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Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike

 Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya's main international airport overnight as the latest strike by workers entered a second day on Monday. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi is a major...

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Detained Niger leader fights coup bid

Supporters of the Nigerien defence and security forces are seen next to a vehicle with smashed windows at the headquarters of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), the party of overthrown President Mohammed Bazoum in Niamey. - AFP

34 killed as Algeria battles wildfires

Burnt vehicles are pictured in the aftermath of a wildfire in Bejaia, Algeria. — Reuters

Gabon's Bongo to face 18 candidates in presidential vote

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Kenyan anti-tax protests muted as oppn tries to rally

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Algeria bus crash kills 34 in Sahara region

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Algeria road accident kills 34

Algeria

Mandela goes from hero to scapegoat

South Africa’s largest monument to Nelson Mandela, a 30-foot bronze state in Pretoria, the country’s executive capital. (Gulshan Khan/The New York Times)

Heavy clashes heard in Sudanese city as fighting rages

Smoke billows in the distance around the Khartoum Bahri district amid ongoing fighting. AFP

Egypt launches fresh Sudan mediation attempt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi poses for a group photo with other leaders of Sudan's neighbour states at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo. - Reuters

In world of competing conflicts, Sudan struggles for attention

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Number of displaced by Sudan war surpasses 3 million

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Alarm over Sudan 'war crimes' amid calls to end fighting

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Kenya protest death toll climbs to two

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Tunisia urged to stop expelling migrants to desert

A sub-Saharan migrant during a protest against the dire conditions of migrants in Tunisia's coastal central city of Sfax. - AFP

17 dead in gas leak at South African slum

Members of the South African Police Service's forensic department walk past a body covered with a blanket about 300 metres away from a scene where people died from a gas leak at the Angelo informal settlement in Boksburg. - AFP
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