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New witness emerges in 1994 downing of Rwandan president's plane

French judges have heard from a new witness who claims to have seen missiles allegedly used to kill former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, whose death sparked genocide in 1994, a source close to the case told AFP on Monday.

Death toll rises to 7 in gas station explosions in Ghana

Blazing mushroom cloud seen after explosion that sent 68 to hospital

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Tunisian health minister dies after charity marathon

Tunisia's health minister died of a heart attack on Sunday after taking part in a charity marathon to help battle cancer, officials said.

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U.S. and Nigerien troops killed in ambush on patrol in Niger

5 Nigerien soldiers and 3 U.S. Green Berets killed in ambush

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Nigerian party people keep the champagne flowing through recession

Nigerian drinkers can have expensive tastes.

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Partygoers pose with premium drinks in Quilox nightclub, Lagos.

Boy killed at massive Togo protest

A 10-year-old boy was killed and 10 others injured in Togo's capital as hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters demonstrated Wednesday, the security minister said.

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© Matteo Koffi Fraschini, AFP | Supporters of the Togolese opposition National Panafrican Party (PNP) gather around a writing on the street demanding President Faure Gnassingbe to leave office during a march in Lome on September 20, 2017.

Boy killed at massive Togo protest

A 10-year-old boy was killed and 10 others injured in Togo's capital as hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters demonstrated Wednesday, the security minister said.

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Suicide bomb attack in Algeria kills two policeman

A suicide attack on a police station in western Algeria killed two policeman after one officer jumped on the attacker to protect his colleagues from the blast, state news agency APS and police said on Thursday.

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© FAROUK BATICHE / AFP | Two Algerian policemen stand together against a backdrop of the national flag in Algiers on March 7, 2011.

Kenya presidential election cancelled by Supreme Court

Kenya's Supreme Court has annulled the result of last month's presidential election, citing irregularities, and ordered a new one within 60 days.

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GETTY IMAGES / Uhuru Kenyatta, in power since 2013, won a second term at last month's poll, which has now been declared invalid

France’s Macron sets up advisory body to help shape Africa policy

French President Emmanuel Macron has established a brand new Presidential Council for Africa, designed to advise him on African issues and help identify and address the many challenges facing the continent.

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© Yoan Valat, AFP | The French president posing with the first 11 members of his new Presidential Council for Africa.

Angola's ruling MPLA party leads general election with 65% of the vote

The ruling MPLA party won Angola's elections, a poll official announced Thursday, with party candidate Joao Lourenco now set to succeed President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos who has ruled for 38 years.

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© Marco Longari, AFP | A polling station official shows an empty ballot box during the counting of votes at the end of the general election in Luanda, on August 23, 2017.

Burkina Faso terror attack kills 20, government says

Twenty people have been killed and a number wounded in a terror attack in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says.

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Several feared dead in suspected jihadist attack on Turkish cafe in Burkina-Faso

Several people, including foreigners, were reportedly shot as suspected Islamist militants attacked a Turkish restaurant in central Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina-Faso, and started a gun battle with the military.

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Suspected jihadists attack restaurant in Burkina Faso

An attack by gunmen on a Turkish restaurant left at least four people dead late Sunday in the capital of Burkina Faso, a West African country that has seen a surge in violence by Islamic extremists over the past few years.

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© Issouf Sanogo / AFP (file photo) | A police officer in Ouagadougou on February 27, 2017.

Two protesters shot dead in Nairobi slum

Two protesters were shot dead by police in the Kenyan capital Wednesday as unrest broke out after opposition claims of massive rigging in an election that President Uhuru Kenyatta looked certain to win.

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© Carl de Souza, AFP | Kenyan police chase protestors in Mathare slum in Nairobi on August 9, 2017, a day after general elections.

Kenyan opposition leader claims 'hacking', rejects election results

Kenya's election took an ominous turn on Wednesday as violent protests erupted in the capital and elsewhere after opposition leader Raila Odinga alleged electoral fraud due to hacking.

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© Luis Tato / AFP | An official opens a ballot box at a polling station in Kiboro Primary School, in the Mathare slums of Nairobi on August 8, 2017.

President Kenyatta takes early lead against Odinga

President Kenyatta leads partial results but the opposition say the counting process was flawed and dispute the tally.

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Voting was mostly smooth and turnout was high, said the election commission [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]

South Africa's Zuma at risk in secret ballot 'no confidence' vote

South African President Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote by secret ballot in parliament Tuesday, with opponents hoping that discontented ANC lawmakers could help oust him from office.