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Africa celebrates 50 years of ‘unity’

African leaders on Saturday opened extravagant celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc.

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The government of Botswana will evict hundreds of Bushmen from their land to make way for a wildlife park, a rights group claims.

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the one-eyed Islamist behind suicide bombings in Niger, was the mastermind of the devastating attack on an Algerian gas plant.

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Opposition supporters gather during a protest in Conakry. One person was shot dead and several others were wounded in clashes between security forces and demonstrators after the protest on Thursday.

Ten hurt in Guinea protest
May 23 2013 at 21:16

Ten people were injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea President Alpha Conde clashed with protesters marching in the capital.

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ICC persecuting Africans: S Sudan
May 23 2013 at 20:40

South Sudan's president said his country would never back the International Criminal Court, as it appeared to be preoccupied with prosecuting African leaders.

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Zim pioneer wins Stockholm prize
May 23 2013 at 19:03

Zimbabwean researcher Peter Morgan won the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize for developing low-cost, practical water and sanitation methods.

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Swazi King Mswati III. File photo: Reuters

SA accused of aiding Swazi security cops
May 23 2013 at 17:39

A banned Swazi political party accused South Africa's diplomatic mission of handing the names of activists over to the absolute monarchy's security services.

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The town of Kanyaruchinya is seen from the last United Nations peacekeeper outpost along the road leading north, into M23 rebel territory, from Goma in eastern Congo, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arrived in Congo's capital far to the west for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma, where a new U.N. military brigade is being formed to attack rebel groups and bring stability to the mineral-rich region.(AP Photo/Alain Wandimoyi)

UN chief in Goma after deadly clashes
May 23 2013 at 14:16

Ban Ki-moon arrived in the DR Congo flashpoint city of Goma after three days of fighting between rebels and government forces.

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A file photo shows workers at the uranium mine of Arlit, northern Niger. Paris-based nuclear giant Areva said in a statement that 13 employees were hurt in the attack in Arlit. Photo: AREVA

Blasts hit mine and barracks in Niger
May 23 2013 at 13:29

Several people were killed and wounded in separate suicide bomb attacks on a military barracks and a mine in Niger.

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Justice Minister Jeff Radebe. Photo: Independent Newspapers.

SA didn’t sell weapons to Sudan, says Radebe
May 23 2013 at 13:15

“The equipment to the value of R25.5m was bought by the United Nations for its duly mandated operation in the territory of Sudan.”

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Ninety held after protests in Tanzania
May 23 2013 at 11:54

Tanzanian police have made sweeping arrests after a day of protests over a gas pipeline project near the town of Mtwara.

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A soldier from Lagos, part of an expected 1 000 reinforcements sent to Adamawa state to fight Boko Haram Islamists, operates a weapon on top of a truck as he arrives with the 23rd Armoured Brigade in Yola.

Nigeria may struggle to end insurgency
May 23 2013 at 11:53

The Nigerian government’s military operation may not be enough to put an end to the Boko Haram guerrilla group, analysts have warned.

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United Nations leader Ban Ki-moon. File photo: AP

M23 rebels fall silent for Ban Ki-moon’s trip
May 23 2013 at 11:36

The M23 rebel group has announced a ceasefire in time for a Congo tour by UN leader Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim this week.

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Africa celebrates 50 years of ‘unity’

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Botswana ‘to evict’ Bushmen

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‘Uncatchable’ jihadi mastermind

Ten hurt in Guinea protest May 23 2013 at 21:16

ICC persecuting Africans: S Sudan May 23 2013 at 20:40

Zim pioneer wins Stockholm prize May 23 2013 at 19:03

SA accused of aiding Swazi security cops May 23 2013 at 17:39

UN chief in Goma after deadly clashes May 23 2013 at 14:16

Blasts hit mine and barracks in Niger May 23 2013 at 13:29

SA didn’t sell weapons to Sudan, says Radebe May 23 2013 at 13:15

Ninety held after protests in Tanzania May 23 2013 at 11:54

Nigeria may struggle to end insurgency May 23 2013 at 11:53

M23 rebels fall silent for Ban Ki-moon’s trip May 23 2013 at 11:36

Ten hurt in Guinea protest
May 23 2013 at 21:16

ICC persecuting Africans: S Sudan
May 23 2013 at 20:40

Zim pioneer wins Stockholm prize
May 23 2013 at 19:03

SA accused of aiding Swazi security cops
May 23 2013 at 17:39

UN chief in Goma after deadly clashes
May 23 2013 at 14:16

Blasts hit mine and barracks in Niger
May 23 2013 at 13:29

SA didn’t sell weapons to Sudan, says Radebe
May 23 2013 at 13:15

Ninety held after protests in Tanzania
May 23 2013 at 11:54

Nigeria may struggle to end insurgency
May 23 2013 at 11:53

M23 rebels fall silent for Ban Ki-moon’s trip
May 23 2013 at 11:36