Africa

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Calling church and state-sanctioned weddings a patriotic duty, government order comes amid drive to 'moralise society'.

Read more: Burundi presses unwed couples to marry

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Awaqir tribesmen demand answers to how escape from Derna and Benghazi was possible through Haftar-controlled areas.

Read more: Inquiry sought into ISIL escape under Khalifa Haftar

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At least 52 Government of National Accord fighters killed, shattering period of relative calm in the capital.

Read more: Rival factions clash in Libya's Tripoli

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Maimane says he was denied entry to the country over his support for a Zambian opposition leader charged with treason.

Read more: South Africa's Mmusi Maimane 'barred' from Zambia

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Twenty-six people, including six policemen, are on trial over a 2015 beach attack that left dozens of tourists dead.

Read more: Tunisia opens trial over 2015 Sousse beach killings

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Former opposition spokesperson sentenced over posts criticising the government's response to Oromo protests.

Read more: Ethiopia jails opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye

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The police officers were on patrol when their vehicle was hit a by a landmine laid by armed group al-Shabab.

Read more: Kenya: Police officers killed in al-Shabab bomb attack

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Mayor's spokesman confirms deaths of eight people, including a mother and her son, in explosion near police checkpoint.

Read more: Al-Shabab claims deadly Mogadishu attack

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Tedros Adhanom elected to head UN agency but controversy surrounds his role in Ethiopia's repressive government.

Read more: Ethiopia's Tedros becomes first African to head WHO

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Antediteste Niragira was arrested last Wednesday on accusations of spying in the DRC.

Read more: Deutsche Welle journalist Niragira released by DR Congo