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  1. CAR Agreement Calls For Truth Commission

    Central African Republic peace deal calls for Truth Commission within 90 days

  2. US cuts back military aid to Cameroon amidst allegations that the military carried out human rights violations

    The State Department says it has credible evidence

  3. Nigeria Elections: The area by the Lagoon where the community feels abandoned

    A young man speaks out on the level of poverty and deprivation in the area

  4. Sierra Leone is battling a 'silent epidemic' of sexual and gender based violence

    Recorded cases of sexual and gender-based violence almost doubled last year

  5. Ugandan woman broke the law to be circumcised

    Sylvia Yeko says she felt proud on the day she was circumcised

  6. South Africa whistleblower 'arrested for corruption'

    The arrests follow allegations of the illegal awarding of tenders

  7. Today is the United Nation's International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

    Highlighting the effects of female genital mutilation on girls around the world

  8. The African Union has responded to a petition of sexual harrassment levied against it by 37 female staff members

    The women complained of abuse in the AU's administrative departments

  9. The government of the Central African Republic have signed a peace deal with 14 rebel groups

    This is the 7th peace accord reached in the past six years

  10. 2019 Komla Dumor Award Launch

    The BBC has begun its search for the next young talented African journalist

  11. "Somebody who can galvanise four women from different cultures under the same roof can run a plural society like Nigeria"

    Alhaji Buba Galadima – former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari

  12. Ghana's government responds to the imposition of visa restrictions on officials travelling to the USA

    US say that Ghana had failed to cooperate in the deportation of 7,000 of it's citizens

  13. Pastor's supporters turn up at his fraud court appearance 'speaking in tongues'

    He claims to have cured people of HIV, and appeared to walk on water on social media.

  14. 03/02/2019 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  15. 02/02/2019 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  16. Gbagbo's conditional release

    These conditions may include returning him to The Hague in the event of a retrial

  17. US imposes visa restrictions on Ghana over deportee row

    The sanctions could be expanded to include other categories if the issue is unresolved

  18. Gbagbo allies - including six ministers return home

    Is this the start of a new chapter in the country?

  19. Cameroon opposition leader Maurice Kamto 'charged with insurrection'

    Mr Kamto says he won last year's presidential election in Cameroon

  20. Nigeria's presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar offers option of amnesty for those who return stolen money

    Says it costs more money to prosecute or recover loot stashed around the world

  21. Protests against South African telecoms company Vodacom over compensation for a lucrative business idea

    People have been threatening to cancel their contracts with the company

  22. Cameroon army has launched an operation to flush out Ambazonia forces from their stronghold

    Bafut - a locality in the northwest region has been their base for some time

  23. For the first time in Nigeria, visually impaired persons will be able to cast their ballot independently

    The National Electoral Commission has launched a braille ballot guide

  24. At least 35 people have drowned in the Red Sea trying to reach Yemen from Djibouti

    They were on two boats - one of which is yet to be retrieved

  25. Controversial Ghanaian MP defends exposing of undercover journalist who was later shot dead

    The investigative journalist helped uncovering corruption in Ghanaian football

  26. Cameroon opposition leader among detained protesters

    Dozens of protesters from weekend demonstrations arrested in Douala and Yaounde

  27. Is Boko Haram behind a mass movement of people in northern Nigeria?

    Thousands of people fled from the north east town of Rann in northern Nigeria

  28. Mutilated body of children discovered in Tanzania

    Fear and alarm in Tanzania with the discovery of six children's mutilated bodies

  29. Nigerians protest suspension of Chief Judge

    President Buhari suspended Chief Judge on allegations of unreported assets

  30. Chief South Africa's State capture witness alleges he gave Zuma bribes

    Top business executive shows pictures of top officials' handling bribes

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