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Floods in parts of Kenya have killed seven people with eleven others reported to have gone missing, according to local media.

The opposition leader in Mozambique, Afonso Dhlakama has died at the age of 65 from heart attack on Thursday.

The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has called for "something fundamental" to change at Arsenal Football Club as he bemoans the current state of the club which he supports.

Officials in South Africa have confirmed the death of four mine workers who were trapped following an earthquake.

South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) is demanding that the North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo resigns following weeks of violent protests.

Thousands of South African miners who are suffering from lung diseases are to benefit from a $400m compensation deal.

Officials in Ghana are alarmed at the rate at which people are abusing the use of Tramadol, a pain-killer drug.

Two former generals who worked with former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh up until he was ousted have rejected charges of desertion brought against them by the military.

Gunmen have kidnapped a German nurse who works for the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 16 Tuareg civilians in attacks in northern Mali, just days after 40 Tuaregs were killed during similar raids on neighbouring villages, local authorities said on Wednesday.