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Africa
EU, AU urge Congo leader to unite country after tense polls
Congo's Constitutional Court on Sunday refused runner-up Martin Fayulu's request for a recount and reaffirmed Tshisekedi's win, despite leaked data attributed to the electoral commission that showed Fayulu won.
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Zimbabwe Crisis
Zimbabwe's president returns amid economic crisis, protest crackdown
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his first priority "is to get Zimbabwe calm, stable and working again".
- by Farai Mutsaka
Extremism
Israel link cited in deadly al-Qaeda attack on UN in Mali
The Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen group said the attack was a response to Chadian President Idriss Deby's revival of diplomatic relations with Israel.
Zimbabwe Crisis
'This is worse than Mugabe': Zimbabwe descends into chaos – again
Before the family of Kelvin Tinashe Choto knew he had been killed, social media was circulating a photo of his battered body on the counter of a police station.
Election
Court ruling deepens Congo vote crisis
The constitutional court confirmed the win of Felix Tshisekedi, rejecting claims of of fraud and conspiracy.
Extremism
US says air strike kills al-Shabaab fighters after Somali base attack
The air strike targeted al-Shabaab fighters who had rammed into the military base 370 kilometres south-west of the capital Mogadishu.
- by Feisal Omar
Kenya
Kenya court orders six suspects held over Nairobi hotel attack
The official said a total of 11 people were detained as part of the investigation.
- by Rob Gillies & Christopher Torcia
Zimbabwe Crisis
Zimbabwe in 'total internet shutdown' amid deadly crackdown
The shutdown has cut off access to the electronic bank deposits that Zimbabwe's struggling government uses to pay teachers and other public workers, as well as social media services.
- by Farai Mutsake
Crime
Journalist in Ghana who exposed soccer corruption shot dead
The employers of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who was killed late Wednesday night, said he was assassinated.
- by Francis Kokutse & Gerald Imray
Terrorism
Man who survived September 11 killed in Nairobi terror attack
An American businessman who died in a terrorist attack on a luxury hotel in Nairobi had missed by only minutes being at his office in the World Trade Center on September 11, according to his father.
- by Siobhán O'Grady
Terrorism
No Australians killed in Kenya attack: DFAT
Despite earlier reports, a man killed in an attack in Nairobi was not an Australian citizen, government officials say.