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  1. Mozambique’s President Sacks Four Key Ministers

    Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi sacks his energy and foreign ministers and two others

  2. DR Congo: The Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding in Kasai

    The situation in the DRC is at the highest level of emergency, says the UN

  3. Uncovering the Shipwrecks of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

    Marine archaeologists in Senegal undertake diving expeditions to find slave shipwrecks

  4. Nearly Half a Million Under-fives in DRC Severely Malnourished - UNICEF

    UNICEF says the children are severely malnourished and are at risk of dying

  5. Amnesty Accuses Europe of 'Complicity' in Libya's Migrant Abuse

    Amnesty says the EU is actively supporting a system of abuse and exploitation of refugees

  6. Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year

    Egyptian Mohamed Salah wins public vote to become 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year

  7. Ivory Coast pays mutineers to quit

    Ivory Coast offers $26,000 buyouts to reduce the size of its army

  8. African Union raises alarm about ISIS returnees

    The AU warns up to 6,000 Africans who fought for ISIS in Iraq and Syria could return home

  9. Kenya's opposition party reschedules swearing in ceremony

    Tactical move or a U-turn to avoid charges of treason?

  10. Liberia Election Date Doubts

    Liberian voters are still waiting for an election date.

  11. UN Guterres says attack on troops in DRC 'worst in recent history'

    Suspected rebels kill at least 14 UN Tanzanian peacekeepers and wound more than 50

  12. Military crackdown in Cameroon continues

    Reports of heavy gunfire in Mamfe, a town close to the Nigeria border

  13. Fourteen Tanzanian UN peacekeepers killed in the DRC

    With another 40 injured, the UN Secretary General calls it a war crime

  14. Zimbabwe's finance minister pledges economic reforms

    Patrick Chinamasa pledged to ease indigenisation laws in his first post Mugabe budget

  15. Liberia awaits court decision on presidential poll

    Will Liberia's supreme court rule to scrap the first round of the presidential election?

  16. Zimbabwe unveils first post Mugabe budget

    Chinamasa changes indiginisation rules as part of cost cutting measures

  17. DR Congo Displacement Crisis 'Worse Than Middle East'

    Conflict has forced 1.7 million people to flee their homes in the DRC aid agencies say

  18. Cameroon Exodus Amid Secessionist Crackdown

    Residents in western Cameroon are fleeing their villages because of a military operation

  19. Displaced Persons Crisis In DR Congo 'Worse Than Middle East'

    Nearly two million people have been displaced inside DR Congo this year, aid workers say

  20. 05/12/2017 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  21. Remarks by Ghana's President Described As a 'Truth Bomb'

    President Nana Akufo-Addo called for African nations to stop depending on aid

  22. US Court Rules Trump's Travel Ban Can Go Ahead

    The US Supreme Court rules that travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can be enforced

  23. Huge Sierra Leone Diamond Set For New York Auction

    The so-called Peace Diamond was found earlier this year in Sierra Leone's Kono district

  24. Millions Of Dollars 'Misused For Mandela's Funeral'

    An official investigation finds Nelson Mandela's funeral was turned into a looting spree

  25. Ministers Meet In the Kenyan Capital To Plan Pollution Policy

    Talks on how to combat pollution around the world have begun in Kenya

  26. 03/12/2017 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  27. 02/12/2017 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  28. 01/12/2017 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  29. Five African Nations Assess Their World Cup Draws

    The five nations representing Africa at the football World Cup 2018 face tough draws

  30. African Contenders Await World Cup Draw

    The 5 African nations contesting the football World Cup will find out their draw today

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