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Libya: fighters loyal to UN-backed unity government suffer heavy losses in Sirte

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Zimbabwe

No 'Arab Spring' in Zimbabwe, Mugabe warns protesters

President Robert Mugabe has warned there will be no ‘Arab Spring’ in Zimbabwe after protests against his decades-long rule descended into violence on Friday.

Sport

Kenya disbands Olympic committee over Rio performance

South Africa

South Africa court rejects appeal to increase Pistorius sentence

A South African court has dismissed an appeal to increase Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence by state prosecutors.

Somalia

Al-Shabaab kill ten in Mogadishu restaurant attack

Al-Shabaab militants have killed ten people in a car bomb attack in Somalia.

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Africanews

Zimbabwe minister says illegal protesters will face full wrath of the law

Zimbabwe's home affairs minister, Ignatius Chombo, has warned opposition parties who plan to hold a protest on Friday calling for electoral reforms that any unsanctioned protests would not be tolerate

Chad

Lake Chad Basin: thousands of children 'in danger of severe acute malnutrition'

UNICEF is describing it as a “major humanitarian crisis.

Nigeria

Nigeria claims air strikes "kill 300 Boko Haram fighters"

Nigeria's military claims 300 Boko Haram fighters died in a raid on Friday. The impact of the operation is only now becoming clear. Insurgent leader is also believed fatally wounded.

Sport

Feyisa Lilesa fears for his life after Ethiopian government protest

Ethiopia will not bar runner Feyisa Lilesa from entering the country after he made an anti-government gesture upon finishing second in the Olympic marathon on Sunday, according to a government…

Libya

Game over for ISIL? Libyan forces closer to capturing Sirte

It has been the most significant stronghold for ISIL outside Syria and Iraq.

Nigeria

Is he dead? Nigeria's military claims it's fatally wounded Boko Haram leader

If true, it would be a devastating blow to the Islamist militant group.

Kenya

Kerry pushes for swift deployment of 'protection force' in South Sudan

Visiting Africa, John Kerry has stressed his commitment to tackling renewed violence in South Sudan.

Mali

Islamic extremist pleads guilty in The Hague

Malian citizen Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi’s trial in the International Criminal Court in The Hague is a legal first.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe police beat up activist who offers them flowers

An activist in Zimbabwe offered police flowers as a peace gesture after protests turned violent – only to get the same treatment meted out to others the previous…

South Sudan

South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar in exile in DRC

The United Nations says it intervened on humanitarian grounds to help South Sudan’s former vice president and opposition leader in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of…

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Zimbabwe police break up anti-government protest

Security forces in Zimbabwe have broken up an anti-government protest in the capital, Harare.

Zimbabwe

Police break up bank protest in Zimbabwe

Memories are still fresh of 2008 when inflation hit 500 billion percent, wiping out people's pensions and savings.

South Sudan

South Sudan : one year since peace deal

One year to the day since the signing of the peace agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and there is renewed tension between the two warring factions in South…

Africanews

One in four women raped in South African mining areas, report

A report released on Tuesday by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says one in four women living in South Africa's platinum belt have suffered from rape.

Libya

Libyan forces "liberate" more of Sirte from ISIL control

Libyan forces trying to oust ISIL militants from their stronghold of Sirte have made further advances into the city.

Nigeria

Nigeria: Some Chibok girls killed in air strikes, says 'Boko Haram video'

Some of the Chibok girls abducted in Nigeria have been killed in air strikes – according to a new video that’s said to be from the militant group Boko Haram.

Kenya

Kenya and UN work to change a refugee camp into a settlement

Refugees in Kenya who have fled the fighting in South Sudan are being given a chance to become self sufficient under a new initiative from the government and the UNHCR.

Libya

Securing Sirte

Libyan forces battling to oust ISIL from Sirte have seized a key symbol of the militant group's authority in the city.

Ethiopia

Ethiopian security forces kill scores of people in weekend of protests

Nearly 100 people have been shot dead by security forces in Oromiya and Amhara in Ethiopia in a weekend of protests against discrimination and land seizures.

South Africa

Oscar Pistorius taken to hospital for 'wrist injuries'

Prison officials say the former track star denied he tried to commit suicide by cutting his wrists.

South Africa

South Africa's ANC loses control of Pretoria in yet another election setback

Matters have gone from bad to worse for the African National Congress.