UN flags up 2013 global weather extremes

Events seen as consistent with human-induced climate change

Call to arms for eradication of TB

We must find the world’s 3m undiagnosed TB sufferers, says South Africa’s health minister

Artificial limbs donated to Africa

200 recycled prosthetics dispatched from the UK to Gambia

Workers produce copper at Verdanta's KCM smelting plant in Kitwe, in the Copperbelt, Zambia.

Zambia scraps foreign exchange controls

Africa’s biggest copper producer acts to shore up currency

ANC defends Zuma after scathing report

Party accepts ‘Nkandlagate’ could damage showing at elections

Damning report on Zuma personal spending

Inquiry details mismanagement of state funds

Sanusi issues rebuttal of misconduct claims

Nigeria banker calls on president to reinstate him

Africa hits bump on road to prosperity

Complex economic trends challenge sub-Saharan policy makers

Malema bids to turn division into votes

‘We are worse than the way we were during apartheid’

The sacrifice for secret footage

Filming human rights abuses comes at a big cost to the family

Libyan troops attack eastern separatist oil rebels

Move follows prime minister’s ousting from office

Manuel to retire from S Africa politics

Anti-apartheid veteran announces he will not continue as an MP

Jonathan aide linked to Sanusi claims

Perceived attempt to gain political advantage from violence causes outrage

Zuma confident ahead of polls

President predicts victory and dismisses fears of poor result

Africa mobile transforms women’s agri-businesses

Data trails provide financial leverage for entrepreneurs

EU in soft approach on conflict minerals

Lonmin warns on output as talks falter

Platinum prices reach four-month high as strike talks break down

Pistorius pleads not guilty to murder

Olympic star in South Africa’s first televised trial

Investor calls for Ecobank chief to resign

Crisis deepens in advance of shareholder meeting

Uganda risks backlash over anti-gay law

President Museveni’s decision has brought international condemnation

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