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  1. Tunisia's president tasks a woman to form new government

    Engineer Najla Bouden has been tasked with forming a new government

  2. Tunisia's president strengthens own executive powers

    President Kais Saied announced he will rule by decree and suspend MPs salaries

  3. Tunisia's president sacks 57 judges

    President Kais Saied accused the judges of corruption and protecting terrorists

  4. Tunisia's judges locked out of their offices

    President Kais Saied has dissolved Tunisia's top legal body on Sunday

  5. Tunisia's former president dies in exile

    The ousted ex-President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali died in Saudi Arabia, aged 83

  6. Tunisia suicide bomber detonates near US embassy

    A suicide bomber blew himself up near the US embassy in Tunis

  7. Tunisia President takes over control of the country

    President Saied has sacked the Prime Minister, several ministers and suspended parliament

  8. Tunisia gets a new draft constitution

    A committee hand-picked by the President completes a new draft constitution for Tunisia

  9. Tunisia brought to a standstill by national strike

    The UGTT union called for the public sector strike to protest President Saied鈥檚 policies.

  10. Tunisia Arrests Hundreds Over Anti-Austerity Protests

    Hundreds more people arrested after a third night of protests

  11. Tundu Lissu: 鈥業t feels awesome to be home鈥�

    We speak to the Tanzanian opposition leader as he returns from exile

  12. Tundu Lissu returns to Tanzania

    Tanzanian opposition leader, Tundu Lissu returns home from self-imposed exile in Belgium

  13. Tuesday,18th August 2015

    More than half a million children with disabilities in South Africa aren't in school

  14. Tuesday,15th December 2015

    World trade talks in Nairobi, protests in Ethiopia and still no peace in South Sudan.

  15. Tuesday, October 20th 2015

    Trouble in Congo Brazzaville over another presidential term.

  16. Tuesday, 9th June 2015

    Why migrant surge + Cape to Cairo free trade prospects

  17. Tuesday, 9th February 2016

    South Africa's Zuma makes U-turn over Nkandla revamp money

  18. Tuesday, 9th August 2016

    The latest on the Zambian elections with 48 hours to go

  19. Tuesday, 8th December 2015

    Ethiopia's government counting on international aid to feed millions hit by drought.

  20. Tuesday, 7th of June 2015.

    Amnesty International urges Malawi to do more to protect albinos.

  21. Tuesday, 6th September 2016

    Pressure mounts on Gabon's president for a recount of votes

  22. Tuesday, 6th December 2016

    Ex-child soldier Dominic Ongwen becomes the first LRA commander to go on trial at the ICC

  23. Tuesday, 5th May 2015

    Burundi's opposition cries foul as the country's constitutional court rules that can a...

  24. Tuesday, 5th July 2016

    Nurses, doctors and teachers in Zimbabwe strike over unpaid salaries.

  25. Tuesday, 5th April

    The ICC ditches charges against Kenya's deputy president Ruto over post-election violence

  26. Tuesday, 4th October 2016

    A third day of clashes between Ethiopian security forces and Oromo activists

  27. Tuesday, 4th August 2015

    The UN says the shooting of a human rights activist in Burundi must be investigated.

  28. Tuesday, 3rd of May 2016.

    Kenya鈥檚 police foil an attack by group linked to so-called Islamic State

  29. Tuesday, 3rd November 2015

    Oscar Pistorius in the dock for murder once again

  30. Tuesday, 31st May 2016

    Dozens die during commemorations of Nigeria's Biafran conflict of the 1960s

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