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The Democratic Republic of Congo announces that it will plan to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

South African Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius "strongly rejects" a charge that he murdered his girlfriend, after he appears in court weeping.

Nigerian pop singer Susan Oluwabimpe Harvey, popularly known as "Goldie", dies after a sudden illness in Lagos, her record label says.

Kenya's deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta - accused of crimes against humanity - can stand in next month's election, after a court declined to bar him.

Mali will hold presidential elections on 7 July, a key step to stabilising the country after the intervention of France to oust Islamist fighters, the government says.

The military presence has been beefed up in the northern Malian town of Gao following two suicide bomb attacks last week and heavy fighting against Jihadi fighters.

South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is due in court to face a charge of murdering his girlfriend at his home near Pretoria.

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