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Now playing Next South Africa Oscar Pistorius leaves prison in Pretoria South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison in Pretoria. Pistorius will serve the remainder of his sentence under 20/10/2015
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Now playing Next South Africa Oscar Pistorius is released from jail under house arrest The South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison and put under house arrest to serve out his five year 20/10/2015
Now playing Next Egypt Democracy in the doldrums as Egypt votes Voter apathy and low turnout have marked day two of Egypt’s parliamentary election. Pic of a lone #Egyptian soldier guarding empty election station 19/10/2015
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Now playing Next Egypt Egypt votes in parliamentary poll set to strengthen President Sisi A milestone in the road-map to democracy. That is how Egypt’s long-awaited parliamentary election, which began on Sunday, is being presented. But 18/10/2015
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Now playing Next South Africa Oscar Pistorius to be released on Tuesday Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole next week. South Africa’s department of correctional services said that he would be placed under house 15/10/2015
Now playing Next Sierra Leone Ebola can survive in semen for up to nine months, study finds New study reveals Ebola to be a disease that can survive for a prolonged period in a male host and be transmitted after the victim makes a full recovery 15/10/2015
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Now playing Next Guinea Tense presidential poll after clashes in Guinea Guinea’s President Alpha Conde is widely expected to win a second mandate today in the West African country’s second free election since independence 11/10/2015
Now playing Next Chad Co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks kill more than 30 people in Chad Five co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks have struck the market at Baga Sola in Chad, just over the border from Nigeria and a refugee camp for people 11/10/2015
Now playing Next Tunisia Pride over Nobel Peace Prize win after turbulent year in Tunisia There is deep pride over winning the Nobel Peace Prize in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. In a year when Tunisia has made headlines for massacres 10/10/2015
Now playing Next Libya New UN-sponsored Libyan National Unity Government starts to pick up support Following the proposition forged in Morocco under UN auspices of a new national unity government for Libya, there has been a sign that at least some 10/10/2015