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Tunisia crisis: ‘Social costs of austerity not on government’s radar’
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José Filomeno dos Santos sacked from Angola's $5bn wealth fund
The president of Angola, João Lourenço, has sacked the son of his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos as head of the country's sovereign wealth fund.
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'I replied to a Facebook post and was married six days later'
Everyone who uses Facebook will have come across some pretty strange posts in their time.
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UK student ambition exported to South Africa's townships
A project to get more disadvantaged youngsters in the UK to apply to leading universities is being applied to schools in South Africa's townships.
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Egyptian ex-PM Ahmed Shafik declines to run for president
Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik is no longer considering running for president in this year’s elections, he said in a statement on his Twitter account on Sunday.
From first lady to vice-president of Liberia: meet Jewel Howard Taylor
Jewel Howard Taylor is set to become Liberia’s next vice-president after her successful campaign alongside George Weah. She claims that she never knew about the atrocities ordered by her ex-husband, Charles Taylor, during Sierra Leone's civil war.
Ethiopia to release all political prisoners, says prime minister
Ethiopia's prime minister has announced the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre which allegedly used torture to extract confessions.
Israel: African migrants told to leave or face imprisonment
The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment.
Mali president names new govt after PM's shock resignation
Mali's president has appointed the government of the country's new prime minister, as he prepares for a presidential campaign amid an ongoing threat from jihadists.
Former football star George Weah wins Liberian presidential run-off
Former soccer star George Weah has defeated Vice President Joseph Boakai to win Liberia’s presidential run-off election and succeed incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf next month, the country’s first democratic transition in over 70 years.
Liberians hopeful of first democratic handover since 1944
Liberians were waiting Wednesday to find out who will succeed Africa's first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, marking the country's first democratic transfer of power in decades.
Afrique du sud : l'élection du président de l'ANC reportée
Le Congrès national africain (ANC), au pouvoir en Afrique du Sud depuis 1994, a reporté à lundi 18 décembre le vote pour désigner le successeur de son président contesté Jacob Zuma.
Liberia electoral commission sets presidential run-off for December 26
Liberia will hold a delayed presidential run-off vote on December 26, the electoral commission chief said on Tuesday.
DR Congo displacement crisis 'worse than Middle East'
Conflict has forced 1.7 million people to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, causing "a mega-crisis", aid agencies say.
Kenya election: Kenyatta vows to overcome divisions
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn-in for a second five-year term in front of a rapturous crowd on Tuesday as riot police teargassed people trying to reach an area where the opposition planned a rival gathering.
Zimbabwe: Mysteries remain about Mugabe's downfall
The fall of Robert Mugabe, who was a fixture in global affairs for nearly four decades, was sudden, swift and bloodless.
France calls UN Security Council meeting over Libya slave auctions
France on Wednesday called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over slave-trading in Libya as President Emmanuel Macron blasted the auctioning of Africans as a crime against humanity.
Gen Constantine Chiwenga: The army chief who took power from Mugabe
Gen Constantine Chiwenga, 61, is being hailed as a political saviour after he led the military takeover in Zimbabwe, however he is under sanctions from the European Union and the US - for his role in a brutal crackdown on the opposition, and over the seizure of white-owned farms.
Zimbabwe's President Mugabe 'resigns'
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda says.
Sale of Migrants as Slaves in Libya Causes Outrage in Africa and Paris
The reactions on Saturday highlight one of the many challenges facing the internationally recognized authorities in Libya, which are still struggling to restore order, win popular support and restore basic services like water and electricity.
