Zambia-Egypt plane seizure: The cash and fake gold that no-one is claiming

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Mystery surrounds a plane from Egypt loaded with money, fake gold and guns that was seized in Zambia.

Emmerson Mnangagwa: ‘The Crocodile’ wins second term as Zimbabwe president

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Mnangagwa came to power in Zimbabwe after a 2017 coup which ousted long-time ruler Robert Mugabe.

Andrew Harding: A fond farewell to an uneasy South Africa

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The BBC's Andrew Harding reflects on his years in a country of increasingly stark contrasts.

Kenya power cuts: Airports boss sacked as tourists left stranded

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Many homes are without electricity since Friday and Nairobi's main airport was plunged into darkness.

Gabon election: President Ali Bongo aims for third term

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The incumbent President Ali Bongo hopes to extend his family's five-decade grip on power.

Zanzibar boxing: Sixty-year ban to end with first bout

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Outlawed in the 1960s for being "inhumane" the current president wants to bring it back.

Wagner in Africa: Precarious future after Prigozhin’s reported death

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Its leader followed a long line of mercenaries in Africa, but his group faces an uncertain future.

Niger junta gives French envoy 48 hours to leave

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France says the coup leaders have no authority to order such an expulsion, as ties deteriorate rapidly.

Madagascar crush: 12 dead at island games’ opening ceremony

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The stadium in Madagascar was packed with spectators for the opening of the Indian Ocean Island Games.

Most wanted terrorist killed, says Mozambique

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The country's military says it has killed Bonomade Machude Omar, also known as Ibn Omar.