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  1. Cameroon school kidnap: More than 70 pupils seized in Bamenda

    Dozens of people, mostly school pupils, have been kidnapped from a boarding school.

  2. Tanzania says anti-gay squads are not government policy

    The government has said that it would "continue to respect and uphold all human rights".

  3. 04/11/2018 GMT

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

  4. 03/11/2018 GMT

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

  5. South Africa’s summit against gender-based violence

    Women have been attending a summit to find ways to address gender-based violence.

  6. Cameroonian journalists denounce threats

    Many journalists have been arrested, harassed and intimidated for doing their work.

  7. South Africa Airways 'should be shut down'

    SA's finance minister says the loss-making airline is not worth bailing out anymore.

  8. Woman elected head of Ethiopia's top court

    Meaza Ashenafi elected as the first woman to head Ethiopia's federal supreme court.

  9. Why is the Kenyan parliament trailing in gender representation in the region?

    Constitutionally, one gender should not take up more than two thirds of any elective body

  10. Uganda approves the use of an Ebola vaccine as a preventive measure

    Uganda's government spearheads the use of a preventive Ebola vaccine for health workers.

  11. South Sudan: Riek Machar returns after two years in exile

    South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar returns to Juba.

  12. South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar returns to Juba

    Riek Machar returns to South Sudan two years after he fled.

  13. Riek Machar returns to South Sudan to seal peace deal

    South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar returns to Juba two years after he fled.

  14. A leading South African criminal lawyer is gunned down in Cape Town

    Pete Mihalik was shot dead while dropping his two children at school.

  15. Top criminal lawyer shot dead in South Africa

    Police say they are searching for a suspect who shot Pete Mihalik dead in his car.

  16. Members of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria march again

    They are demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.

  17. Can a new campaign bring former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh to face justice?

    A campaign called #Jammeh2Justice has been launched by human rights lawyer Reed Brody.

  18. A suicide bomber blows herself up in the heart of the Tunisian capital

    Several people were injured when a woman blew herself up in Tunis.

  19. 'Woman blows herself up' in Tunis

    A woman has blown herself up in the centre of Tunisia's capital, according to state radio

  20. 28/10/2018 GMT

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

  21. 27/10/2018 GMT

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

  22. The new migration route to the US being taken by Africans

    Some Africans have joined the migrant caravan travelling from Central America to the US.

  23. UNHCR: Expulsions from Angola put thousands of Congolese at risk back in the DRC

    UNHCR warns that Angola's deportation of DRC migrants has left them very insecure.

  24. UNHCR: Congolese diamond deportees 'need help'

    UNHCR warns that Angola's deportation of DRC migrants has left them very insecure

  25. Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia's first female president

    Sahle-Work Zewde promised to focus on gender equality and promoting peace.

  26. Ethiopian parliament chooses first female president

    Sahle-Work Zewde promised to focus on gender equality and promoting peace.

  27. Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia's first female president

    She is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa's only female head of state.

  28. South Africa's new finance minister delivers his first budget statement

    Mr Mboweni said South Africa could not afford to continue borrowing at its current rate.

  29. Finance Minister Mboweni assesses the state of South Africa's economy

    South Africa's new finance minister delivers his first budget statement.

  30. South Africa's new finance minister delivers his first budget statement

    Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his maiden budget statement.

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