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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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Comoros holds presidential election, polls opened

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani

DR Congo says pullout of UN peacekeepers has started

UN peacekeeping troops patrol the streets in armoured personnel carriers in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa. — Reuters file photo

PNG premier declares emergency after deadly riots

People carry looted goods amid a state of unrest in Port Moresby. — AFP

Pistorius freed from jail 11 years after murdering girlfriend

A Correctional Services' vehicle leaves the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, where South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, is released on parole, in Pretoria. - Reuters

Somalia vows to defend sovereignty after Ethiopia-Somaliland deal

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre stand after addressing the Parliament regarding the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal, in Mogadishu, Somalia. — Reuters

DR Congo’s Tshisekedi wins second term in landslide victory

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Sudan civilians rush for arms as paramilitaries advance

Civilians fleeing the war-torn Sudan ride a truck near the border crossing point in Renk County of Upper Nile State, South Sudan. — Reuters file photo

DR Congo government rules out election

Tires and other objects burn as riot police amass at a street to block a protest by the opposition who are calling for a re-run of last week's national election, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. — Reuters

Congo government bans opposition election protest

An independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) agent processes a voter at the Nyabushongo Institute polling centre on the second day of the Presidential election in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo December 21, 2023.

Sudanese in 'total panic' as paramilitaries move south

A general view of the Ourang refugee camp in Adre where refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan live. — AFP

UN Security Council voices 'alarm' at spreading violence in Sudan

Refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan queue with their jerrycans to queue to collect drinking water from the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) distribution point at the Ourang refugee camp in Adr. — AFP file photo

Sudan's displaced forced to flee again as safe zones shrink

People displaced by the conflict in Sudan get in their transporation as they flee Wad Madani, the capital of Al Jazirah state. - AFP

DR Congo enters second day of voting after chaotic start

Independent National Electoral Commission officials and polling agents tally votes at the Mavuno polling centre after the end of voting amid the parliamentary and presidential election in Goma, North Kivu province, the Democratic Republic of Congo. - Reuters

UN's WFP temporarily suspends food assistance in parts of Sudan

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Congo election marred by protest and delays, oppn alleges fraud

Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi after casting his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Kinshasa. - Reuters
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