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  1. Update: 50 killed at Chad protests

    Demonstrators want the military to hand power to a civilian government

  2. Chad: Several killed in protests

    Demonstrations took place after the military failed to hand over power

  3. Traders in Ghana's capital Accra close their stores

    Shop owners and businesses in Accra stopped work in cost-of-living protest

  4. Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan ‘intolerable’

    The UN Commission on Human Rights says millions of civilians are suffering in South Sudan

  5. Hospital staff and patients kidnapped in Nigeria hospital attack

    Several people, including staff and patients, were taken during the raid on Gulu Hospital

  6. Zimbabwe to address genocide

    'Gukurahundi' resulted in the death of 20,000 civilians

  7. Ethiopian army captures several towns from Tigray forces

    Shire, Alamata and Korem have been claimed by Ethiopian federal troops

  8. Ethiopian troops seize strategic city in Tigray

    The 23-month civil war continues to escalate in Ethiopia

  9. Protesters who died in Sierra Leone clashes buried

    Twenty-seven protesters were killed during cost-of-living demonstrations in August

  10. Kenya disbands feared elite police unit

    Kenya’s Special Service Unit has been accused of enforced disappearances and killings

  11. Urgent global calls for an Ethiopia ceasefire

    There is rising alarm in diplomatic and humanitarian circles about the Tigrayan conflict

  12. Nigerian lecturers suspend eight-month strike

    Lecturers in Nigeria’s universities have agreed to resume lessons after being on strike

  13. IMF works much more collaboratively, says Africa Director

    Abebe Aemro Selassie, says IMF works in partnership with nations

  14. IMF Africa Director on Africa’s economic storm

    Abebe Aemro Selassie, says African nations have been hit harder than expected

  15. 13/10/2022 GMT

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

  16. 13/10/2022 GMT

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

  17. 13/10/2022 GMT

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

  18. Ebola case confirmed in Uganda's capital Kampala

    An Ebola patient has died at a hospital in Uganda's capital, say health authorities

  19. First Ebola death recorded in Ugandan capital

    An Ebola patient has died at a hospital in Kampala, the Ugandan health ministry says

  20. Atrocities continue in northern Ethiopia

    Both sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict have been accused of crimes against civilians

  21. Africa’s climate activists struggle to attend COP27

    Young campaigners want a voice at the global climate summit next month

  22. Lesotho’s incoming prime minister vows change

    Lesotho’s new coalition government says reforms are coming

  23. Lesotho’s new prime minister promises reforms

    Sam Matekane outlines his plans to revive the country’s economy

  24. New party in Lesotho wins most seats in election

    The party of Lesotho diamond magnate Sam Matekane has won 56 seats

  25. Chad's military ruler General Déby extends stay in power

    Chad's military ruler General Mahamat Déby has inauguration ceremony

  26. Ethiopia: Peace talks postponed, while fighting intensifies

    AU-led peace talks between Ethiopia’s warring factions did not go ahead as planned

  27. African free trade area lifts off

    The first consignments of goods under the plan have been despatched

  28. Flash flooding worsens in Sudan

    A humanitarian crisis has unfolded in recent months

  29. Voters go to the polls in Lesotho

    The parliamentary elections come after multiple political crises

  30. Should Liberia set up a war crimes court?

    The Truth and Reconciliation Commission said such a body should be created

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