The Tanzanian government says it has suspended an NGO it accused of promoting gay marriage in contravention of local "customs, traditions and laws".
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Morocco has recalled its ambassador after the Algerian foreign minister accused the kingdom's banks of "laundering hashish money" in Africa, in the latest diplomatic spat between the North African rivals.
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Shock and condemnation is continuing after Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was named a "goodwill ambassador" for the World Health Organisation by the agency's first African leader.
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At least 35 Egyptian troops and police officers have been killed in clashes with Islamist fighters in the Bahariya oasis in the country's Western Desert, security and medical sources say.
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Twelve paramilitary police have been killed in a fresh attack in Niger's restive southwest bordering Mali, Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum says.
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A Zimbabwean veterinary worker, who caught his wife in bed with his friend, has been arrested after burning him to death with a "red hot dehorning iron", says a report.
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A faction of Zimbabwe's war veterans has reportedly warned of an impending "civil war", adding that they are ready to defend President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu-PF party".
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The United States has warned Americans about travelling to Sudan given the "risks of terrorism" in the African country, prompting an angry response from Khartoum.
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At least 26 people were killed during clashes in a southeast region of the Central African Republic where the government has struggled to assert its authority, the UN's peacekeeping force in the country has said.
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