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Somalia names new prime minister, unveils plan for elections

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appointed a new prime minister hours…

Botswana allows wives to own land

Botswana wives can for the first time own land alongside their husbands,…

Edwin Appiah

Kenya county governments shut down over revenue

Kenya's county governments will send most staff on leave as they stop…

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BBC

Ivory Coast rejects Africa court order on elections

Ivory Coast will not recognise Tuesday's ruling by the African Court on…

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BBC

Severed head at Uganda’s parliament linked to missing child

Police in Uganda say the severed head a child - carried by…

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BBC

UN slams Nigeria for imprisoning ‘blasphemous’ 13-year-old

The UN children's agency Unicef has "expressed deep concern" over the imprisonment…

BBC
BBC

Gambia’s former first lady Zineb Jammeh hit with US sanctions

Zineb Jammeh, the wife of Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh, has been…

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Kenyan police officers ‘told to buy their own uniforms’

A section of police officers in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, have been buying…

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BBC

Bill Gates Snr is dead

William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist who was the father…

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CBS

Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni jailed for two years

Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni received a two-year prison sentence at his appeal…

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