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African leaders call for reforms to transform higher education

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Lagos seals church, hotels, businesses over environmental violations

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Morocco votes in parliamentary election amid youth discontent

ICC convicts former Central African Republic militia leader

Tigrayan leaders say new war with Ethiopian government has begun, as fighting erupts

Gunmen attack South Africa house party, killing 11, including woman believed to be pregnant

US denies visa for Sudan's de facto leader due to address UN

Ethiopian Airlines suspends flights to three northern Tigray airports

Uganda community plants trees to protect mountain gorillas

Nigerian officials linked to millions laundered through US property, report

Ebola response teams in DRC raise awareness among deaf

Eleven killed in mass shooting at house in South Africa

Three dead, five injured as festival turns bloody in Delta State

South Sudan’s Kiir dissolves government ahead of first national elections

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Top South African policeman charged with sexual offences

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Ex-Rwandan official appears at UK trial over 1994 genocide

Libya oil production hit after armed group shuts pipeline valve

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Mali marks independence amid a worsening security crisis

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DR Congo confirms Ebola cases surpass 7,600 with 3,699 deaths

Former ‘death squad’ leader appears in military trial in The Gambia

Seven Ethiopian armed groups announce anti-government alliance