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A draft United Nations memo seen by Reuters suggests that dozens of allegations of sexual abuse against UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic (CAR) have been fabricated by people seeking financial payoffs.

Nigeria's security agency says it has seized $800,000 (£645,200) in cash in raids targeting senior judges suspected of corruption.

Morocco's Islamic Justice and Development Party (PJD) has emerged as the winner after the country voted for its 10th parliament since independence in 1956, according to official results.

Ethiopia and Djibouti have launched the first fully electrified cross-border railway line in Africa. 

Nigeria has put up two of its 10 presidential jets for sale as a part of a campaign to cut down on "waste", a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari has said it has been reported. 

We have read the article that appeared in the “Inside Africa” column of your newspaper on  October 3, 2016 titled “Deadly Stampede at Ethiopia protest.”

A judge has ordered the release of Nigeria's former national security adviser, who has been held since December 2015 on fraud charges.

Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have delayed elections to make sure the country is better prepared for them, President Joseph Kabila said yesterday, answering accusations that the government is dragging its feet to help him to cling onto power.

The US is investing at least $50m in a military air base in Niger that will be capable of deploying drones.

A 10th of children have a "monkey-like" immune system that stops them developing Aids, a study suggests.

The United States has imposed sanctions on two senior security officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are allied to President Joseph Kabila.

 A 16-year-old South African schoolgirl has won the grand prize at Google's science fair for using orange peel to develop a cheap super-absorbent material to help soil retain water.

At least 17 soldiers were killed in clashes overnight between forces from two semi-autonomous regions of northern Somalia, local officials said last Wednesday.

Tanzania's president has sacked two senior officials for opening a fake account to siphon money from an earthquake fund, his office has said.

The world's first drug specifically designed to treat tuberculosis in children has been launched in Kenya.

Gabonese President Ali Bongo was sworn in for a second term yesterday, and called for unity at a low-key ceremony following a razor-thin election victory whose integrity was questioned by international observers.

Lawmakers in Nigeria's upper house of parliament have decided to investigate an allegation that mobile phone giant MTN illegally transferred nearly $14bn (£11bn) out of the country between 2006 and 2016, Reuters news agency reports.

Ali Bongo is set to be sworn in as Gabon's president for a second seven-year term, his office has announced, three days after his election victory was controversially validated by the Constitutional Court following allegations of fraud.