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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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PNG evacuates thousands under threat of new landslide

Onlookers react as people clear an area at the site of a landslide in Yambali village, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. — Reuters

South Africa's voters launch historic election week

Supporters of the Democratic Alliance, attend an election rally in Benoni, South Africa. — Reuters

One-year-old is the world’s youngest male artist

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Massive landslide hits Papua New Guinea, many feared dead

People gather at the site of a landslide in Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province.

Chad army deploys after junta chief elected president

An armoured vehicle of Chad's army forces is deployed in N'Djamena

Egypt welcomes 15 million tourists in 2023 

Dr. Ghada Shalaby, Egypt’s Vice Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Tourism Affairs

Rwanda denies its troops attacked camp in DR Congo

Members of the Congolese Army, sentenced to death for desertion and cowardice when fighting M23 rebels, walk in a formation as they arrive at the military courtroom for their trial in Goma. — Reuters

Flood-hit Kenya and Tanzania buffeted by tropical cyclone

A woman and a man take mud and water out of their house in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in Mai Mahiu. — AFP file photo

Flood-hit Kenya and Tanzania on alert

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Kenya's Ruto orders evacuations after deadly floods

Young men inspect a destroyed car carried by waters in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri. — AFP

Togo votes in key parliament ballot after reform

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Team from Gaza mediator Egypt heads to Israel

Displaced Palestinian children wait for a water supply tank to fill their containers amid soaring temperatures at a tent camp in Rafah

A remote island draws thousands of turtles each year

A turtle on Poil

155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East Africa

More than 51,000 households and 200,000 people have been affected by the rains, with 155 fatalities and 236 people injured.

War in Sudan: Why displaced people can’t go home

A Sudanese family who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region
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