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Tunisia ’state torture’ condemned

Human rights group Amnesty International accuses Tunisia of illegal detention and torture under its anti-terrorism policy.
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UN chief urges Harare poll delay

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says Zimbabwe’s presidential election run-off should be postponed after the opposition pulled out.
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Zimbabwean elections to go ahead

Zimbabwe vows to go ahead with the run-off presidential vote despite the withdrawal of the opposition candidate.
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Nigerian militants call ceasefire

The militant group behind major attacks on Nigeria’s oil network announces a unilateral ceasefire, beginning on Tuesday.
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African press mulls future

Africa’s press discusses Zimbabwe’s future following opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s decision to pull out of the presidential run-off election.
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Sonko’s U-turn on Reading future

Senegal defender Ibrahima Sonko says he wants to leave English club Reading after all.
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Bishops criticise Anglican leader

Conservative Anglicans open talks in Jerusalem with criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury, amid a rift over gay priests.
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Kenyans blocked from return home

Kenyan families displaced by electoral violence are rejected by neighbours as they try to return home.
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French workers kidnapped in Niger

Tuareg-led rebels abduct four French workers from a uranium mine in northern Niger but say they are not in danger.
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E Guinea seeks 30 years for Mann

Prosecutors in Equatorial Guinea call for British mercenary Simon Mann to serve 30 years in jail for his 2004 coup plot.
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Space cameras to monitor forests

Plans to use high resolution cameras in space to monitor deforestation in the Congo Basin are unveiled.
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Chad town ‘under attack by Sudan’

Chad’s government accuses the Sudanese army of attacking a town on their border after days of rebel raids.
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Guinea troops clash with police

Fighting breaks out in the West African state of Guinea between soldiers and striking police officers.
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Killed reporters’ memorial opens

A memorial to journalists killed while on assignment is unveiled by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
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UN envoy set for Zimbabwe talks

A top UN official arrives in Zimbabwe amid continuing political violence ahead of this month’s presidential run-off.
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Forgotten Kenyan conflict exposed

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontiers exposes torture and sexual violence in a little-known conflict in western Kenya.
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Nigeria oil watchdog suspended

Nigeria’s oil industry regulator head is suspended pending a probe into licences awarded under ex-President Obasanjo.
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Deadly flooding in Somali capital

Flooding around the Somali capital, Mogadishu, leaves at least six people dead and affects thousands in camps.
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UN envoy due for Zimbabwe talks

A top UN official is due in Zimbabwe amid continuing political violence ahead of this month’s presidential run-off.
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Chad’s rebels ’seize’ third town

Rebels in Chad say they have taken the eastern town of Biltine, as they continue their recent offensive.
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Sudan to deploy troops in Abyei

A joint battalion of Sudan’s northern and southern troops is to move into the disputed town of Abyei, their commander says.
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DR Congo warlord ‘may go free’

Judges say prosecution errors may lead to Congolese ex-warlord Thomas Lubanga not facing an ICC war crimes trial.
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Guinea police strike for more pay

Police in Guinea fire shots into the air as they go on strike to demand more pay, weeks after a similar protest by the army.
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Controversial Rwandan soap opera about sex wins top prize

A Rwandan soap opera that takes on controversial issues about sexual health wins a prestigious award.
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Africa ‘needs an extra $40bn aid’

Former UN chief Kofi Annan warns that Africa faces a $40bn aid shortfall, as he launches a report by the Africa Commission.
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Images back Ethiopia abuse claim

US scientists say satellite images confirm reports that Ethiopian troops burnt villages in the Somali Ogaden region.
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US condemns Eritrea ‘aggression’

The US condemns Eritrea for ”military aggression” after Djiboutian soldiers were killed in border clashes.
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ODM wins three Kenya by-elections

The Kenyan PM’s party wins three by-elections, but remains roughly level with its coalition partner, the president’s PNU party.
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Ethiopia appeals for urgent aid

Ethiopia launches an urgent appeal to international donors for more than $300m worth of emergency food aid.
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Locals killed in S Africa attacks

A third of those killed in xenophobic attacks in South Africa last month were local citizens, the government says.
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Boost for Africa green revolution

Two big development groups say they will invest in new roads and develop new technologies to boost Africa’s agriculture.
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Mugabe critic on treason charge

Key Zimbabwe opposition official Tendai Biti will be charged with treason and may face the death penalty, police say.
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Top Somali aid worker shot dead

A prominent Somali aid worker is shot dead in the capital by unidentified gunmen days after a ceasefire pact was signed.
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Deaths overshadow Kenya elections

By-elections in five Kenyan constituencies are overshadowed by the deaths of two ministers in a plane crash.
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Zimbabwe ‘run by military junta’

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says his country is effectively being run by a military junta.
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Happy about rising food prices? Uganda’s president is

President Yoweri Museveni says he is ”very happy” with the food crisis, because Ugandan exports will rise.
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Atlas shows vanishing landscape

A new atlas shows Africa’s changing landscape over 30 years including disappearing glaciers and lakes.
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YSL ashes scattered in Morocco

The ashes of fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent are scattered in the garden of his villa in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.
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Djibouti troops killed on border

Two Djibouti soldiers are killed and 17 wounded in border clashes with Eritrean troops, Djibouti’s government says.
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Liberians killed in farm massacre

Liberian police recover from a river the bodies of at least 12 farm workers killed in a weekend land dispute.
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