Kagame wins Rwanda vote in landslide – partial results

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Rwanda's incumbent president has 99% of the vote, with 79% of ballots counted from Monday's election.

Baby ‘saved from traffickers’ was borrowed by charity for photos

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Adam Whittington misled donors to projects in Uganda, Kenya and The Gambia - BBC investigation finds.

Leaving Syria’s civil war to be a mercenary in Africa

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Unable to earn enough at home, Syrian opposition fighters are travelling via Turkey to Niger to work as mercenaries.

Leaving Syria’s civil war to be a mercenary in Africa

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Unable to earn enough at home, Syrian opposition fighters are travelling via Turkey to Niger to work as mercenaries.

Inside the beauty pageant in the world’s worst place to be a woman

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Somali women break cultural taboos to take part in a contest aimed at giving them confidence.

Inside the beauty pageant in one of the world’s worst places to be a woman

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Somali women break cultural taboos to take part in a contest aimed at giving them confidence.

Secret ‘sky island’ rainforest saved by new discoveries

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Dozens of unique animal and insect finds have helped secure protection for an unspoilt mountain forest.

Secret ‘sky island’ rainforest saved by new discoveries

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Dozens of unique animal and insect finds have helped secure protection for an unspoilt mountain forest.

Africa’s richest man says he doesn’t own a home outside Nigeria

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Aliko Dangote says he only owns two houses, so he can use his wealth to build his businesses in Nigeria.

Gambia’s parliament rejects bill to allow FGM

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Human rights groups had urged MPs to block the bill, introduced after pressure from Muslim clerics.