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China has established a permanent mission to the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.
Adventuress Sarah Begum (26) travelled to the heart of the Ecuadorian jungle on a mission to make a film about the tribes she would encounter. Little did she know they would insist she married one of the tribesmen so she could be crowned their Queen. People of the tribe hope that this symbolic marriage would help increase awareness of the intrusion by energy companies.
China supports the peace process in Somalia and will work with the international community to help the country achieve enduring peace, stability and development.
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao met here on Tuesday with Nigerien Foreign Minister, vowing to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with Niger.
Cameroon will host a meeting of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) to discuss the fight against Nigeria's militant group Boko Haram.
Australia has welcomed the release of Peter Greste after the journalist was allowed to return to Australia having spent 400 days in an Egyptian prison.
Official testing of the Addis Ababa light railway was launched at a ceremony in the presence of government officials, diplomats, other dignitaries and residents.
Boko Haram attacked Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, their second assault on a city they hope to make the capital of a breakaway Islamist state.
South Sudanese President and rebel commander signed an agreement, edging closer to a deal to end a 15-month conflict that has ravaged the country.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cut short a visit to the Ethiopian capital for an African Union summit, following a wave of deadly attacks on Thursday night in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula claimed by Islamic State's Egypt wing.
The number of new confirmed Ebola cases totalled 99 in the week to Jan 25, the lowest tally since June 2014, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, signalling the tide might have turned against the epidemic.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday announced that it is forced to reduce food rations to almost 150,000 refugees living in Uganda because of insufficient funding.