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World heritage site in Mali featuring elaborate pre-Islamic structures is placed on danger list amid fears it cannot be protected in face of regional unrest
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Troops arrived on Tuesday to help protect US citizens and the US embassy ‘until the security situation becomes such that their presence is no longer needed’
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Court has ruled it was unconstitutional to change charges against Evan Mawarire to attempting to overthrow government
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Social media has gone into speculation overdrive after Yoweri Museveni was photographed talking to a mystery caller from a foldout chair
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This weekend the African Union unveiled an e-passport that will hopefully be available to all citizens of member states by 2018
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Deadly clashes between nomadic herdsmen and locals have escalated but analysts blame land scarcity not Islamic extremism
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Evan Mawarire, who has been in hiding since suspected abduction attempt, held after leading national shutdown last week
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Activists say social media has given them the collective courage to speak out against Robert Mugabe’s 36-year rule
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Aimee Pistorius thanks judge Thokozile Masipa for recognising that ‘this is not a gender-based violence situation’
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Shots heard as president acknowledges latest outbreak of violence that saw five government soldiers killed on Thursday
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Even Robert Mugabe’s most ardent supporters are beginning to voice support for the widespread anti-regime protests
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Italy debates how law must tackle racism as Chinyery Emmanuel is granted asylum after husband’s death
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The government thought it had crushed dissent. But with corruption, injustice and poverty rampant, the #ThisFlag movement hopes to reclaim our country
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International clients who pay millions to former UK prime minister say damning verdict on Iraq war will not affect his role
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Guardian Africa network Oscar Pistorius sentence: an homage to celebrity and white privilege
Ranjeni MunusamyThe laughable six-year jail term is a reminder of how inequality continues to penetrate the South African justice system -
Expats raise unprecedented amounts for traditional meal packages as local groups keep donors updated over the internet
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Suad Fadul ekes out a living in one of Khartoum’s poorest neighbourhoods, despite being the great-grandaughter of the late Sultan Ali Dinar
Dear Australia From a refugee camp to Rio