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Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau may have been killed by the security forces during a shoot-out

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Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau may have been killed by the security forces during a shoot-out, an army spokesman has said. An "intelligence report"...

SADC leaders called for the EU and US to lift Zimbabwe sanctions after endorsing Robert Mugabe's win

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Southern African Development Community leaders have called for the European Union and US to lift all sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe after endorsing President Robert...

MSF is closing all its programmes in Somalia after 22 years working in the war-torn country

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Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is closing all its programmes in Somalia after 22 years working in the war-torn country. MSF said...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Mali's presidential election after his rival Soumaila Cisse admitted defeat in the second round

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Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Mali's presidential election after his rival Soumaila Cisse admitted defeat in the second round. Ex-Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse said he...

Robert Mugabe has launched a stinging attack on his opposition rivals in his first public speech since he won Zimbabwe’s presidential election

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Zimbabwe’s presidential election winner Robert Mugabe has launched a stinging attack on his opposition rivals in his first public speech since he won the...

Mali presidential candidates Soumaila Cissé and Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

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Mali is set to begin voting in a presidential election run-off. Many expect Former PM Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who won 40% of the vote in...

Morgan Tsvangirai has filed court challenge against Robert Mugabe poll win

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Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe has filed a legal challenge to Robert Mugabe's victory in last week's presidential elections. The electoral...

Nearly 305,000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away during last week's elections

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Nearly 305,000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away during last week's elections, which the opposition has said were rigged. These are the first such official figures...

International flights have begun landing at Nairobi's international airport a day after fire gutted the arrivals hall

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International flights have begun landing at Nairobi's international airport a day after fire gutted the arrivals hall, causing serious disruption. A plane from London was...

Huge fire has broken out at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi

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A huge fire has broken out at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the main international airport in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA)...

The US and UK have expressed concerns after Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe won a seventh term in office

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The US and UK have expressed concerns after Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe won a seventh term in office amid claims of electoral fraud. US Secretary...

Robert Mugabe has won a seventh term in office as Zimbabwe’s president

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Robert Mugabe has won a seventh term in office as Zimbabwe’s president, officials say, amid claims of electoral fraud. Robert Mugabe, 89, won 61% of...

Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has already said it will not recognize the election results, alleging fraud

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Roy Bennett, a leading Zimbabwe opposition figure, has called for a campaign of "passive resistance" after election results showed President Robert Mugabe's party had...

Robert Mugabe's party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament in this week's elections

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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe's party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament in this week's elections, officials say. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said that Zanu-PF...

First official results from national assembly elections show that Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party is taking an early lead

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Zimbabwean presidential and parliamentary elections were "free, honest and credible", the African Union observer mission's head has said. Olusegun Obasanjo said the incidents reported during...

Vote counting started overnight, and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has five days to declare who won the poll

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Zimbabwean presidential election was a "huge farce", Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said, alleging vote-rigging by rival President Robert Mugabe's camp. At a news conference,...

Zimbabwe is voting in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections which have already been hit by fraud allegations

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Zimbabwe is voting in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections which have already been hit by fraud allegations. President Robert Mugabe, 89, has said he...

Polls open across Mali for a presidential election aimed at reuniting the country after months of political turmoil

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Polls open across Mali for a presidential election aimed at reuniting the country after months of political turmoil. Security is tight, with many areas still...

More than 1,000 inmates have escaped from a jail in the Libyan city of Benghazi

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More than 1,000 inmates have escaped from a jail in the Libyan city of Benghazi. A security official from the jail told the AP news...

Mohamed Brahmi has been assassinated outside his home in Tunis

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Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi has been assassinated outside his home in Tunis, officials say. Mohamed Brahmi, 58, led the nationalist Movement of the People...

Nelson Mandela turns 95 while in hospital in Pretoria, as events take place around the world and in South Africa in his honor

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Nelson Mandela turns 95 while in hospital in Pretoria, as events take place around the world and in South Africa in his honor. South Africans...

Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but remains in a critical condition

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South African President Jacob Zuma has announced Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but remains in a critical condition. The former president and global statesman,...

Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces impending death

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Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces “impending death”, a South African court documents reveal. Nelson Mandela's health is “perilous”,...

First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush attended the African First Ladies Summit in Tanzania where they complained about how the White House can feel like a prison

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First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush attended the African First Ladies Summit in Tanzania where they complained about how the White House can...

Members of Nelson Mandela's family have laid a criminal complaint against his grandson Mandla Mandela for illegal grave tampering

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Members of Nelson Mandela's family have laid a criminal complaint against former South African president’s grandson Mandla Mandela. According to police spokesman Mzukisi Fatyela, officers...