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China

Outrage as Chinese museum's 'racist' exhibits compare Africans to animals

The exhibits include a photograph of a roaring lion next to an African man with the same expression; a pensive monkey next to another man; elephants and giraffes next to African children among others.

Senegal

Euroviews. View: Inaction over child marriage not an option

Places that have not enacted laws prohibiting child marriage must do so urgently, and those that have must eradicate all loopholes, writes Simona Sikimic

World News

More than 20,000 girls married illegally every day

Figure revealed in research released to mark International Day of the Girl

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South Africa hit by storms and flash flooding

Johannesburg and the east of South Africa are battered by storms.

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Cult

African contemporary art is now on the map

It's the largest museum in the world dedicated to Afraican contemporary art. The Zeitz MOCAA in now opened in Cape town, South Africa

USA

Trump mocked on social media after 'inventing' African country

In his latest gaffe, Trump praises health care in 'Nambia'

Kenya

Kenya sets new date for presidential election rerun

Kenya's election commission has set October 17 as the date for a new vote ordered by the Supreme Court when it annulled an August poll won by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Global Japan

Japan at the forefront of assistance to Africa

Japanese technology and teaching is paving the way towards self-sufficiency in Africa's agricultural sector

Angola

Polls close in Angola election

Business

Vanilla prices soar in Madagascar

The soaring prices of the commodity has fostered a highly lucrative enviroment leading to the rise of cartels and unscrupulous traders.

Focus

Let there be light: Angola's electrification project

The economic potential of Angola has never been in doubt.

World News

Angola heads to the polls

Long-term leader dos Santos to step down after Angola holds general election on August 23

Kenya

Kenya's Odinga calls for strike amid election dispute

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is calling for people to stay away from work to support his claim to the presidency.

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Violent clashes in Nairobi

Kenya

Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected as Kenya's president

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected and will serve a second and final five-year term as president.

Republic of the Congo

Ethnic violence in DRC's Kasai region spirals out of control

Ethnic violence in DRC's Kasai region spirals out of control

Zimbabwe

Trophy hunter kills the son of Cecil the lion

Two years after the controversy around the killing of Cecil the lion, one of his cubs was shot dead as well.

My Europe Series

Serious discussions begin between the EU and the United Kingdom on Brexit

This is State of the Union, euronews' weekly roundup of EU affairs.

Focus

Civil society gets a say at EU-Africa forum

Human development, a healthy environment, gender equality and youth were some of the issues raised at the three-day event in Tunis.

World News

Angola rejects EU election observers

Angola rejected conditions demanded by an EU election observer mission that had been preparing to witness next month's polls in the country, state media reported on Monday.