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  1. Sierra Leone police chop off rapper’s dreadlocks

    Popular Sierra Leone musician Boss LAJ was arrested over allegations of robbery

  2. Congolese hero's gold-capped tooth is returned

    Belgium has handed back Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to his family

  3. Belgium returns Congolese hero's tooth to family

    The tooth of murdered DRC hero Patrice Lumumba was handed over at a ceremony in Brussels

  4. Funeral mass held for victims of Nigeria's Owo church massacre

    Forty people, including four children, were killed in the attack on a church on 5 June

  5. South Africa considers cheap oil imports from Russia

    Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says there are no sanctions on Russia’s crude oil

  6. DRC to suspend all trade agreements with Rwanda

    DRC claims Rwanda is supporting rebels and suspends all trade agreements

  7. Ethiopian children suffer 'deadliest form' of malnutrition

    Save the Children warns thousands of Ethiopian children are suffering from malnutrition

  8. Tunisia brought to a standstill by national strike

    Tunisia’s nationwide strike is seen as a challenge to President Saied’s rule

  9. Nationwide public sector strike grips Tunisia

    Tunisia’s nationwide strike is seen as a challenge to President Saied’s rule

  10. Kenyan wins Africa Prize for Engineering

    Norah Magero won the Royal Academy of Engineering Prize for her portable vaccine fridge

  11. Tanzania’s Maasai evictions continue

    Tanzania says moving Maasai from ancestral lands is necessary to protect wildlife

  12. Tanzania’s Maasai evicted from ancestral lands

    The Tanzanian government says the relocation of Maasai communities is voluntary

  13. Rwanda asylum plan: Flight due to depart for Kigali

    The UK government insists plane will take off after four individual legal challenges fail

  14. Rwanda defends UK asylum scheme

    Rwanda’s government spokesperson says there is nothing "immoral" about the plan

  15. Rwanda ‘ready to receive' deported asylum seekers from the UK

    The UK insists first flight to Kigali will go ahead, despite individual legal challenges

  16. 13/06/2022 GMT

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

  17. 13/06/2022 GMT

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

  18. 13/06/2022 GMT

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

  19. UK asylum seekers to be flown to Rwanda

    The UK High court has allowed a flight to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda

  20. Violent clash between Maasai community and police in Tanzania

    In Loliondo, northern Tanzania, Maasai community clashes with police over ancestral land

  21. Maasai clash with police in Tanzania

    Police in Tanzania have clashed with the Maasai community over evictions

  22. Somalia’s newly elected president is inaugurated

    Hassan Sheikh Mohamud officially took office after a ceremony in Mogadishu

  23. Ethiopia: MSF warns of a growing food crisis

    Medical charity MSF says thousands in Ethiopia face starvation

  24. MSF warns of dire crisis in northern Ethiopia

    The medical charity MSF says thousands in Ethiopia’s Afar state are struggling to survive

  25. King Philippe of Belgium laments racism of colonial past in the DRC

    The Belgium monarch is on a week-long visit to the former colony

  26. Global Mercy's maiden voyage to Africa

    World’s largest civilian hospital ship docks in Senegal to train local health workers

  27. Bola Tinubu wins Nigerian presidential primary

    The Lagos "godfather" secured more than half of the votes at the party's convention

  28. Belgium's King Philippe touched down in Kinshasa

    On the invitation of President Felix Tshisekedi, DRC welcomes the Belgian king

  29. Belgium's King Philippe arrives in Kinshasa

    It is the Belgium king’s first visit to DR Congo since ascending to the throne in 2013

  30. Wealthy Gupta brothers arrested in UAE

    Atul and Rajesh Gupta face fraud and money-laundering charges in South Africa

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