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Nigeria's anti-corruption boss Ibrahim Lamorde denies allegations that $5bn (£3.2bn) has gone missing at the commission he heads.

A Chinese state-owned engineering company signs a deal with Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, to build factories for his cement company.

South Sudan's President Kiir signs a long-awaited peace deal with rebels, despite voicing his reservations, after a UN threat of sanctions.

South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk holds off LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James to win a high-class 400m final.

The Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, is heckled by opposition MPs as he delivers his state of the nation address in parliament.

Fifty bodies found in hold of migrant ship off Libya, Italian coastguard say.

Botswana's court of appeal upholds a ruling that foreign prisoners should receive free treatment for HIV/Aids, rights lawyers say.

Two Kenyan runners test positive for doping at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing, the IAAF announces.

In the Tarime district of the Mara region in northern Tanzania an age-old tradition involves women marrying women.

The UN threatens action unless South Sudan's President Salva Kiir signs a peace deal on Wednesday to end months of conflict with rebels.