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Why young Africans are swapping the office for the farm
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Congo star Koffi Olomide detained after 'kicking assault'
Musician Koffi Olomide has been taken into custody in the Democratic Republic of Congo, days after he was deported from Kenya for allegedly kicking one of his dancers at an airport in Nairobi.
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Malawian 'hyena man' arrested for having sex with children
An HIV-positive Malawian man, who says he is paid to have sex with children as part of initiation rites, has been arrested on the president's orders.
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How do you make a man wear a condom?
Recent studies have suggested that condom use is on the decline in South Africa, which has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world.
Latest Africa
South Sudan ceasefire declared by Kiir and Machar holding
A ceasefire appears to be holding in South Sudan's capital, Juba, after four days of heavy fighting between rival forces left more than 270 people dead.
'A tent cannot stop a bullet': 8 killed and dozens injured at UN camp in South Sudan
President declares ceasefire Monday evening after another day of violence
South Sudan: Clashes erupt in Juba hours after UN plea
Renewed fighting has broken out in South Sudan between forces loyal to the president and vice-president.
Gaddafi's son Saif still in prison in western Libya, military source says
ince his father's downfall, Saif has been held in Zintan, a mountainous western region
UN envoy: No recognition for Libya's eastern government
The new, U.N.-brokered unity government established this year is trying to overcome those divisions.
Oscar Pistorius murder sentence live: Paralympian to spend more time in jail
DISGRACED Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Africans Outraged at Woman's Tale of Gap Year in Zambia
They say Louise Linton's book is filled with stereotypes and inaccuracies
EgyptAir crew ‘tried to put out fire’
THE cockpit voice recorder of the crashed EgyptAir MS804 suggests attempts were made to put out a fire on board, investigation committee sources have indicated.
Investigators say voice recording from EgyptAir crash intact
THE memory chips of EgyptAir 804’s black box voice recorder are intact and investigators should be able to access it, a committee probing the plane disaster said on Saturday.
The opposite of Brexit: African Union launches an all-Africa passport
But now the A.U. faces the challenge of making sure the “e-Passport” lives up to its potential – and doesn’t fulfill detractors’ fears of heightened terrorism, smuggling and illegal immigration.
Egypt's Sisi celebrates Morsi's ouster
Sisi declares the ouster of Egypt's first democratically-elected president a national holiday with lavish celebrations.
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EgyptAir blackbox points to fire
Investigators have downloaded data from one of the black box flight recorders on EgyptAir Flight MS804 and are preparing to analyze it, bringing them closer discovering what caused the jet to crash, Egypt’s investigation committee said on Wednesday.
These Africans living in the UK told the BBC they supported Brexit
In our series of letters from African journalists, the film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo looks at why some Africans living in the UK wanted to leave the European Union.
Flight data recorder repaired as EgyptAir crash inquiry begins in France
Meanwhile, Egypt's investigation committee says it hopes to glean data from repaired recorder
Deadly al-Shabab attack on Mogadishu hotel
AT LEAST 35 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a car bomb attack followed by an invasion of a hotel in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu.
Oscar Pistorius: ‘Reeva wouldn’t want me to waste my life behind bars’
IN a new television interview, convicted killer Oscar Pistorius has said he doesn’t want to go back to jail and that he believes his victim, Reeva Steenkamp, would also not want him to waste his life behind bars.
