Tunisia bids to cut football violence by paying ‘ideal’ fans

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Tunisian football fans will be rewarded with cash for "ideal" behaviour in a bid to cut violence in stadiums.

Nigeria Benin Bronzes: Buhari declaration ‘blindsides’ museum officials

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Nigeria's president says all Bronzes belong to the Oba of Benin throwing return deals into confusion.

Djerba Tunisia: Worshippers killed near Africa’s oldest synagogue

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Two worshippers and three security guards are killed in an attack on the Tunisian island of Djerba.

DR Congo floods: ‘Now, I have nothing left’

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In DR Congo, almost a week after floods hit the eastern region, the number of dead keeps rising.

Nijel Amos: Banned runner to sell Botswana’s first Olympic medal

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After receiving a three-year doping ban, Nijel Amos says he is looking to sell his silver medal from London 2012 to support his family.

Sudan crisis: Number of internally displaced rises to more than 700,000

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The number of people internally displaced by fighting has more than doubled in a week, the UN says.

Tsitsi Dangarembga: Top Zimbabwe author has conviction overturned

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Tsitsi Dangarembga was convicted last year of inciting violence by carrying a placard calling for reform.

Sudan conflict: ‘How I saved my red guitar from Khartoum war zone’

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Some 40,000 people have fled fighting in Sudan to go to South Sudan, one of the world's poorest countries.

Sudan crisis: Mediators over a barrel in mission to end fighting

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The dilemma for those trying to bring peace to Sudan and why it will be so hard to end the fighting.

Sudan fighting: Student engineer electrocuted fixing power in Darfur clinic

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He was among volunteers who had reopened a medical facility that had shut amid clashes and looting.