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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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Drone strikes break calm in Sudan

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Mozambique makeshift ferry fatal disaster kills 97

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S Africa's ex-parliament speaker charged in graft probe

South Africa's former National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete sits next to former Defence Minister Charles Nqakula, husband of former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who faces charges relating to corruption, at the Magistrate's Court in Pretoria. - Reuters

Kenyan doctors reject government's offer to end strike

Medical practitioners participate in a demonstration against the government's failure to hire trainee doctors in Nairobi. — Reuters file photo

Senegal's Faye cites 'profound desire for change'

Bassirou Diomaye Faye (L) is sworn in as Senegal's President at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar. — AFP

Senegal votes for new president after years of crisis

Senegal's ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba prepares to cast his vote during the presidential election at the polling station of Ecole HLM Grand Medine in Dakar. — Reuters

Inferno destroys Arab film studio in Cairo

Security forces and firefighters gather after a fire at the Al-Ahram Studio

Sudan army rules out truce unless RSF leaves civilian sites

A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, walks beside carts carrying her family belongings upon crossing the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad. — Reuters file photo

South Africa again asks World Court to intervene in Gaza

Packages dropped from a military aircraft fall towards northern Gaza, as seen from Israel

Senegal president pursues talks for new election date

Senegal's President Macky Sall delivers a speech during the National Dialogue in Diamniadio. — AFP

Atrocities mount in Sudan as war spirals: UN

Refugees that fled fighting in Sudan queue to board a barge in Renk, South Sudan, on Aug. 27, 2023. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)

South Africa's ANC kicks off election season

Supporters display African National Congress (ANC) flags during the Election Manifesto launch at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. — AFP

AU to push renewal of US AIDS plan: Africa CDC boss

African delegates during the second day of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. — AFP

The father, the son and fight over their king

King Mswati III during a traditional reed dance ceremony at a royal residence in Nhlangano, Eswatini, Oct. 14, 2023. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)

AU leaders meet facing coups, conflicts, crises

African Heads of State pose for a group photograph before the opening ceremony of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. — AFP
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