Fire destroys a house at 18 Strand Street in Swakopmund's Vineta suburb in Namibia - 11 January 2020 #Swakopmund #Namibia #Vineta

Robert Abela is set to become the new prime minster of Malta after he was elected to lead the ruling Labour Party on Sunday morning Outgoing party leader Joseph Muscat was forced to resign after mishandling an investigation into the death of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Zambian villagers discovered oil in Gwembe district in the country's Southern Province. Preliminary exploration by state-owned ZCCM (60%) has confirmed the presence of a petroleum block. #Gwembe #Zambia

Toyota is planning to build a hydrogen powered city at the base of Mt Fuji in Japan called the Woven City *Buildings made from carbon neutral wood *Roof tops covered in photo-voltaic panels **Zero-emission vehicles #WovenCity #MtFuji #Japan #Toyota

Toyota is planning to build a prototype city at the base of Mt Fuji in Japan *Named Woven City *Powered by hydrogen & solar *Buildings made from carbon neutral wood *Zero-emission vehicles #WovenCity #MtFuji #Japan #Toyota

Gun salute for Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who is in South Africa on an official state visit from 11–12 January 2020 #SouthAfrica #AbiyAhmed #Ethiopia #Ramaphosa

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union building in Pretoria #SouthAfrica #AbiyAhmed #Ethiopia #Ramaphosa #EthiopiaInSA #CyrilRamaphosa

Fire at a Eskom substation in Kempton Park has caused a blackout in Isando, Aston Manor, Bonaero Park, OR Tambo Airport & surrounding areas. #Eskom #KemptonPark #LoadShedding

The Taal Volcano has erupted in the Philippines #TaalVolcano #Philippines

#Throwback Cruise ship crashes into a tourist boat & port in Venice, Italy after an engine failure on 2 June 2019 (MSC Opera) #MSCOpera #Venice #Italy #CruiseShip

Iranian police fire teargas at anti-government protesters in Tehran - 11 January 2020 #IranianProtesters #Tehran #IranProtests2020 #Iran

Iran's only female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh says she has defected Alizadeh said she "didn't want to sit at the table of hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery" and that she did not want to be complicit with the regime's "corruption and lies." #KimiaAlizadeh #Iran

Zimbabwe's exiled former information minister Jonathan Moyo celebrating his 63rd birthday with his wife today. Moyo fled Zimbabwe during the November 2017 coup that deposed Robert Mugabe & was engineered by current President Mnangagwa & his VP Chiwenga. #Zimbabwe #JonathanMoyo

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou has replaced the head of the army after two of the country’s deadliest attacks in living memory killed at least 160 soldiers. Major General Salifou Modi was appointed Ahmed Mohamed’s successor on Monday. #Niger #Issoufou

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South African cricketer Temba Bavuma scored a career-best of 180 for his team the Lions in their match against the Dolphins on Thursday, January 16. Bavuma was controversially dropped from the Proteas Test team for the ongoing #SAvENG series 🎥NickTatham22 #Bavuma #SouthAfrica

Greece is set to elect the country's first female president Katerina Sakellaropoulou after the main opposition said they would support governments nominee for the position. The 62 year-old Sakellaropoulou is a judge and the current head of Greece's top administrative court.

Africa's richest woman and Angola's ex-first daughter Isabel dos Santos says she is considering running for president in 2022 In December 2019 Dos Santos assets in Angola were frozen by her father’s successor President João Lourenço, a move she labelled a "witch hunt". #Angola

Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says he intends to resign after being accused of interfering in investigations into the killing of his wife Lipolelo Thabane who was gunned down in June 2017 as they were going through a bitter divorce. #Lesotho #Thabane

Mamusa Local Municipality by-election results (South Africa, 15 Jan 2020): Final seat allocation *ANC 10 (-1) *EFF 5 (+3) *DA 1 (no change) *FF+ 1 (no change) *AIC 1 (+1) #Mamusa #SouthAfrica