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Africa The March 22 referendum on the new constitution was boycotted by the opposition which see the changes as a pretext for President Alpha Conde to extend his stay in power. By CELLOU BINANI (AFP/File)
Guinean president enacts new constitution 2 HOURS AGO AFRICA

Africa

Algeria Algerians demonstrate against the arrest of dozens of people by the authorities during anti-regime protests. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP/File)
Algeria sentences another protest figure to jail 14 HOURS AGO ALGERIA

Algeria

Angola Despite the restrictions, many Angolans view earning money, finding food and fetching water as legitimate reasons to leave home. By Osvaldo Silva (AFP)
Angola deploys emergency police, armoured vans to enforce lockdown 14 HOURS AGO ANGOLA

Angola

Benin Benin's President Patrice Talon triggered mass protests over elections last April from which the opposition were effectively banned. By Sia KAMBOU (AFP)
Benin attack stirs worries of jihadist menace FEB 14, 2020 BENIN

Benin

Botswana Poachers are hunting rhinos in Botswana and South Africa for their horns which are wrongly believed to have medical value. By STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (AFP/File)
Nearly 50 rhinos killed in Botswana in 10 months as poaching surges FEB 24, 2020 BOTSWANA

Botswana

Burkina Faso Luca Tacchetto and Edith Blais appeared slightly disoriented when they landed in Bamako. By MICHELE CATTANI (AFP)
Western couple seized in Burkina Faso two years ago found in Mali MAR 14, 2020 BURKINA FASO

Burkina Faso

Burundi The TRC was established in 2014 to deliver justice and closure to victims of Burundi's darkest chapters. By ONESPHORE NIBIGIRA (AFP)
Unearthing of graves stokes ethnic tensions ahead of Burundi polls FEB 21, 2020 BURUNDI

Burundi

Cameroon Cameroon President Paul Biya, shown here in 2019, has not addressed the nation since the first COVID-19 case was recorded a month ago. By Ludovic MARIN (AFP/File)
Cameroon president under fire for silence as pandemic looms 14 HOURS AGO CAMEROON

Cameroon

Central African Republic BBC Africa Offers COVID-19 One Minute Bulletins Across West Africa
BBC Africa Offers COVID-19 One Minute Bulletins Across West Africa MAR 27, 2020 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Central African Republic

Chad Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre (C, pictured being escorted to court in 2015) has been granted two months' leave from prison as his jail is being used for new detainees in coronavirus quarantine. By SEYLLOU (AFP/File)
Ex-Chad dictator temporarily released from jail due to virus 8 HOURS AGO CHAD

Chad

Congo Gombe, the business heart of Kinshasa, is the seat of DR Congo's government institutions, banks and foreign embassies. By JUNIOR KANNAH (AFP/File)
DR Congo confines, disinfects business district to fight virus 14 HOURS AGO CONGO

Congo

Egypt Egypt, where tourism is a key source of revenue, is suspending all flights from Thursday as it tries to stem the spread of the coronavirus. By Mohamed el-Shahed (AFP/File)
Egypt suspends flights from Thursday over coronavirus MAR 16, 2020 EGYPT

Egypt

Ethiopia Cleaning staff disinfect a metro carriage in Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia announced its first COVID-19 deaths Sunday. By Michael Tewelde (AFP)
Ethiopia reports first two deaths from coronavirus APR 5, 2020 ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia

Gabon Pangolins are critically endangered and have long been protected, but they are sold in the markets of the capital Libreville and their meat is popular. By ROSLAN RAHMAN (AFP/File)
Gabon bans eating of pangolin and bats amid pandemic APR 3, 2020 GABON

Gabon

Gambia Dr Nana Owusu Ensaw
Court Frees Dr Nana Owusu Ensaw In $4m NCA Scandal Case MAR 26, 2020 GAMBIA

Gambia

Ivory Coast The authorities have already closed shops selling non-essential items as part of measures to limit the spread of the virus. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)
Crowd In Ivory Coast Destroys Coronavirus Test Centre APR 6, 2020 IVORY COAST

Ivory Coast

Kenya Kipsang, seen here at the Berlin Marathon in 2018, spent the night in jail for breaking Kenya's curfew. By John MACDOUGALL (AFP)
Kenya marathon star Kipsang held for breaking virus curfew APR 3, 2020 KENYA

Kenya

Liberia Police are seen in Monrovia, Liberia, on January 6, 2020. Police recently arrested journalist Kaluba Akoi over his Facebook posts. (AFP/Carielle Doe)
Liberian Journalist Kaluba Akoi Arrested Over Facebook Posts MAR 13, 2020 LIBERIA

Liberia

Libya Mahmud Jibril, seen in this 2011 picture, headed the rebel National Transitional Council interim government that toppled Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi. By LEON NEAL (AFP/File)
Ex-head of Libya's anti-Kadhafi revolt dies of coronavirus APR 5, 2020 LIBYA

Libya

Madagascar . By RIJASOLO (AFP)
Madagascar 'anti-virus brews' sell like hot cakes in local markets MAR 26, 2020 MADAGASCAR

Madagascar

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