Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age ...
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Togo’s president ‘tells rivals to accept defeat’
Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé has told his rivals to accept preliminary election results showing he has won by a landslide, ...
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South Sudan rivals Salva Kiir and Riek Machar strike unity deal
Former South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as first vice-president, sealing a peace deal aimed at ...
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South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed on Thursday to form a unity government, a long-delayed step towards ...
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Lesotho PM to be charged with murdering his wife
Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, 80, is to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane, police ...
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South African Minister says she didn’t go to Switzerland but went to Geneva
South Africa's Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been ridiculed following a gaffe which suggested that the 42-year-old did not know ...
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Rwandan gospel singer found dead in police cell
Rwandan gospel music artist Kizito Mihigo has been found dead in a police cell, officers say. It comes three days ...
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Uganda’s Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies aged 15
An actress who starred in the Queen of Katwe, a Disney film about a chess prodigy from a Ugandan slum, ...
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Only 34% of Nigerians use condoms during sex
Only 34% of adult Nigerians surveyed in a national poll use condoms during sex. According to the survey carried out by ...
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Buhari under pressure over Boko Haram attacks
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari is under increasing pressure to act decisively to end violence in Africa's most-populous state. Parliament's lower ...
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