Uganda’s Stella Nyanzi bares breasts in protest at jail sentence

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Rights campaigners say Stella Nyanzi's 18-month sentence for criticising Uganda's president is "outrageous".

Ronald Reagan: No defence for ‘monkeys’ remark, says daughter

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There is no excuse for comments made by the late former US president in 1971, his daughter writes.

Molefi Ntseki steps in as Stuart Baxter resigns as South Africa coach

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Molefi Ntseki is named as South Africa's interim coach after Stuart Baxter steps down as Bafana Bafana boss.

Stuart Baxter steps down as South Africa coach

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Stuart Baxter steps down as South Africa coach less than a month after leading Bafana Bafana to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

Libya to close ‘inhuman’ migrant detention centres after outcry

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One of the three centres to close was bombed last month amid fighting between rival Libyan forces.

The Nigerian woman who married her husband after his death

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Chinyere joined her husband Ikemefuna's family after his death as part of an Igbo custom in Nigeria.

Africa’s week in pictures: 26 July – 1 August 2019

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

Nicolas Pepe: Arsenal sign Lille winger for club record fee

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Arsenal sign Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe from Lille for a club record fee of £72m.

Abdirahman Omar Osman, Mogadishu mayor, dies after suicide bombing

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The mayor had returned from the UK to help rebuild his country after years of war.

Kenyan survivors: Cancer is ‘national disaster’

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Recent high-profile deaths draw attention to cancer in a country which has just 35 oncologists.