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  1. Nine Ugandan students die in a dormitory fire

    Three students are in custody on suspicion of starting the fire.

  2. Three students held over Uganda school fire

    Nine students were killed in a dormitory whose doors had been padlocked.

  3. Ethiopia arrests military and intelligence officers

    The attorney general says they are accused of human rights abuses and corruption.

  4. Ethiopia: Dozens of military and intelligence chiefs arrested

    The attorney general says they are accused of human rights abuses and corruption.

  5. Stranded commuters in Kenya

    Matatu drivers cause chaos as they strike over health and safety regulations.

  6. 11/11/2018 GMT

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

  7. 10/11/2018 GMT

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

  8. Multiple fatalities in near simultaneous car bombs in Mogadishu

    There has been a series of coordinated bomb attacks in Somalia's capital.

  9. Bombs rock Somalia's capital

    Three bomb blasts have hit Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

  10. DR Congo: Ebola, elections and peacekeeping

    We take a closer look at peacekeeping in the face of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC.

  11. African Union in fresh push for peace in Cameroon

    The AU calls for a renewed effort to try to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

  12. The AU releases a statement on the security situation in Cameroon

    The AU welcomes the release of the kidnapped children. But what else is it doing?

  13. Fresh push for peace in Cameroon

    The AU calls for a renewed effort to try to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

  14. Cameroon kidnap: Bamenda students freed

    All but two of the 78 children abducted in Cameroon have been released.

  15. Kidnapped schoolchildren freed in Cameroon

    Most students kidnapped from a boarding school have been freed, officials say.

  16. Cameroon kidnap: Bamenda students freed

    The 78 students kidnapped from a boarding school have been freed, officials say.

  17. Biya celebrates being be sworn in Cameroon's President for the seventh time

    President Paul Biya has been sworn in for a seventh term.

  18. Cameroon kidnap: Army searches for pupils seized in Bamenda

    A search operation is under way to rescue dozens of people kidnapped from a school.

  19. Cameroon: Biya starts seventh term

    Cameroon's President Paul Biya has been sworn in for a seventh term.

  20. Dozens of pupils kidnapped in Cameroon

    More than 80 people - students and teachers - are seized from a school in Bamenda.

  21. Cameroon school kidnap: More than 70 pupils seized in Bamenda

    Dozens of people, mostly school pupils, have been kidnapped from a boarding school.

  22. Tanzania says anti-gay squads are not government policy

    The government has said that it would "continue to respect and uphold all human rights".

  23. 04/11/2018 GMT

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

  24. 03/11/2018 GMT

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

  25. South Africa’s summit against gender-based violence

    Women have been attending a summit to find ways to address gender-based violence.

  26. Cameroonian journalists denounce threats

    Many journalists have been arrested, harassed and intimidated for doing their work.

  27. South Africa Airways 'should be shut down'

    SA's finance minister says the loss-making airline is not worth bailing out anymore.

  28. Woman elected head of Ethiopia's top court

    Meaza Ashenafi elected as the first woman to head Ethiopia's federal supreme court.

  29. Why is the Kenyan parliament trailing in gender representation in the region?

    Constitutionally, one gender should not take up more than two thirds of any elective body

  30. Uganda approves the use of an Ebola vaccine as a preventive measure

    Uganda's government spearheads the use of a preventive Ebola vaccine for health workers.

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