Tunisia in landmark presidency poll

Tunisia, whose 2011 uprising inspired the Arab Spring, holds a presidential run-off with the winner becoming the country's first freely elected leader.

 Burkina Faso's president in waiting Roch Marc Kabore vowed a brighter future for the west African country Tuesday after becoming its first newly-elected leader in three decades.

Former Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi's camp claims victory in Tunisia's presidential election, but his rival says its too early to call.

China publicly destroys 6.1 tonnes of confiscated ivory in a move to discourage the illegal ivory trade, which conservationists say fuels poaching in Africa.

The doctor and father of a 13-year-old who died after allegedly undergoing female genital mutilation are cleared in a landmark trial in Egypt.

Azam Media Limited has agreed to sponsor the Federation Cup (formerly FA Cup) to the tune of Sh3.3 billion, the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) said yesterday.

>Air Tanzania (ATCL) has signed a landmark code share deal with Interair, allowing three flights a week between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg as an introductory schedule.

Nigeria makes a vital step towards being declared polio free in 2017, after marking a year without a recorded case of the disease.

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Kenya prepares for landmark EAC summit
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Kenya is slated to host a landmark East African Community (EAC) leaders summit on 30 November to determine the fate of key issues concerning the bloc including the roadmap for a political federation, the proposed membership of two countries and a ...
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