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Tunisia

Tunisia: Deadly bus blast kills at least 12

At least 12 people have died in what is thought to have been a suicide bomb attack on a bus full of Tunisian presidential guards. The capital Tunis

Sport

Kenyan athletes continue protest at federation HQ

Kenya’s government met athletes to discuss their grievances on Tuesday, as runners occupied the athletics federation building for a second day

Egypt

Egyptians vote in second round of parliamentary elections

Low turnout in Egypt's elections as critics complain of narrow choice of candidates

Liberia

Ebola re-emerges in Liberia: three new cases announced

Ebola has once more reared its head in Liberia, where three new cases have emerged a matter of months after the country was declared free of the

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Egypt

Funeral in Egypt of victim of Paris attacks

The funeral takes place in Egypt of one of the victims of last week’s attacks in Paris. 28-year-old Saleh Al-Jabali was among the dozens of people

Mali

Mali hotel siege: witnesses recount how the drama unfolded

As Malian special forces searched the upper floors of the hotel to capture a pocket of remaining militants, some of the freed hostages and

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Bamako siege: Security forces storm the hotel

Security forces in Mali report at least 22 people have been killed in the siege at the Radisson Blu in the capital.

Mali

Mali's timeline of terrorist violence

Cinema

Caught by the Maasai at mid-on 'Warriors' play cricket

Hardly Lords on the first day of a test match, never mind ‘Warriors’ is a fascinating documentary which plots the progress of a group of Maasai who

Nigeria

Many victims in suicide bomb blasts in Nigeria

There’s been more violence in northern Nigeria where two female suicide bombers have blown themselves up at a mobile phone market in the city of

Egypt

ISIL claims its killed two hostages as it gives more detail on Russian plane bomb

In its propaganda magazine ISIL shows a picture of what it says is a similar bomb to the one it claims to have smuggled on to a Russian plane that

Tunisia

Second terrorist attack in Tunisia is foiled

The authorities in Tunisia say they have foiled a major assault planned on hotels and the security forces in the resort of Sousse, the site of an

Focus

Africa : cities and development, for today and the future

Egypt

Uber set for expansion in Cairo

Almost a year after its launch in Egypt Cairo has become Uber’s fastest-growing city in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The on-demand car

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Angola: 40th Independence Day anniversary

Economy

Sharm el-Sheikh and Egypt's tourism fear hangover from Sinai crash

Egypt’s President has said the “lights will not be going out in Sharm el-Sheikh”, as he visited the Red Sea resort hit by the suspension of foreign

Egypt

Egypt releases human rights activist

Egypt’s military have released a leading investigative journalist and human rights advocate who had been detained under accusations of spreading

World News

EU leaders to urge African nations to take back economic migrants

The European Union is to call on African leaders to play their part in trying to solve the migration crisis by taking back the economic migrants