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Ethiopia asks the WHO to investigate Tedros
Uganda to destroy 400,000 unused Covid jabs
Fake general accused of forging Buhari's signature
SA schoolboy guns down classmate and kills himself
Malawi medics decry shortage of labour anaesthetic
UN chief calls for acceptable Mali election timeline
Covid: Rwanda lifts ban on concerts
Nigeria arrests four people over alleged cannibalism
Zimbabwe president temporarily hands power to deputy
DR Congo expels Rwandans escaping Covid jabs
108 civilians killed in Ethiopia airstrikes - UN
Ethiopia asks WHO to investigate body's chief
Ghanaians mock president's meeting with US rappers
Suspected Islamists kill three in Mozambique - reports
Protests in Tunisia on anniversary of Ben Ali's fall
Thousands march to back Mali's military leaders
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Why Nigerians are buying sanitary pads in packs of twopublished at 01:04 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2022
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Read MoreEquatorial Guinea stun holders Algeriapublished at 21:34 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2022
Equatorial Guinea stun Algeria to leave the defending champions on the brink of a group-stage exit from the Africa Cup of Nations.
Read MoreSierra Leone snatch late draw against Ivory Coastpublished at 18:33 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2022
Sierra Leone's Alhadji Kamara scores a dramatic injury-time equaliser to grab a 2-2 draw against Ivory Coast in Douala.
Read MoreTunisia respond by thrashing Mauritaniapublished at 17:55 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2022
Tunisia bounce back from their controversial opening defeat at the Africa Cup of Nations by brushing aside Mauritania 4-0 in Group F.
Read MoreSudan removes Al Jazeera Live's TV licencepublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2022
BBC World Service
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The broadcaster says its live-streaming coverage of opposition rallies was criticised
Sudan has revoked the licence of the live-streaming channel of Al Jazeera's television network.
Al Jazeera Mubasher said its team had been barred from working in Sudan, which had accused them of unprofessional coverage of opposition rallies.
In November, Al Jazeera's Khartoum bureau chief was arrested and held for three days without charge.
Activists say more than 60 people have been killed in a series of protests held against October's military coup.
On Sunday, Sudanese doctors protested against what they said were attacks against medical personnel by the security forces during pro-democracy rallies.
One doctor in Khartoum told AFP news agency that the security forces even fired tear gas in the hospitals.
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Suspected militants kill 10 people in Burkina Fasopublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2022
Mary Harper
Africa editor, BBC World Service
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Officials says the armed group sabotaged a mobile phone mast so no victims could call for help
At least 10 people have been killed by suspected Islamist militants in northern Burkina Faso.
Security officials said an armed group raided Namssiguian village in Bam province on Saturday.
They burned down buildings, stole property and sabotaged a mobile phone mast so nobody could call for help.
People are killed by insurgents almost every day in Burkina Faso, especially members of the security forces.
Violent Islamism is intensifying across the Sahel despite the presence of international, regional and local forces.
In recent years, it has spread south into Burkina Faso.
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