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David Kinyanjui, a Mai Mahiu flood survivor recounts the horrific ordeal that killed his son. Like many there, his family's future leans on hope.

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Tens of thousands of Ethiopians on Sunday gathered at the Meskel Square in the capital of Addis Ababa to denounce foreign interference and pressure in the country's internal affairs. #Ethiopia #Tigray #TPLF

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Uganda's capital Kampala has a new entertainer: a mesmerizing 14-year-old acrobatic performer called Jonas Nasasira, who performs for motorists during the city's rush hour. #Kampala #Uganda #traffic #rushhour #contortion #gymnastics

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The government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia denounces U.S. sanctions imposed on Eritrea.

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Ethiopian Airlines made history on Saturday by having its first ever flight operated by women in all roles within Africa.

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#UPDATE : Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is now back in office. In a statement, he says Chapter 1 of his military mission is completed after retaking almost all major cities held by the TPLF. /Getty Images

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#LATEST Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in for a new five-year term.

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Conservationists hope to save a rare species of duck called the Madagascar pochard from extinction.

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Two young Orthodox Christians were killed and four others sustained heavy injuries in an attack on a church in the city of Shashamene in southern #Ethiopia on Saturday, according to a report by a religious media outlet.

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Thousands of Ethiopians across the country have responded to calls to join the Ethiopian National Defence Forces. Rallies were held in Addis Ababa and other cities where people were being enlisted into the army. #Tigray #TPLF #Ethiopia

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BREAKING: Seychelles confirms first two cases of #COVID19 . Two Italian citizens who were visiting the country have tested positive, according to the island nation's health commissioner. #coronavirus #Seychelles 🇸🇨😷

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Hakuna Matata: Malema calls for adoption of Swahili as Africa’s common language

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The Ethiopian government, on Thursday, sent a letter to the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO), questioning its Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom's moral, legal and professional standing.

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In Part 5 of our #AfricanWomenInLeadership series, Nigerian lawyer Juanita Derex-Briggs shares her strong beliefs with CGTN on the superiority of women and the need to change the perception of women.

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#TiwaSavage is one of the world’s leading #Afrobeats artists and the first African artist to sign a global deal with #UniversalMusicGroup

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Good night #Africa Ever seen an "Underwater Waterfall"? Just off the coast of Mauritius there is a a spectacular illusion. #ImagesofAfrica

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#Ethiopia aims to take control of airports and other critical installations in the north of the country in response to what it describes as "hostile foreign actors" supporting #Tigray regional forces.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister @AbiyAhmedAli says there is “heavy foreign interference” in the ongoing talks between the government and #Tigray rebels but remains hopeful a peace pact can be reached.

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The Ethiopian govt has indicted the international community for keeping silent over attacks by the TPLF Forces as well as blocking aid in Tigray Region. #Ethiopia #Tigray #TPLF #HumanitarianCrisis

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Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnin At Addis Ababa Bole International Airport on Wednesday. Wang Yi was in Ethiopia for a one-day official working visit and left after the meeting.

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Ethiopian airstrike in #Tigray kills at least 56, wounds 30: Reuters

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Kenyan President William Ruto confirmed that the East African nation rescinded its recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and has initiated steps to wind down the entity’s presence in the country.

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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of #Ethiopia welcomed Uhuru Kenyatta, the visiting president of neighboring #Kenya , in the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday. 🇪🇹🇰🇪 (Press photos via Ethiopian PM)

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The Kenya Space agency is set to launch the country’s first earth observation satellite, #Taifa -1, on April 11. SpaceX is assisting Kenya in the mission. One of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets will carry the Kenyan satellite into space.

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Rwanda shock South Africa 2-0 in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

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The Ethiopian government says there is no plan for a ceasefire as they do not negotiate with insurgents. CGTN's Girum Chala speaks with Billene Seyoum, the press secretary of Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed, about the ongoing conflict.

Ethiopian gov't says there is no plan for ceasefire: Ethiopia-Tigray...

The Ethiopian government says there is no plan for a ceasefire as they do not negotiate with insurgents. This follows former Nigerian President Olusegun Obas...

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday urged Tigrayan rebels to surrender, claiming government forces were nearing victory just one week after he vowed to lead military operations at the front. #EthiopiaConflict #TPLF #Tigray

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#ImagesofAfrica Jubilant Senegal fans celebrating their historic win against Poland, Africa's first victory of the 2018 FIFA #WorldCup . GoodnightAfrica

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#WeKnowYourSalary : Kenyans expose politicians, tycoons ‘graft wealth’

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry Wednesday said that Ethiopia has become "a source of instability" in the region and called for respect for Somalia's sovereignty after the region of Somaliland region agreed to grant Ethiopia access to the Red Sea.

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#ImagesOfAfrica Victoria Falls is a town on the east side of the falls. On the Zimbabwe side, the falls lie within the wildlife-rich Victoria Falls National Park. Victoria Falls borders Zambia and Zimbabwe, but 90% of the viewing points are in Zimbabwe. Goodnight, #Africa .

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Rwandan President @PaulKagame calls out politicized attacks against China and the WHO amid #COVID19 battle. "Let's focus on the fight against this pandemic," Kagame said, Wednesday. "Save us too much politics. Africa does not need it." #Rwanda #coronavirus 🇷🇼😷

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#Nigeria has described allegations of state-sponsored terrorism by a US-based non-profit organization as a "disgusting distraction" orchestrated by those seeking to weaken the ongoing fight against #terrorism and banditry in the west African country. 🇳🇬

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President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi arrived in China for an official visit on Wednesday.

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The African Union may block future donors who attach strings on their funds in one of the proposals that aims at making the continental bloc self-sufficient.

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Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway Haile Selassie Exit Plaza launched

Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway Haile Selassie Exit Plaza launched - CGTN Africa

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport, and Public Works, Kipchumba Murkomen, on Saturday, January 20, presided over the launch ceremony of a new exit road on the Chinese-built Nairobi...

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Kenyan President William Ruto on Sunday called for the reforming of the #AfricanUnion to free it from external influence. Ruto said there was need for African countries to provide funding for the body to enable it drive its agenda independently.

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BREAKING: The @WHO has slammed scientists as 'racist' for calling for #Africa to be a vaccine 'testing ground.' Last week, a French doctor apologized after suggesting that Africans were "highly exposed" to #COVID19 and "don’t protect themselves." #AfricansAreNotLabRats

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#Ethiopian Media Authority issues a letter of warning to four foreign media outlets; CNN, BBC, Reuters and Associated Press. @EthMediaAuth

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President Vladimir #Putin said #Russia will only accept rubles for gas deliveries to Europe

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#Ethiopia embarked on an ambitious tree planting initiative on Monday that aims to plant 500 million seedlings in 12 hours. If achieved, the feat geared towards restoring the East African country's forest cover would be a national record. (📸 Office of the Prime Minister -…

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China's first batch of food aid aimed at alleviating humanitarian challenges in the #Tigray region of northern #Ethiopia will arrive in early July, a senior official has confirmed. 🇪🇹🤝🇨🇳

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Zimbabwe is targeting to attain food security by 2022 and to increase household income by 100 percent by the year 2024, Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said on Wednesday.

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Tanzania is set to test its self funded electric train in July 2019. The high speed train is tipped to be one of Africa’s fastest at a speed of 160mph.

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Seventeen civilians have been killed in a drone strike in a town in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, aid workers told AFP on Tuesday.

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Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam wins world city mobility award

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#Somalia ranked 4th among countries whose people are kind to strangers -Report

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Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he gave a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden where he defended Julian Assange's innocence and renewed a previous offer of asylum to the WikiLeaks founder, Reuters reported.

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Kenyan film ‘Watu Wote’ has been nominated for an Oscar Award for best live action short film. The film is based on a true story; that of the infamous 2015 Mandera Bus attack by extremist group al-Shabaab. #WatuWote #Oscars2018

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The World Health Organisation ( #WHO ) reports #malaria cases in #Ethiopia ’s #Tigray region are up 80% compared to one year ago. The WHO adds that for the first time since the 1960s, people in Tigray do not have access to preventive interventions against malaria.

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Ethiopia is going through a conflict that has killed thousands of people. The gov't & rebel forces are facing increasing pressure to lay down their arms and negotiate a ceasefire. CGTN's Girum Challa talked to Billene Seyoum, the PM's press secretary.

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Ethiopia is currently going through a conflict that has killed thousands of people. The government and rebel forces are facing increasing pressure to lay dow...

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#BREAKING Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukrainian 'neo-nazis' opened fire on Chinese students, injuring two

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Wedding of the century Football star Lionel Messi's on Friday wed his childhood girlfriend Antonela Roccuzzo in a lavish wedding in Rosario

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China to donate military vehicles and equipment to the Somali defense ministry and Somali National Army (SNA). 📸 CGTN correspondent Mohammed Kahiya

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Russian President Putin says that the sanctions introduced on his country are "equivalent of a declaration of war", according to CNN.

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BREAKING: #Kenya 's schools to remain closed for the rest of the year and reopen in 2021. All national exams to be taken in 2020 have been canceled ~ CS George Magoha

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Ethiopia air force downed plane carrying weapons for TPLF: media

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Xi: Better promote development in 30th anniversary of China-Eritrea relations

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#ICYMI Rwanda’s Kigali International Airport has been ranked among the top 10 airports in Africa by the SKYTRAX World Airport Awards 2023, because of its excellent customer service and efficient operations. Photo: @RwandaAirports

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Ethiopia has earned around 505 million U.S. dollars from the gold mining sector in the first 10 months of the current Ethiopian Fiscal Year that started on July 8, 2020

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BREAKING: #Tanzania 's president has sacked the country's deputy health minister @DocFaustine amid a surge in #COVID19 infections. The news comes just hours after neighboring #Kenya closed its border with Tanzania over a spike in transmissions near crossing points. 🇹🇿😷

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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Ethiopia cherishes its ties with Turkey rooted in a common understanding of respect and trust. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his delegation concluded a one-day visit to Ankara, Turkey, and returned back to Ethiopia.

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In the war against #COVID19 some Kenyan students have developed a Ksh 500,000 ventilator prototype, in a span of 7 days. Once approved, the students can produce 50/week The development comes as Kenya today recorded two new #COVID19 cases, raising the number to 191.

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"I came here (Africa) to share the entrepreneurial dream not to sell Chinese products"-Jack Ma #JackMaInKenya #JackMawithUNCTAD

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BREAKING! #Tanzania confirms first case of COVID-19, becoming the 27th country to report a case.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday (March 23) held talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

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Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting President Isaias Afwerki of the State of Eritrea in Beijing on Monday.

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Zimbabwe records highest wheat harvest in 56 years.

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Rwanda played host to 73rd FIFA Congress in March: For the first time in its history, an elective FIFA Congress took place in Africa. Delegates from more than 200 FIFA member associations gathered in the Rwandan capital city Kigali in March for the assembly that unanimously…

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Good Morning #Africa The death of a lion cannot be announced by a goat~African Proverb [Photo-Capital]

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#Ethiopia hosts Africa Fashion gala. Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa hosted the Africa Fashion Reception, a fashion gala that brings together designers from all over Africa annually to showcase their work. #Fashion

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BREAKING: South Africa president calls for 21 days national lock-down as from Thursday midnight

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Somalia has advised all Somali nationals in #Ukraine , including students to contact the embassy in Brussels and Berlin for evacuation assistance. They've been urged to carry with them, their national identification documents while the govt works on establishing evacuation routes.

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Four injured persons have been admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital - Kenya's largest referral hospital. Police and army personnel have cordoned off the area. #RiversideDrive (Images by Reuters)

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Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks, with 500 expected to be ready by mid-April to help meet demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Amane Beriso Shankule of Ethiopia wins the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest ahead of compatriot Gotytom Gebreslase and Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi of Morocco. #WorldAthleticsChamps

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Rwanda will host over 5000 delegates from the 54 member countries of the Commonwealth, for the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that is slated for June 20-25. The meeting will also host over 30 heads-of-state who have confirmed their attendance

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"Opportunities are always found where people complain" Jack Ma #JackMaInKenya #JackMawithUNCTAD

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Best in the world? #KenyaNationalAnthem praised globally after #Rio2016 closing ceremony

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Various Heads of State are already in Nairobi, ahead of today's inauguration ceremony of Uhuru Kenyatta as President of Kenya. More than 20 presidents are expected to witness Kenyatta's swearing-in for his second and final term. #InaugurationKe

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Chinese, Malian FMs agree to maintain mutual support, strengthen cooperation

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Air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region kills at least 5 people and injures 37, according to doctors.

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The inaugural Kenya Airways (KQ) direct flight from Nairobi to New York has touched down at New York’s JFK International Airport.

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#Nigerian troops kill 75 Boko Haram militants in NE region

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Swazi King Mswati III bans divorce in his country

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#OlympicFacts - Kirsty Coventry 🇿🇼Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry is Africa’s most successful Olympian, having won seven medals, including two gold, in five Olympic Games between 2000 and 2016. #Olympics #OlympicGames

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#PICS : Military units are parading today in #Somalia 's capital to celebrate the country's 62nd Armed Forces Day, marking the date in 1960 when the country's armed forces were established. 🇸🇴 CGTN correspondent Mohamed Kahiye is on the ground in #Mogadishu to capture the parade.

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Guinea military leaders dissolve government without explanation.

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#ImagesOfAfrica Rwanda's Kigali Downtown Bus Park view. Good night #Africa . [Image: Rwanda The Heart of Africa]

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Nigerian Grammy-winning and multi-platinum-selling singer, songwriter, and producer, Burna Boy, will co-headline the highly anticipated 2023 UEFA Champions League Final Kick-Off Show in Istanbul, Türkiye. #PepsiKickOffShow #UCL

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Rwandan court frees activist Diane Rwigara.

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Zimbabwe is the Guinness world record holder for the biggest ensemble of marimba players. 222 students participated in ZiMarimba fest at Prince Edward School in Harare to beat the previous record held in Australia by 108 participants .

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Kenyan community celebrates birth of first black Rhino born in 25 years

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Unity is strength, division is weakness~ Swahili proverb Good morning #Africa ! Happy #AfricaDay #AfricaDay2017

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Zambia has legalised the production and export of cannabis for economic and medicinal purposes. Thread 1/4

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#ImagesOfAfrica Hallo Nigeria! We love the look of your Lekki Ikoyi Link Bridge. Good night Africa! (Image courtsey0

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#ImagesOfAfrica Meet this creative young man called Mubede from Uganda. He built a Land Rover and laptop from mere wood. Goodnight #Africa . [Image: HowAfrica]

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The Ethiopian gov't says almost all areas of the Amhara region are free of rebels. Woldia was the last stronghold of the TPLF rebels and was recaptured on Sunday. CGTN's Girum Challa with the details. #Ethiopia #TPLF

Ethiopian Gov't: Almost all areas in Amhara region free of rebels

The Ethiopian government has said almost all areas of the Amhara region are free of rebels. Woldia was the last stronghold of the TPLF rebels and was recaptu...

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Equatorial Guinea’s President has promoted his first son to the country’s vice-President

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#Somaliland blocks #Laascaanood internet access as protests against the presence of its forces in the northern city grow, GaroweOnline News reported.

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PICS: Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, visited the Liwonde National Park in Malawi on Monday, where he also paid tribute at the memorial site for Guardsman Mathew Talbot of the Coldstream Guards, who was killed by an elephant at the park. (REUTERS) #PrinceHarry

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