Boko Haram: Nigerian president admits failure to end violence

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The fight against militants in the north has unintentionally spread violence, Muhammadu Buhari says.

Algeria election: Voting under way in parliamentary poll

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"You want change, cast your ballot" voters are told, but the mass protest movement says it is pointless.

Pan-African Parliament: Punches, kicks and death threats

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MPs brawled after failing to agree on a new president, showing how elusive political unity remains.

Nigeria Twitter: How the ban is affecting small businesses

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Some Nigerian entrepreneurs who use Twitter to promote their businesses are recording reduced sales.

Ethiopia conflict: 33,000 Tigray children risk death from hunger – UN

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The Ethiopian region has been devastated by fighting between rebels and government forces.

South Africa weightlifting: ‘If I get bad grades I have to do a set of squats’

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Soweto Weightlifting Club encourages its lifters to stay off the streets and to advance academically.

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Tragedy of the man-made famine

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Aid workers are still unable to reach large parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region because of the war there.

France to scale down W Africa military operations

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French forces have been helping countries in the Sahel region to fight militants.

Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: UN aid chief says there is famine

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More than 350,000 people are living in "severe crisis" after months of conflict in the Tigray region.

Andre Onana: Cameroon and Ajax keeper has doping ban reduced

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Cameroon and and Ajax keeper Andre Onana has his 12-month ban for a doping violation reduced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.