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BBC News - Africa
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The latest stories from the Africa section of the BBC News web site.
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Niger malnutrition crisis growing
Months of warnings have failed to stop a major malnutrition crisis in Niger, affecting more than six million people, Save the Children says.
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African troops in Guinea-Bissau
The first wave of a West African peacekeeping force lands in Guinea-Bissau to try to bring stability after last month's military coup.
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Goalshy Bafana turn to Nomvethe
South Africa recall veteran striker Siyabonga Nomvethe for June's 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia and Botswana.
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SA 'fails pupils on textbooks'
The South African government's failure to provide textbooks to all state school pupils violates the constitution, the high court rules.
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Nigeria axe Premier League stars
Nigeria overlook a trio of Premier League stars, including Chelsea's John Obi Mikel, for next month's World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers.
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'Robbers' killed in Nigeria blast
At least two suspected armed robbers are killed in an explosion in a minibus in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt, police say.
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Cameroon federation ditches Milla
Cameroon's World Cup star Roger Milla is removed as honorary president of his country's football federation.
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Rwanda's Mafisango in fatal crash
Patrick Mafisango, a member of Rwanda's squad for next month's 2014 World Cup qualifier against Algeria, dies in a car accident in Dar es Salaam.
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Death penalty for Somaliland raid
A group of 17 civilians are sentenced to death, the day after carrying out an attack on a military base in the self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland.
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Mali coup: Tuaregs tell of ethnic attacks
Teacher tells of fleeing ethnic attacks during Mali rebellion
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Congo warlord's 'days numbered'
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor tells the BBC he believes the net is closing around Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda.
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VIDEO: UN warns of South Sudan food shortage
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning.
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VIDEO: War photographer remembered at auction
Auction tribute to combat photojournalist killed in Libya
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Seven die in south Libya clash
Seven people are killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya's western desert town of Ghadames, the government says.
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Man held over Kenya club attack
A man is arrested on suspicion of helping to carry out an attack on a Mombasa nightclub, in which one person died, police say.
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VIDEO: Defiant Taylor protests innocence
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has accused the prosecution of paying and threatening witnesses in his war crimes trial.
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Taylor says witnesses 'bought'
Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor accuses the prosecution of paying witnesses to testify against him in his war crimes trial in The Hague.
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In pictures: Ghana's flying women
Images of the school where Ghana's women learn to fly
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UN warns of South Sudan hunger
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN warns.
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Nigeria divorcees in mass wedding
A hundred couples marry in an officially sanctioned mass ceremony in Nigeria - in an effort to provide stable homes for Muslim divorcees and widows.
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