Egypt minister downplays threat to ‘cut’ critics abroad

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Nabila Makram told a meeting in Canada that critics of the country based abroad would be "cut".

Ugandan pop star Bobi Wine to run against Yoweri Museveni

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The singer calls himself the "ghetto president", and promises to champion the interests of the poor.

Caf ExCo member Bility banned by Fifa for 10 years

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Fifa bans Confederation of African Football executive committee member Musa Bility for 10 years for misappropriation of funds.

Ugandan Joyce Bikyahaga Namata’s son died in police custody

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Joyce Bikyahaga Namata's son died in police custody. 12 years later she's still fighting for justice.

Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns

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Girls in Ethiopia are being given solar lamps to help stop child marriage and keep them in school.

The horrific consequences of rubber’s toxic past

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The appalling treatment of Congo's rubber workers led to the world's first photographic human rights campaign.

Eritrean shot ‘because of skin colour’ in Germany

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An Eritrean man was wounded in a drive-by shooting in what police condemn as a xenophobic attack.

Algerians Yacine Brahimi and Mehdi Abeid join new clubs

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Algeria's Yacine Brahimi and team-mate Mehdi Abeid both join new teams after winning the Africa Cup of Nations.

Singapore seizes elephant ivory and pangolin scales in record $48m haul

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They were bound for Vietnam in containers that were falsely declared to contain timber.