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A South African court has thrown out the corruption case against Julius Malema, the leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters and a former leader of the ANC youth wing, and his four business associates.
A close aide of Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has been killed in an attack on his car in the capital, Bujumbura.
Zimbabwe says it is seeking a second American over the illegal killing of a lion, as the outcry over the death of famed animal Cecil continues.
A US dentist who killed a lion in Zimbabwe has apologised to his patients in Minnesota for the disruption caused by the anger directed at him.
Two men are due to appear in court in Zimbabwe later over the killing of Cecil, the country's most famous lion.
A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for war crimes and acts to crush peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.
Obama's trip to Kenya had some residents so thrilled they named their new babies after the president. And at least two babies were named after the president's airplane.
President Barack Obama is in Ethiopia on the second leg of his African tour - the first serving US leader to visit the country.
At least 10 people have been killed in a car bombing at the gate of a hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
A bloody and terrifying raid by Boko Haram on Friday left at least 25 people dead in three villages in eastern Nigeria's Adamawa state, according to residents and a local government official. Adamawa state borders Borno state, Boko Haram's birth place and main stronghold.
US President Barack Obama has praised Kenya's economic and political advances, but also warned of challenges ahead.
Burundi's electoral commission has announced that President Pierre Nkurunziza won a new term in office after an election marred by violence and a boycott by the opposition.
Kenya's interior minister has called on US news channel CNN to apologise for calling East Africa a "hotbed of terror" ahead of President Barack Obama's visit on Friday.
Kenya will close its airspace for a 50-minute window ahead of US President Barack Obama's arrival in the capital Nairobi on Friday, the country's civil aviation authority (KCAA) says.
South Sudan's government forces and armed groups allied to it have carried out a series of horrific killings, rapes, including burning civilians alive and crushing others under tanks, in devastating violence in the Unity State since May, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
African Union forces in Somalia have retaken one of the few towns still being held by Islamist militant group al-Shabab, residents say.
Suspected Boko Haram militants burned down houses, including the family home of Nigeria’s new army chief, in Buratai, Borno State, on Tuesday.
Polling stations have closed and votes have started to be counted in Burundi's controversial presidential elections, in which incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza is widely expected to win a third consecutive term.
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