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BBC News Online: World: Africa

Thursday, 21 June, 2001, 15:53 GMT 16:53 UK

In pictures: Africa's eclipse


Thousands of people in southern Africa watched the first total solar eclipse of the new millennium. Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique saw the skies go dark before the eclipse finally ended over Madagascar.

Children watch the solar eclipse, Lusaka, Zambia,

The corona of the Sun as it is hidden by the moon

The corona of the Sun as it is hidden by the moon


Partial solar eclipse appears over the Gabonese capital Libreville



People looking through protective glasses, Cape Town.

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