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Forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza are battling to put down an attempted coup
Government calls coup a ‘joke’ as president tries to fly home
Outrage over president’s bid for third term risks destabilising volatile region as thousands flee
Clattering Burundi-beat drums and thin guitars enliven this album by an offshoot group of Tinariwen
Not Africa’s smallest bourse, but the East African Community’s newest
Business appears to favour Kagame staying on
Education minister says party should look at affirmative action
Lower costs for food, transport and farm inputs in east Africa boost economy
‘I found my country had changed and my neighbours had moved on to my land,’ says the 80-year-old who lived in Tanzania for 37 years
A new dam financed by international investors typifies a continent-wide trend towards co-operation
Michel Kafando, a former foreign minister, named as president of a transition government
Whiff of revolution will have been picked up by ageing leaders wishing to hang on to power
Gay rights clampdown has extended to media and opposition
Term limits in African constitutions are in danger of being unravelled
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