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Why young Africans are swapping the office for the farm

Farming has an unglamorous image across Africa. But this might be changing - the BBC's Sophie Ikenye met some young professionals who packed in their office jobs and moved back to the family farm.

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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.

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.


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