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Swaziland bans underage marriages

Swaziland's King Mswati III has made it illegal for anyone under 18 years of age to get married.

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Kenya hunts mentally ill patients

Kenyan police have launched a manhunt for 40 mentally ill patients who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in the capital Nairobi, officials say.

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Deadly blast rocks Benghazi hospital

At least 12 killed and dozens wounded in explosionA car bomb has exploded outside a major hospital in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens more, according to official sources.

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Darfur rebel-faction leader killed in Chad

Mohamed Bashar, signed peace deal with Sudan last monthThe leader of a breakaway faction of Darfur's main rebel and his deputy have been killed after an attack inside Chad near the border with Sudan.

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Deal with former rebels ends Libya siege

Armed groups have ended a nearly two-week siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries in the capital after reaching a deal with the government, the Libyan justice minister has said. 

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US and UK withdraw Libya diplomatic staff

The US and Britain have both announced that they are withdrawing some diplomatic staff from Libya, amid security concerns over a recent flare-up in political unrest.

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Mali seeks $2.6bn in financial aid from EU

Mali will ask international donors for nearly two billion euros ($2.6 billion) to help rebuild the country and try to halt a resurgence of fighters who were driven out of the major northern towns by a French-led offensive.

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Bomb blasts rock Libyan city of Benghazi

A bomb has exploded outside the a police station in the Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, Reuters news agency reports.

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Kenya calls on UN to drop Kenyatta trials

Kenya has written to the UN Security Council seeking to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vice President William Ruto.

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Libya crisis deepens as rebels expand demands

Libya's political crisis has deepened as armed groups surrounding two ministries in the capital said they had formed an alliance to present an expanded list of six demands that included the resignation of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.

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