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Africa
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir ousted by military and placed under arrest
Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections.
- by Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed El Sherif
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Protest
Woman in white goes viral as symbol of Sudan's uprising
The image drew a comparison to America's Statue of Liberty and the ancient Nubian Sudanese queens central to Sudanese folklore.
World politics
Forces clash in Sudan amid anti-government protests
Rival security forces clashed in Sudan as huge crowds kept up their vigil outside army headquarters to call for the overthrow of the country's president.
- by Joseph Goldstein
War
Tripoli's airport is hit as Libya's clashes escalate
The self-styled Libyan National Army acknowledged striking the Mitiga airport, barely 8 kilometres east of the city centre.
Medicine
Cheap antibiotics fuel deadly drug-resistant infections in Africa
Antibiotics have never been more accessible to the world's poor, thanks in large part to the mass production of generics in China and India.
- by Andrew Jacobs and Matt Richtel
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Libya
Air strikes in battle for Libyan capital as US withdraws troops
The Libyan National Army force of Khalifa Haftar has launched advances on Tripoli in the west.
- by Ahmed Elumami
South Africa
Suspected rhino poacher killed by elephant, eaten by lions
The man was attacked in Kruger National Park in South Africa during a poaching trip. Only his skull was retrieved.
- by Katie Mettler
Protest
Sudanese continue push to drive President Omar al-Bashir from power
Sudanese security forces have killed at least five protesters during large demonstrations aimed at forcing Omar al-Bashir out.
Rwanda
'It is our duty to remember': Rwanda marks 25 years since genocide
Speaking at commemoration services, President Paul Kagame said that Rwandans would never turn against each other again.
Protest
A civilian dies in biggest Sudan demonstrations yet
Protesters are calling for president Omar-al-Bashir to step down.
Rwanda
25 years after Rwanda genocide, survivors forgive killers
A quarter of a century after the genocide that killed 75 per cent of the country's ethnic Tutsis, Rwanda has six "reconciliation villages", where genocide survivors and perpetrators live alongside each other.