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Somali pirate retires from life on high seas

Zambia bans game hunting of lions and leopards as populations fall

Mali crisis: French intervention begins with airstrikes

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South Africa sics drones on rhino poachers

South Africa: Farm workers strike over higher wages

Mali Islamists advance; Army fires warning shots

Elephant family slaughtered in Kenya

John Mahama inaugurated as Ghana's president, amid court challenge from opposition

Will the oil curse come to Congo? (VIDEO)

There may yet be hope for Congo

Virunga National Park has a new enemy: Oil

Africa’s oldest park is under attack

The horrors of eastern Congo

Nelson Mandela has recovered, government says

Grenoble plane crash kills Moroccan family of five

Hannah Godefa, Ethiopian-born teen, named UNICEF ambassador

Nigeria to the world: Give us our art back!

Central African Republic rebels agree to talks as troops from Chad block advance (PHOTOS)

Stampede at Angola religious gathering kills 10

Bacteria fossils found in Australia's Pilbara region are planet's oldest, scientists say

UN Security Council slaps sanctions on Congo rebel groups

Ivory Coast mourning victims of New Year's Eve stampede (VIDEO)

Chatter: Dozens killed in stampede during New Year's festivities in Ivory Coast

Rape of 83-year-old woman sparks protests in Tel Aviv

Abundant resources, absence of conflict are keys to Cameroon’s future

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Libya: Church bomb kills two

Obama: US has leads on Benghazi attacks

The 12 most viral stories of 2012 (SLIDESHOW)

Boko Haram suspected in murder of at least 15 people

Central African Republic rebels advance toward capital

US evacuates embassy in Central African Republic

Palm oil industry accused of land grabs in Liberia

South Africa's Jacob Zuma says owning a dog is 'un-African'

2012 was a banner year for Boko Haram, but not for Nigerians

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Central African Republic threatened by rebel advance on capital

Nigeria fireworks warehouse explosion, fire kills 1 (VIDEO)

South Africa: Nelson Mandela home from hospital

A first-hand account of the beginning of a military coup in Mali

Reverse brain drain: Heading home to Somalia

Nigeria church attack kills 6 during Christmas Eve service

Nigeria: Pirates kidnap 4 crew members on Italian vessel

Chatter: Christmas celebrated around the world

South Africa man and woman arrested for "borrowing" corpse in life insurance scam

Nelson Mandela to spend Christmas Day in hospital

Former Ambassador says WSJ article unfairly attacked Susan Rice

Timbuktu mausoleums destroyed by Mali Islamists

Somalia: Pirates free 22 hostages after nearly three years of captivity

Nigeria: Suicide bombers attack 2 mobile phone companies

South Sudan: Army shoots down UN helicopter

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Libya: Lockerbie files to be released

Chatter: Deadly fighting in Kenya as elections approach

Kenya: Clashes in Tana River district kill over 30

UN approves Mali military intervention

South Africa: Police shoot rubber bullets at Harmony Gold mine protest

Former Rwanda lawmaker sentenced for genocide

Francois Hollande offers no apologies in Algeria, instead talking business opportunities

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congo war criminal, freed by ICC

South Africa's Jacob Zuma re-elected as ANC leader

Asteroid to Earth: I'll be back (VIDEO)

South African police foil 'bomb plot' as ANC meets in Mangaung

Libya's Benghazi: 4 police killed in attack

South Africa's Jacob Zuma sings for Mandela at ANC convention in Mangaung

South Africa: Jacob Zuma asks ANC conference to re-elect him leader

Kenya: explosion rocks mostly Somali Nairobi enclave

Helicopter carrying "high ranking" Nigerian officials crashes

Nelson Mandela undergoes surgery to remove gallstones

South Africa: Jacob Zuma fights off challenger at ANC conference

Car bomb strikes Somali capital

Somalia's Al-Shabab offers $8K reward for killing Kenyan forces: officials

Sudan detains main opposition leader after week of protests: report

Social media blasphemy cases went up four-fold in 2012: rights group

Nelson Mandela receiving treatment for lung infection

Mali's prime minister, arrested by military, resigns along with entire cabinet

Magic mushrooms inspired Mayan end-of-world prognosis: British academic

Ghana elections: US urges voters to accept results

Nelson Mandela spending a 3rd day in hospital for 'further tests'

Somali troops capture Al Shabaab-controlled town of Jowhar

South Sudanese army shoots, kills 10 protesters in Wau

Nelson Mandela 'comfortable' after night in Pretoria hospital

In Middle East, HIV infection rates are rising

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Nelson Mandela hospitalized for medical tests

To save Congo, US and Britain must stop Rwandan and Ugandan support of militia gangs

Spanking, drunk driving and women’s land rights

Voters head to the polls in close Ghana election (UPDATES)

Military plane crash in South Africa's Drakensberg mountains kills 11