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Zuma takes ministers to AU summit

South African President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Addis Ababa for the AU summit with an entourage of Cabinet ministers.

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Museveni removes army chief

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has moved military boss Aronda Nyakairima to a civilian position.

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China offers peacekeepers for Mali

The United Nations says China has offered to contribute troops to the new peacekeeping mission in Mali.

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Kenya police kill ‘terror couple’
May 19 2013 at 12:57

Police in Nairobi have shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers.

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Nigerian military ‘kills 10 rebels’
May 19 2013 at 12:56

Nigeria's military says it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 as part of an offensive in the remote north-east.

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‘29 killed in South Sudan cattle raid’
May 19 2013 at 12:56

At least 29 people were killed when cattle raiders opened fire on members of another minority in a village in Upper Nile state.

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This still image, captured from a video released on YouTube, reportedly shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Picture: AFP and YouTube

24-hour curfew in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
May 18 2013 at 16:25

Nigeria's military imposed a round-the-clock curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram Islamists.

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. Photo: Philimon Bulawayo

Jailed for calling Mugabe ‘a rotten old donkey’
May 18 2013 at 15:01

A lecturer at a university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for labelling President Robert Mugabe “a rotten old donkey,” lawyers said.

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Five held for explosives in Tanzania
May 18 2013 at 11:49

Tanzanian police that they have arrested five people in possession of explosives in the economic capital Dar es Salaam.

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir (right) welcomes his Sudan counterpart, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, outside his office in Juba on April 12, 2013. File photo: Reuters

Sudans defuse row over rebel support
May 17 2013 at 21:18

Sudan's foreign minister said neighbour South Sudan had promised him it would not let rebels operate across their shared border.

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Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai

Zim PM confident of unseating Mugabe
May 17 2013 at 20:20

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said he is poised to sweep to victory in upcoming presidential elections.

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The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (AP Photo/Steve Parsons, Pool)

Somali PM to face confidence vote
May 17 2013 at 19:23

Somalia's prime minister is expected to face a vote of confidence next week, and backers of the challenge said they were frustrated with the pace of political reform.

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Chad President Idriss Deby

Chad to arrest ex-president's allies
May 17 2013 at 17:16

Chad has charged four allies of the country's former president with human rights abuses and issued warrants for their arrest.

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