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  1. South Sudan cattle raids: More than 100 killed says state governor

    The governor of Eastern Equatoria State calls for peace after farmer-herder violence

  2. Tanzania investigates deadly unknown illness

    The illness, resembling haemorrhagic fever, has been reported in the south of Tanzania

  3. Dozens killed in South Sudan cattle raids

    The ethnic violence in Eastern Equatorial state is over cattle and grazing fields

  4. Sierra Leone: controversy brews over constitutional changes

    MPs report facing physical attacks amidst tension over government electoral reforms

  5. Reactions to Mo Farah's revelation

    Olympic runner Mo Farah said in an interview that he was trafficked to the UK as a child

  6. Ivorian soldiers arrested in Mali

    Malian authorities arrested forty-nine Ivorian soldiers at Bamako airport on Sunday

  7. Soweto shooting: A community under siege from crime

    South Africa police are under pressure to find gunmen who killed 15 people at a tavern

  8. Soweto residents ‘in shock’ by bar shootings

    South Africa police say gunmen entered the tavern and started firing randomly

  9. Pressure grows on SA police to find tavern killers

    At least 15 people were shot dead in a bar in the South African township of Soweto

  10. African Union launches Covid vaccine e-passport

    The digital vaccine passport was launched by the Africa Centres for Disease Control

  11. Reaction to the death of Angola's former President

    Former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos died in Spain after a long illness

  12. Angola's former President Dos Santos dies

    Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos died in Spain after a prolonged illness

  13. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns

    Boris Johnson has resigned as the Conservative leader in the United Kingdom

  14. Burkina Faso: Exiled Compaoré returns home

    Burkina Faso exiled ex-president Blaise Compaoré who was overthrown in 2014 returns home

  15. Burkina Faso’s Blaise Compaoré returns from exile

    Burkina Faso’s overthrown president, Blaise Compaoré has returned to the country

  16. Hundreds of inmates still at large after Nigeria jail break

    Nigerian officials say Boko Haram suspects are among those who fled and are still missing

  17. UN withdraws from talks in Sudan

    The UN-led dialogue was aimed at ending the Sudan's political crisis

  18. DR Congo ‘on brink of war’ with Rwanda

    Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has warned of war if “Rwandan provocation continues”

  19. 05/07/2022 GMT

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

  20. Top-level bid to end Ethiopia and Sudan border row

    Members of the Igad regional bloc meet to thrash out issues on peace and security

  21. Information Minister rejects calls to list Nigeria as a country of concern

    Nigeria’s Lai Mohammed denounces calls to have Nigeria listed as a country of concern

  22. West African leaders lift sanctions on Mali

    Leaders from the Ecowas bloc have lifted sanctions imposed on Mali’s military regime

  23. Reports that Uganda’s army is training Tigrayan forces are ‘not true’

    Uganda's army spokesperson emphatically denies training or supporting Ethiopian rebels

  24. Ugandan army denies training Tigrayan forces

    Uganda's military emphatically denies Uganda is attempting to destabilise Ethiopia

  25. Nigerian artist cancels concert in Morocco to mourn death of African migrants

    Seun Kuti cancelled planned concert in Morocco to “mourn” the loss of 23 African migrants

  26. Tunisian president drafts controversial new constitution

    Controversial new constitution seeks to give President of Tunisia absolute power

  27. President of Tunisia expands power with new constitution

    Tunisian President, Kais Saied publishes new constitution that vastly expands his powers

  28. Gay Nigerian man deported from the UK

    Adeniyi Raji, Nigerian man who says he’s gay among migrants deported from the UK

  29. At least 6 protesters shot dead in Sudan

    At least six pro-democracy protesters have been killed in Sudan during nation-wide rally

  30. At least three dead following pro-democracy protests in Sudan

    At least three dead during protests marking three years since the uprising in Sudan

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