Despite arrests and a police clampdown, workers defy a ban to protest over the new Zimbabwe tax law. Eritrea is expected to be elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council.

African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki calls for restraint as Cameroon awaits official poll results. Activists plan to hold a protest in Nairobi today to press the Kenyan government to freeze assets of South Sudanese politicians.

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Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is taking to the streets on tomorrow Thursday and called for nationwide protests today following tax increases and causing panic buying. Olympic committee picks Senegal as the first African host for the youth olympics.

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 The UN Security Council has called on the DRC’s electoral commission to open dialogue on the use of voting machines for the December elections after concluding its high level visit Nigeria’s presidential race hots up with several high profile candidates including an ex-minister and a Chibok girls champion.

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 Violence is reported as Cameroon voted on Sunday. President Paul Biya is likely to win seventh term. At the Africa Forum in Greece, Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana's first President Kwame Nkrumah, says the IMF comeback to Africa and countries like Ghana is worrying and will set back development.

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UN Security Council is in the DRC ahead of the polls and plans high level meetings with senior political figures including Josef Kabila. More than 300 policymakers from Africa and EU leaders including Guinea President and Germany's Foreign Minister at the two day gathering to discuss dialogue on peace, security and development.

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A new World Bank report says Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa slower than expected. With sluggish growth in the 3 biggest economies: South Africa, Nigeria and Angola. Its official....eSwatini adapt and adopts name changes. As it celebrates its 50th Independence day celebration today.

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More than 70 000 people flee ethnic violence in western Ethiopia. Members of Parliament in Uganda vote to maintain a controversial social media tax.

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 First lady Melania Trump heads for Africa on her first big solo international trip today on her five-day, four-country tour. Nigeria’s ruling party says President Buhari is the face of the party's presidential campaign for 2019.