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Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike

 Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya's main international airport overnight as the latest strike by workers entered a second day on Monday. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi is a major...

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South Africa closes main border with Mozambique

An armoured police vehicle is pictured on the side of a road in Maputo. — AFP

Climate change is making disasters deadlier. Here’s how much

A four-year-old Somali girl who died in a refugee camp during the famine that struck Kenya and Somalia is buried at a makeshift cemetery in Dadaab, Kenya, July 14, 2011. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

Botswana votes as president's seeks to rule

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (C) conducts a press conference, west of Gaborone. — AFP

Over 14 million people displaced in Sudan

People displaced from eastern areas of Sudan's al-Jazira state arrive to Gedaref city. — AFP

Chad hunts attackers after 40 killed in raid

A Chadian soldier

Mozambique warns protesters ahead of election

Units of the Mozambican anti-riot police deploy during a march called by the presidential candidate of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) in Maputo, on October 21, 2024. A demonstration was dispersed with tear gas on Monday in the capital of Mozambique, which took on the air of a ghost town after a call for a general strike launched by the opponent Venancio Mondlane to denounce fraud during the presidential election, noted AFP. This demonstration comes two days after the assassination of two of the opponent's close associates, including his lawyer who was preparing an appeal to denounce fraud in the election of October 9, the final results of which have not yet been published. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP)

Kenya court hears challenge to impeachment

Kenya's impeached deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua sits inside the Milimani Courts, in Nairobi. — Reuters

Activists say 50 killed in Sudan battles

A burned vehicle is seen in Khartoum, Sudan. — Reuters file photo

Mozambique police disperse vote protest

A unit of the Mozambican anti-riot police advances while firing firing tear gas at protesters, in Maputo. — AFP

Mozambique oppn lawyer gunned down

Locals queue before casting their votes. — AFP

Kenyan court blocks dy president appointment

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua speaks during a press conference in Nairobi

Rescuers say strike killed 23 in Khartoum

Sudanese make their way to receive a medical check-up in Tokar, in eastern Sudan. — AFP

Kenya says extra police ready for Haiti

President of Kenya William Ruto

Tunisia's Saied set for landslide election win

Officials check the latest updates in the vote count, in Tunis. — AFP

Rwanda to start Marburg vaccine trials, health official says

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