Cape Verde, Africa's model of democracy 8 HOURS AGO AFRICA

Africa

Algeria The grandmother of Massinissa Guermah, a teenager killed by Algerian police in April 2001, holds aloft his picture in May that year, amid protests in the country's Berber heartland. By - (AFP/File)
Berbers mark 20 years since Algeria's 'Black Spring' protests 13 HOURS AGO ALGERIA

Algeria

Angola Police officers are in Luanda, Angola, on November 11, 2020. Police recently arrested and detained journalist Jorge Manuel. (AFP/Osvaldo Silva)
Angolan journalist Jorge Manuel arrested, detained for 5 days while re... APR 16, 2021 ANGOLA

Angola

Benin Patrice Talon won 86.3 percent in the April 11 election critics said was biased in his favour. By Yanick Folly (AFP)
Benin court approves Talon's election victory APR 15, 2021 BENIN

Benin

Botswana Trophy hunters have been issued licences to kill nearly 300 elephants. By ROBERTO SCHMIDT (AFP)
Botswana trophy hunting season opens after Covid hiatus APR 6, 2021 BOTSWANA

Botswana

Burkina Faso Compaore has always denied ordering Sankara's murder, but even mentioning the name was taboo in Burkina Faso under his rule . By DIETER NAGL (AFP/File)
Burkina ex-president Compaore to be tried for predecessor's murder APR 13, 2021 BURKINA FASO

Burkina Faso

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye, third from the right, at his swearing-in ceremony last June. By TCHANDROU NITANGA (AFP)
Regime hardliner takes helm of Burundi ruling party JAN 25, 2021 BURUNDI

Burundi

Cameroon Cameroonian journalist Emmanuel Mbombog Mbog Matip has been detained on false news charges since August 2020. (Photo: Emmanuel Mbombog Mbog Matip/Facebook)
Cameroonian journalist Emmanuel Mbombog Mbog Matip detained since Augu... APR 15, 2021 CAMEROON

Cameroon

Central African Republic Central African Republic. By (AFP)
Key C. Africa rebel group says chief has been killed APR 2, 2021 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Central African Republic

Chad Idjele, 38, has been crushing gravel for three years to provide for her six children. By MARCO LONGARI (AFP)
In dust and heat Chadian women crush gravel to make ends meet APR 16, 2021 CHAD

Chad

Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso, seen here after casting his vote last month, first came to power in 1979 -- he has notched up a total of 36 years in office. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP)
Veteran Congo ruler pledges to shield forests at inauguration APR 16, 2021 CONGO

Congo

Egypt People gather on and around the wreckage of two trains that collided in the Tahta district of Sohag province, some 460 kms south of the Egyptian capital Cairo on March 26. By - (AFP/File)
Egypt train crash driver was 'not at the controls': prosecutor APR 11, 2021 EGYPT

Egypt

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