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  1. Gabon holds key cabinet meeting in President Bongo's absence

    The vice president chaired the first cabinet meeting in the country for three weeks.

  2. Sudan's cash crisis bites even harder

    Many cash machines have run out of banknotes in Sudan's capital, Khartoum.

  3. Gabon: First cabinet meeting since President Bongo was taken ill

    The vice president chaired the first cabinet meeting in the country for three weeks.

  4. Ethiopia's former deputy intelligence chief arrested

    Yared Zerihun is one of more than 60 officials arrested since Monday.

  5. Ethiopia arrests former deputy spy chief Yared Zerihun

    Yared Zerihun is one of more than 60 officials arrested since Monday.

  6. Ethiopia's former deputy intelligence chief arrested

    Since Monday more than 60 officials have been arrested.

  7. Eritrea breakthrough as UN sanctions lifted

    The UN votes unanimously to lift sanctions against Eritrea

  8. The United Nations votes unanimously to lift sanctions against Eritrea

    The resolution, drafted by the UK, was backed by the US and its allies.

  9. UN removes Eritrea sanctions after nine years

    The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to lift sanctions on Eritrea.

  10. Three students held over Uganda school fire

    Nine students were killed in a dormitory whose doors had been padlocked.

  11. Nine Ugandan students die in a dormitory fire

    Three students are in custody on suspicion of starting the fire.

  12. Three students held over Uganda school fire

    Nine students were killed in a dormitory whose doors had been padlocked.

  13. Ethiopia arrests military and intelligence officers

    The attorney general says they are accused of human rights abuses and corruption.

  14. Ethiopia: Dozens of military and intelligence chiefs arrested

    The attorney general says they are accused of human rights abuses and corruption.

  15. Stranded commuters in Kenya

    Matatu drivers cause chaos as they strike over health and safety regulations.

  16. 11/11/2018 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  17. 10/11/2018 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  18. Multiple fatalities in near simultaneous car bombs in Mogadishu

    There has been a series of coordinated bomb attacks in Somalia's capital.

  19. Bombs rock Somalia's capital

    Three bomb blasts have hit Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

  20. DR Congo: Ebola, elections and peacekeeping

    We take a closer look at peacekeeping in the face of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC.

  21. African Union in fresh push for peace in Cameroon

    The AU calls for a renewed effort to try to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

  22. The AU releases a statement on the security situation in Cameroon

    The AU welcomes the release of the kidnapped children. But what else is it doing?

  23. Fresh push for peace in Cameroon

    The AU calls for a renewed effort to try to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

  24. Cameroon kidnap: Bamenda students freed

    All but two of the 78 children abducted in Cameroon have been released.

  25. Kidnapped schoolchildren freed in Cameroon

    Most students kidnapped from a boarding school have been freed, officials say.

  26. Cameroon kidnap: Bamenda students freed

    The 78 students kidnapped from a boarding school have been freed, officials say.

  27. Biya celebrates being be sworn in Cameroon's President for the seventh time

    President Paul Biya has been sworn in for a seventh term.

  28. Cameroon kidnap: Army searches for pupils seized in Bamenda

    A search operation is under way to rescue dozens of people kidnapped from a school.

  29. Cameroon: Biya starts seventh term

    Cameroon's President Paul Biya has been sworn in for a seventh term.

  30. Dozens of pupils kidnapped in Cameroon

    More than 80 people - students and teachers - are seized from a school in Bamenda.

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