The disease, which was first detected in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions, and can be deadly.

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Gunmen riddled Lissu's car with bullets at his home in the capital Dodoma on September 7, 2017.

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Voters will cast ballots for president, parliament and regional authorities in the October 9 poll, but 69-year-old Nyusi cannot stand for another term. 

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Last month, Congo announced its intention to apply for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. 

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Benin's security forces have been on high alert after a series of attacks linked to violence from a jihadist uprising with origins in the Sahel region that has spilt across its borders.

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The commission emphasises that no statement was made forecasting violence in the December 2024 elections.

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Anti-government protestors in the capital's central business district are being quickly dispersed as police fire tear gas.

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Faye took the presidential oath in front of hundreds of officials and several African heads of state at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio, near Dakar.

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A large excavator was demolishing the three-storey party building on Friday afternoon.

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ECOWAS leaders to determine next line of action on Niger

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About 300 Protesters marched in Tunis, Tunisia Capital to demand release of detained opposition figure

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