Africa
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Brief letters: Agency working conditions | South African political parties | Zac Goldsmith’s legacy | Time man of the year | Arts sponsorship | The new Keith Flett
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Other lives: Freelance journalist and adventurer who planned to start a wildlife tourism business
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Interior minister says country hit by 2015 shooting attack is no more threatened by terrorism than any major European city
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Former LRA commander commences trial at The Hague saying he was a victim not a perpetrator of atrocities in Uganda
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Ousainou Darboe, United Democratic party leader, among 19 people released from prison after vote that unseated Yahya Jammeh after 22 years in power
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President Buhari says the UN and aid agencies are ‘whipping up a non-existent fear of mass starvation’ to draw donor support
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Gabon and Burundi asked to take action against peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation and abuse
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Forces backed by US airstrikes take last Isis-held buildings but destination of fleeing fighters is unclear
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Relatives have accused Malaysian authorities of not doing enough as parts believed to be from the missing jet are found on Madagascan coast
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Editorial: Boko Haram’s attempt to create a caliphate in Africa has been a disaster. Millions of displaced people need food, medicine and help – which could be funded by the cash UK police have seized
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Pentagon says release of Yemeni Shawqi Awad Balzuhair, held without trial since October 2002, leaves 59 prisoners at US base in Cuba
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Ghanaian and Turkish crime rings ‘paid corrupt officials to look the other way’ to illegally obtain authentic documents
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Will dictator Yahya Jammeh’s electoral demise help to bring Africa more or less democracy? The evidence suggests both outcomes are possible
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The winner of the David Astor award in 2013 tells how writing for the Observer changed her career as a journalist in Africa
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King Emere was in a London court last week for the case that he hopes will allow him to sue Shell in the UK for polluting his tribal land
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Despite social and sporting progress, even the best teams at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations struggle to fund friendlies
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Incoming president, Adama Barrow, says Jammeh called him offering his congratulations after shock result
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Thousands of Gambian people take to the streets of Banjul on Friday to celebrate the election win by businessman Adama Barrow over the autocratic president Yahya Jammeh.
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Former shop worker ousts Yahya Jammeh on promise of change, transforming him into a national hero in only a few weeks
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Guardian Members Isy Mead and Corey Sutch discuss the comedian’s extraordinary account of growing up in apartheid-era South Africa
Reshaping humanitarian action Aid in South Sudan: We're mopping up while the tap is still running