Mugabe admits land reform flaws
Craig TaylorZimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe admits failures in the country’s controversial land reform programme, saying some farms were “too big”. BBC News – Africa
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Ebola kills man who helped orphans
A Sierra Leonean who worked with children orphaned by Ebola in the West African state dies of the disease himself. BBC News – Africa
Deadly bus bombs explode in Nigeria
Suicide bombings at bus stations in two major commercial centres in northern Nigeria kill at least 27 people, police and hospital sources say. BBC News – Africa
Egypt jails activist for five years
An Egyptian court jails Alaa Abdel Fattah, a key figure in the 2011 uprising, for five years at a retrial for breaking protest laws. BBC News – Africa
Gunmen seize South Sudan boys
Armed men have abducted at least 89 boys from a camp for people displaced by fighting in South Sudan, the UN says. BBC News – Africa
Somali officials killed at prayers
Some 20 people, including senior officials, are killed in an al-Shabab attack during Friday prayers in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses say. BBC News – Africa