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Ethiopia Amhara 'coup ringleader killed'
The suspected ringleader of Saturday's failed coup attempt in Ethiopia's Amhara region has been shot dead, police say.
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Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies 'in court' – state TV
Egypt's former president, Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military in 2013, dies in court, state TV says
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Car bomb, revenge attack kill several in Somalia
A car bomb exploded near the Somali parliament Saturday, killing eight people, emergency workers said, hours after militia executed nine civilians from a clan with suspected links to the Islamist Al-Shabaab.
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Algeria's former PM Ouyahia jailed in anti-corruption case
Algeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday placed ex-prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia in custody as part of a raft of anti-graft investigations opened into senior figures linked to the country's former longtime ruler, Abdelaziz Bouteflika.