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.
Malaysia's MH370 search under the spotlight after investigation delays