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Amnesty urges probe into Mozambique’s deadly protest crackdown

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Sudan marks two years of war with no end in sight

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Africans eye a pope from among their own

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At least 143 dead in DR Congo boat fire

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Trial of Tunisian opposition figures resumes, six on hunger strike

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Courts Western Cape High Court orders scrapping of the 0.5% VAT increase

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South Africa Ramaphosa to meet Trump face-to-face to resolve diplomatic fallout

South Africa DA files supplementary affidavit to block the proposed VAT hike

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Khoisan evicted from Union Buildings after 6-year protest

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Electing an African Pope to lead the Catholic Church would be a historic move, says expert

Amnesty urges probe into Mozambique’s deadly protest crackdown

Sudan marks two years of war with no end in sight

Africans eye a pope from among their own

At least 143 dead in DR Congo boat fire

Trial of Tunisian opposition figures resumes, six on hunger strike

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USAid freeze pushes Lesotho’s HIV patients to traditional healers

DRC government meets M23 rebels in Qatar, says source

Mozambique’s leaders talk peace after election protests turn deadly

Five things to know about Namibia’s first woman president

SADC ends DRC peace mission amid rising uncertainty

SADC to withdraw troops from the DRC

Arab summit pushes back against forced displacement in Gaza

Tunisia sentences eight to death for 2013 murder of opposition leader

Doctors Without Borders suspends aid in famine-stricken Sudan camp

UN decries ‘summary executions’ of children by M23 in DR Congo

Over 200 killed in three-day Sudan paramilitary assault: lawyers

Khoisan evicted from Union Buildings after 6-year protest

M23 calls public meeting in captured DRC city as fighters advance

Only diplomacy can end DRC crisis, says security expert

DR Congo: Near Goma, displaced people begin long journey home

Rwanda-backed M23 advances in DRC as volunteers rally to fight back

Key DR Congo city close to falling to Rwanda-backed fighters

Plane crash in South Sudan kills 20

Gunshots in DR Congo’s Goma as protesters attack embassies

Family mourns fallen ‘maker of peace’ SANDF soldier

DR Congo’s Goma close to falling to militia, Rwanda troops: France

400 000 displaced this year as conflict rages in DRC’s volatile east

Boko’s criticism of SA stirs diplomatic storm

South Sudan declares nighttime curfew after looting in capital

Africa set for economic growth as AU selects new chair

Mozambique inaugurates new president after deadly post-election unrest