African Union (AU) forces in Somalia say they have captured a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist militants pulled out.

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Key Somali militant town ‘taken’

The Square Kilometre Array – one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century – will be hosted by both Africa and Australasia.

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Nations to share giant telescope

South Africa’s ruling party is taking legal action to try and remove a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma from public view.

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Zuma ‘obscene’ painting case due

Three illegal miners in South Africa digging for diamonds are killed and 15 others remain trapped after some tunnels collapse, police say.

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S Africa illegal miners trapped

A painting of the South African President Jacob Zuma has been vandalised at a gallery in Johannesburg.

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VIDEO: Zuma painting defaced in gallery

The verdict is due in the trial of two farmworkers accused of killing South Africa’s white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche in 2010.

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Terreblanche ‘murder’ verdict due

After crisis talks with Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki says the president is committed to security agreements with South Sudan.

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Sudan’s Bashir ‘ready for peace’

South Africa is to opens its first theatre in a township – Soweto – once home to former President Nelson Mandela.

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VIDEO: First theatre opens in SA’s Soweto

Refugees from Africa and South Asia are rebuilding their livelihoods after last summer’s devastating flood that ruined 10,000 acres of land.

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Burlington Journal: Vermont’s Refugees Rebuild After Irene Floods

Can South Africa overcome prejudice to attract gay tourists?

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South Africa targets rainbow tourists

President Obama welcomed new French President Francois Hollande to the White House on Friday, an initial meeting that comes as world leaders feel a renewed sense of urgency to contain the European debt crisis. Read full article > >

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Obama welcomes France’s Hollande to White House, outlines plan to fight African famine

President Joyce Banda says Malawi will overturn its ban on homosexual acts – the first African country to do so since 1994.

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Malawi to overturn homosexual ban

US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security in Africa ahead of a G-8 summit near Washington.

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US to announce Africa food plan

Paintings celebrate the fuller figure of some African women

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In pictures: Celebrating Ivory Coast’s large ladies

The Ugandan army says it has captured a senior commander in the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army in the Central African Republic.

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Ugandan LRA ‘commander’ seized