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In this photo taken Thursday, July 6, 2017, Christopher Msando, an information technology official for Kenya's electoral commission, speaks at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Msando, an official crucial to running Kenya's presidential election next week, has been found tortured and killed, the electoral commission chairman said Monday, July 31, 2017, as concerns grew that the East African nation's vote again would face dangerous unrest. (AP Photo)

Kenyan election official killed days before vote

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People wave flags as soldiers and other military personnel of Somalia's breakaway territory of Somaliland march past during an Independence day celebration parade in the capital, Hargeisa on May 18, 2016. / AFP / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images)

Somaliland bids to become a new gateway to Africa

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Female footballers celebrate on Mount Kilimanjaro after breaking the world record for the highest match ever played

Female footballers break world record for highest ever football match

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Why 'A Nasty Boy' magazine is causing a stir in Nigeria

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8 of the best resorts in the Seychelles

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Devastating coral bleaching due to global warming. These corals are dying.

Seychelles: 115 islands vs climate change

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Recycled materials turned South African art

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The Nigerian inventor building a jet car

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Defining masculinity through dance

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How technology saved an abandoned baby rhino

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African art arrives on the big stage

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South African trains ride into the digital age

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Why Uganda may stop accepting hand-me-downs