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Kolwezi riots: 58 held, but miners are back on the streets

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Fresh protests have returned to Kolwezi despite arrests and a relocation agreement involving more than 20,000 artisanal miners. The unresolved question is whether the new mining zone can offer a viable livelihood. Copy description

Twaha Mwaipaya Tanzanian Activist Reportedly Seized from Taxi Near Nairobi

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Tanzanian opposition activist Twaha Mwaipaya reportedly disappeared after men intercepted his taxi near Nairobi. With his whereabouts unknown, Kenya faces renewed scrutiny over the safety of exiled regional dissidents.

Kenya bus crash kills 22 mourners returning from pastor’s funeral

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Twenty-two church mourners died when their bus collided with a tipper truck on Kenya’s Nairobi-Mombasa highway. Investigators are examining conflicting accounts of the crash, which occurred weeks after another fatal collision on the same road.

Lissu’s hunger strike puts Tanzania’s court order to the test

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A Tanzanian court told prison officers to stop listening in on Tundu Lissu’s lawyers. Eight days later, his lawyer says the order is being...

Eastleigh building collapse: rescuers search rubble on busy Nairobi street

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Rescuers are searching the rubble of a collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi. Conflicting reports put the building's height at between 10 and 18 floors.
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Nearly 800 migrants rescued off Senegal in a single day

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Nearly 800 migrants rescued off Senegal in a single day as four overloaded boats were intercepted at sea. The operation came amid renewed departures towards Spain's Canary Islands, a deadly shipwreck off Kébémer and growing pressure on Senegalese authorities to disrupt smuggling networks.

9 expelled gold miners dead as Mali counts the cost of Guinea’s crackdown

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9 expelled gold miners have died in Mali following Guinea's crackdown on uncontrolled gold mining in Siguiri. As Bamako reports mass arrivals and Conakry counts arrests, questions remain over the circumstances of the deaths, the scale of the expulsions and the treatment of foreign workers.

FRN offensive pushes deep into South Kivu as Kabila’s rebel front tests Kinshasa

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Joseph Kabila's FRN offensive has made rapid gains in South Kivu, capturing settlements along the RN3 highway and displacing more than 160,000 people. The advance raises questions about military preparedness, alleged complicity within the Congolese army and the future of the Doha peace process.

Ghana passport scandal: Ten passports cancelled as opposition claims 300 beneficiaries

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Ghana has cancelled ten Service Passports following allegations of an organised passport-selling scheme. The opposition claims about 300 people travelled on questionable diplomatic and service documents, while the government has referred two officers to the police and the Office of the Special Prosecutor has opened an investigation.
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