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Added on the 23/02/2021 13:05:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The bodies of two Spanish journalists and an Irish wildlife activist killed during an anti-poaching patrol in eastern Burkina Faso arrive in Spain after being repatriated aboard a military plane. Journalists David Beriain and Roberto Fraile were accompanying Irish ONG chief Rory Young on the patrol in the Arly National Park on Monday 26 April when they were attacked, Young's Chengeta Wildlife group said, calling the assailants "terrorists". IMAGES
An Italian air force plane waits at Goma airport to repatriate the bodies of the Italian ambassador and his bodyguard, killed in an attack on a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A Congolese driver who has not been identified also died on the field trip. IMAGES
An Italian military jet arrives at the airport in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to repatriate the bodies of the ambassador and his bodyguard who were killed in an attack on Monday. IMAGES
Slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba's only surviving remains, a single tooth, arrives in Kinshasa where it is due to be laid to rest later this week. IMAGES
About 70 Italian diplomats and Afghans reach Rome after being evacuated from Kabul following the fall of the capital to the Taliban. The KC-767 military transport plane touched down at Rome's Fiumicino international airport carrying some 50 diplomats and 20 Afghans who had worked with Italian forces in Afghanistan, the foreign ministry said. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.