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Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria

Junta-led Chad votes for president in a first in coup-hit region

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Botswana accident claims lives of seven South Africans

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Burkina Faso suspends more foreign news media over massacre reports

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Kenya delays schools reopening due to floods

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Nigeria landmine blast kills 11 anti-jihadist militia fighters

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155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East Africa

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Four dead as floods wreak havoc in Kenyan capital

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More than 50 000 displaced by clashes in northern Ethiopia: UN

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Rwandan expelled from US given life genocide term

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13 arrested in Ethiopia over killing of Oromo opposition figure

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‘No turning back’ for peacekeeping troops in DRC – expert

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Hundreds of Kenya doctors join protest in support of strike

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More than 90 killed as boat sinks off Mozambique coast

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‘Never forget’: World remembers 30 years since genocide in Rwanda

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Zimbabwe declares El Nino drought a national disaster

Uganda court rejects bid to overturn harsh anti-gay law

80-year-old American tourist killed by elephant in Zambian game park

Senegal results show large win for opponent Faye in presidential poll

Four sentenced to death for murder of Tunisia opposition leader

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Kenya releases first cult massacre bodies to families

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Togo lawmakers adopt new constitution

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More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released

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Civil society organisations call for reinstatement of SADC Tribunal

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DR Congo reporter freed from jail after six months

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Rural clinic offers respite for priced out Zimbabwean patients

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UN troops wounded as fighting flares in DR Congo

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Senegal opposition stronger after vote turmoil