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  Rwandans, ‘a family again’, 25 years after genocide: Kagame

  Agence France-Presse . Kigali | Updated at 12:00am on April 08, 2019

  President Paul Kagame said Sunday that Rwandans had become a family again, 25 years after more than 800,000 people were slaughtered in a genocide that...

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  Thousands march against Mali violence

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 12:05am on April 07, 2019

  At least 30,000 people marched in Mali’s capital Bamako Friday in protest at a surge of violence in the centre of the country before police...

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  50 killed in clashes with bandits in Nigeria: Govt

  Agence France-Presse . Kano | Updated at 11:16am on April 06, 2019

  At least 50 people were killed in clashes with bandits in northwest Nigeria, which has been riven by cattle rustling and kidnapping, the state government...

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  Algerian protesters march again after president’s resignation

  Reuters . Algiers | Updated at 12:15am on April 06, 2019

  Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding radical change marched through Algiers for a seventh successive Friday, as Algeria’s spy chief was reportedly fired in a...

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  Students march to demand immediate end to Bouteflika rule

  Reuters . Algiers | Updated at 12:00am on April 03, 2019

  Hundreds of students marched in Algiers on Tuesday demanding the immediate resignation of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the replacement of Algeria’s political system, a day...

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  Powerful party joins army calling for Bouteflika’s exit

  Reuters . Algiers | Updated at 12:00am on March 28, 2019

  An influential Algerian party on Wednesday backed the army’s call for president Abdel Aziz Bouteflika to go in a managed exit plan that was quickly...

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  Cyclone-ravaged Mozambique reports cholera cases

  Agence-France-Presse. Mozambique | Updated at 12:00am on March 28, 2019

  Five cases of cholera have been confirmed in Mozambique following the cyclone that ravaged the country, killing at least 468 people, a government health official...

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  Disease fears mount for Africa cyclone survivors

  Agence France-Presse . Beira, Mozambique | Updated at 12:00am on March 25, 2019

  Disease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing millions of survivors following the powerful tropical cyclone which ravaged southern Africa 10 days ago,...

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  Moroccan police disperse protesting teachers with water cannons

  Agence-France-Presse . Morocco | Updated at 12:00am on March 25, 2019

  Baton-wielding riot police used water cannons to disperse teachers protesting in the Moroccan capital on Saturday night to demand better conditions.Several thousand young teachers calling...

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  More than 130 killed in Mali massacre as UN visits

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 02:23pm on March 24, 2019

  More than 130 people were killed in an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali on Saturday, the United Nations said, as a delegation...