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Demonstrators demand the overthrow of the Libya's Government of National Unity headed by Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya. May 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ayman al-Sahili/File Photo

Africa

Libya's PM says eliminating militias is 'ongoing project' as ceasefire holds

"We will not spare anyone who continues to engage in corruption or extortion. Our goal is to create a Libya free of militias and corruption," Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah ...

The Meharists are part of Mauritania's National Guard. Photo: AFP

Africa

On patrol for jihadists with Mauritania's camel cavalry

Demonstrators hold placards in support of US President Donald Trump's stance against what he calls racist laws, land expropriation, and farm attacks, outside the American Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 15, 2025. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

World+Biz

First white South Africans to arrive under US refugee plan as soon as next week

49-year-old Christopher Obinya who retrieved his grandfather's cocoa farm from a cropper who had been leasing it, inspects it during a visit to the farm in Ikom community, in Cross River State, Nigeria, April 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun

Africa

'Cocoa boys' flock to Nigerian farmlands, drawn by high prices

US President Donald Trump's Senior Advisor for Africa Massad Boulos addresses a press conference at the US Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda April 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo

Africa

Congo and Rwanda submit draft peace proposal: Trump adviser

A view shows a large plume of smoke rising from fuel depot in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalid Abdelaziz

Africa

Drone strikes pound Port Sudan, putting aid deliveries at risk

Kenya's President-elect William Ruto speaks after the Supreme Court upheld his win in Nairobi, Kenya September 5, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

Africa

Shoe thrown at Kenya's President Ruto during rally

A mother carries her sleeping baby during a safety training workshop for displaced Boko Haram victims on the identification of dangerous objects, at the Gubio camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria May 6, 2022. Picture taken May 6, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

Africa

Gates, others launch $500 million maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend

Attendees of a rosary for Pope Francis leave, following the death of the pontiff, with St. Peter's Basilica in the background, in the Vatican, April 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Africa

Africans root for first Black pope in modern history

Electricity lights up the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa, June 18, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

Africa

Politics home and after haven't deterred investors from South Africa

Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148: officials

Africa

Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148: officials

Najlaa Ahmed, a displaced Sudanese mother, looks on, following Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on Zamzam displacement camp, as she shelters in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan April 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Africa

Survivors describe executions, arson in attack on Sudan's Zamzam camp

Emergency workers in attendance at the scene of a collision between two passenger trains near Pretoria, South Africa, January 31, 2013. Photo: Via AFP/UNB

Africa

Injuries as South African luxury train smashes into another