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More than 300,000 people in Sudan have been hit by floods that have already killed nearly 50 people in August, the World Health Organization says.

The UN calls for an investigation into the "disappearance or abduction" of three Rwandan refugees, including an ex-presidential guard, from neighbouring Uganda.

Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak is released from prison after an appeal against his detention, and is set to be placed under house arrest.

Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe is sworn in again as president, with rival Morgan Tsvangirai boycotting the ceremony over fraud claims.

A South African court withdraws charges of murdering three Tanzanians against the leader of Pagad, a controversial vigilante group in Cape Town.

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Fighters loyal to Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar merge with Malian Islamists to take revenge against France for its Mali campaign, a statement says.

Liberia's police often act as predators who rob people of their money and goods rather than protecting them, a report by Human Rights Watch says.

South Africa's multi-billion dollar car export market is under increasing pressure, as tens of thousands of auto workers went on strike.

Zimbabwe diarist on five more years of President Mugabe