Why women are being dragged to court ‘for lying’

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa is accused of reneging on promises he made after ousting Robert Mugabe.

DR Congo judge died by being ‘stabbed in the head’

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He was overseeing a case involving Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to the DR Congo's president.

US missionary Gregory Dow pleads guilty to sex crimes in Kenya orphanage

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Missionary Gregory Dow, 61, admits to abusing four girls in an orphanage that he helped set up.

Diamond Platnumz and Africa’s most popular YouTube stars

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The Tanzanian is the first sub-Saharan artist to reach a billion YouTube views - how do Africa's other stars compare?

Mali ambush: Gunmen kill 24 in attack on convoy

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Gunmen attack a convoy near the border with Mauritania, leaving 24 dead and others unaccounted for.

Mali ambush: Gunmen kill 24 in attack on convoy

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Gunmen attack a convoy near the border with Mauritania, leaving 24 dead and others unaccounted for.

Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari orders probe into Aso Rock shooting

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The shooting reportedly followed an argument about whether a presidential aide should self-isolate.

Rwanda genocide: ‘I am a mother – I killed some children’s parents’

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Female perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide speak about their crimes and desire for reconciliation.

Kenya: Police brutality in the battle against coronavirus in Mathare

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In one of Kenya's poorest settlements, brutal policing of a curfew is causing more problems than Covid-19.

UN ‘appalled’ by twin jihadist attacks in Nigeria

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Islamist militants have killed dozens in two raids in the north-east of the country.