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Ghana: Accident at popular Kintampo waterfalls kills 20 students
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King of Morocco names Saad Eddine El Othmani as new prime minister
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named Saad Eddine El Othmani of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) as the country’s new prime minister and asked him to form a government, a statement carried by MAP state news agency said on Friday.
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Mubarak to be released from prison after acquittal in protester deaths
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak is to be released this week, his lawyer said on Monday, after an appeals court acquitted him of involvement in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising against him.
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Nigeria President Buhari: I've never been so sick
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said he has never been "so sick" as he has felt in recent weeks.
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South Africa's SASSA crisis: Lumka Oliphant refuses English interview
A row has broken out in South Africa after a government official refused to conduct a radio interview in English.
South African anti-immigrant protesters clash with migrants
South African police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to break up clashes between local protesters and migrants in Pretoria on Friday at a march against immigration.
South African anti-immigrant protesters clash with migrants
South African police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to break up clashes between local protesters and migrants in Pretoria on Friday at a march against immigration.
The bodies of 74 migrants have washed ashore in Libya according to Libya’s Red Crescent
SCORES of bodies, presumably of African migrants, washed ashore in Libya, in the western city of Zawiya on the Mediterranean Sea, Libya’s Red Crescent spokesman said on Tuesday.
Angola's President Dos Santos anoints deputy Lourenco
Angola's long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has confirmed he will step down before August's poll and has announced his likely successor.
Gambia's new President Adama Barrow arrives home
Gambia's President Adama Barrow has returned to the country to assume power - days after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh left to go into exile.
Gambia crisis: Senegal troops 'enter' to back new president
Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to ensure Adama Barrow assumes power as the country's new president, a Senegalese army spokesman has said.
Gambia crisis: Barrow sworn in in Senegal as Jammeh stays put
Adama Barrow, the man who won The Gambia's disputed election, has been sworn in as president.
No word from Gambia leader Jammeh as deadline to cede power passes
After more than two decades in power, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faced the prospect of a military intervention by regional forces, as the man who once pledged to rule the West African nation for a billion years clung to power.
Gambia's President Jammeh refuses to leave office as deadline passes
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite efforts to persuade him to leave office ahead of a deadline set by Senegal.
Nigeria air strike error kills up to 100 in refugee camp
A Nigerian air force jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people near Rann in the north-east, killing up to 100 people and injuring dozens more.
The Gambia's president declares state of emergency
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends.
Amadou Gon Coulibaly named Ivory Coast’s new prime minister
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday named outgoing prime minister Daniel Kablan Duncan as the country's first vice-president and chose a key aide, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, as the new premier.
Ivory Coast PM resigns, dissolves government after polls
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan resigned and dissolved the government on Monday in a move that had been expected following the approval of a new constitution and parliamentary elections last month.
Electoral college voters urged to vote against Trump Monday, but most reluctant to do so
Whether they like Trump or not, and some plainly don't, scores of the Republicans chosen to cast votes in the state-capital meetings told AP they feel bound by history, duty, party loyalty or the law to rubber-stamp their state's results and make him president.
West African leaders aim to enforce Gambia election result
West African leaders promised Saturday to enforce the results of a Gambian election that was won by a little-known businessman backed by an opposition coalition but rejected by the country's longtime coup leader.
