BBC Africa News
The latest stories from the Africa section of the BBC News web site.
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VIDEO: Africa Beats: Afrikaans rapper Jaak
South African rapper determined to prove Afrikaans is "cool"
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Darfur conflict 'displaces 300,000'
Some 300,000 people have fled fighting in Sudan's Darfur region in the first five months of 2013, the UN's top aid official Valerie Amos warns.
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Mogadishu culture shock for diaspora Somalis
Mogadishu culture shock for returning Somalis
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Mozambique mines 'hurt locals'
International mining companies operating in Mozambique are failing in their obligation to people displaced by coal mining, says Human Rights Watch.
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Six threatens to quit over expenses
Togo coach Didier Six threatens to resign unless the country's football federation pays him $128,000 he says he is owed in expenses.
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VIDEO: S Africa celebrates Sekoto legacy
South Africa is celebrating 100 years since Gerard Sekoto's birth with the exhibition "Song for Sekoto" in Johannesburg.
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Nigeria 'must prioritise World Cup'
Nigeria technical director Shaibu Amodu says World Cup qualification is more important than winning the Confederations Cup.
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SA police anti-crime site hacked
A hacker has attacked a South African police website, downloading the details of whistleblowers who reported crime, an official says.
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Bombers hit Niger mine and barracks
A number of people are wounded in bomb attacks in north-western Niger on a military camp and a French-run uranium mine, officials say.
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Portugal's African community hit hard by austerity
Portugal's African community feels the pain of economic crisis
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VIDEO: Achebe funeral due to take place
The funeral of the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe is due to take place on Thursday in his home town of Ogidi in the east of the country.
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Igbo burials: How Nigeria will bid farewell to Achebe
The elaborate funeral planned for Nigerian author Chinua Achebe
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UN chief begins DR Congo visit
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon begins a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma.
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VIDEO: Kenya leaders named in TRJC report
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy have been named in connection with post-election violence in report investigating human rights abuses in the country
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Achebe returns home for burial
The body of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe arrives back in his home country for his funeral.
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SA opposition rejects Gupta report
South Africa's main opposition party condemns as a cover-up an official probe into the use of a military base for an Indian society wedding.
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Send your questions to John Kerry
What should BBC HARDtalk ask the US Secretary of State?
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Ethiopian awarded anti-FGM prize
Ethiopian activist Bogaletch Gebre wins an international prize for her campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM).
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Q&A: Equatorial Guinea parliamentary election
Africa's longest-serving leader faces election challenge
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