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Over 1,000 killed in April attack on Sudan refugee camp: UN

 More than 1,000 civilians were killed during three days of attacks by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the Zamzam displacement camp in April, the UN said Thursday, demanding a war crimes...

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Three dead, 280 injured in huge Kenya blaze

A resident who suffered burns waits to receive treatment at the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Nairobi. - Reuters

African National Congress suspends Zuma

Former South African President Jacob Zuma

Violence in disputed Sudan border area kills 54

Sudanese refugees react at the Gorom Refugee camp hosting Sudanese refugees who fled recent fighting, near Juba, in South Sudan. — Reuters

Explosion kills 6 in northeast Nigeria

Four suicide bombers, 2 civilian security guards die in multiple attacks in restive Maiduguri city.

Mali junta new decree eyes peace talks

Malian soldiers are pictured during a patrol near Niger border in Dansongo Circle, Mali. — Reuters file photo

Congolese President Tshisekedi sworn in for second term

A general view of the stadium ahead of the inauguration of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, at Stade de Martyrs in Kinshasa. — AFP

Comoros opposition candidate seeks annulment of vote

Security forces face opposition demonstrators throwing stones at them in Moroni, following the announcement of the presidential election results. — AFP file photo

Unrest erupts as Comoros oppn rejects presidential vote

Opposition supporters during a demonstration in Moroni following the announcement of the presidential elections. - AFP

Mauritius raises cyclone alert to maximum

Turbulent weather caused by Cyclone Belal is seen in Mahebourg as heavy flooding hit Mauritius

Collapse of goldmine in Tanzania kills at least 22

Collapse of goldmine in Tanzania kills at least 22

Comoros holds presidential election, polls opened

Comoros' President Azali Assoumani

DR Congo says pullout of UN peacekeepers has started

UN peacekeeping troops patrol the streets in armoured personnel carriers in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa. — Reuters file photo

PNG premier declares emergency after deadly riots

People carry looted goods amid a state of unrest in Port Moresby. — AFP

Pistorius freed from jail 11 years after murdering girlfriend

A Correctional Services' vehicle leaves the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, where South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, is released on parole, in Pretoria. - Reuters

Somalia vows to defend sovereignty after Ethiopia-Somaliland deal

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre stand after addressing the Parliament regarding the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal, in Mogadishu, Somalia. — Reuters
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