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Helen Zille at a Democratic Alliance rally.

Helen Zille refuses to drop Johannesburg mayoral bid as coalition talks open

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Kamel Daoud holds a copy of Houris in Paris on 4 November 2024, after the novel was awarded the Prix Goncourt.

Algerian court sentences Kamel Daoud and his wife to five years in absentia over Houris

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President Félix Tshisekedi at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow.

Tshisekedi enacts referendum law as opposition warns of third-term bid

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The Dangote refinery at Lekki, east of Lagos.

Dangote ready to invest heavily in Nigeria's upstream oil sector

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Cape Town, host of the Africa Tech Festival.

US signals it cannot afford to lose South Africa despite AGOA and G20 exclusions

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A farmer picks coffee cherries near Jimma, south-west of Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia's coffee export earnings rise 15 per cent to $878.5 million

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The Kainji hydroelectric dam on the Niger River.

Nigerians hit by worsening blackouts as El Niño reduces hydropower

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A waste picker crosses a refuse dump amid smoke from burning rubbish.

Ghana moves to clear decades of toxic waste at Agbogbloshie

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South African Olympic swimmer Tatjana Smith.

Olympic champion Tatjana Smith to represent the Netherlands

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Accra, Ghana's capital.

Ghana's $9 billion jobs plan faces test in the 2027 budget

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President Salva Kiir at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, 30 October 2026.

South Sudan: UN cautions that the transition must endure beyond polling day

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Ousainou Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party.

The Gambia: Ousainou Darboe files his candidacy for the 5 December presidential election

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Sailors aboard the Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark (Daishan Dao).

Analysis: how China uses health diplomacy to extend its influence in Africa

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Activists demonstrate at the COP31 UN Climate Summit in Antalya, 10 November 2026.

COP31: African advocates press for climate finance based on need

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Lake Chad, at the meeting point of four countries.

Analysis: Washington's new security strategy in the Lake Chad basin

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Artisanal gold miners at work in Mali.

Miners expelled from Guinea begin to leave assembly site in Mali

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Displaced people in Dikwa, Borno State, north-east Nigeria.

UNHCR appeals for $2 million as Nigerians flee insecurity across borders

9 hours ago

Kinshasa's Gombe business district.

From mining boardrooms to the central bank: the women shaping DR Congo's economy

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