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Why many people believe corruption is on the increase in Africa++++DW talks to the wife of missing journalist in Tanzania as the government now says it does not know if he is alive or dead +++Africa’s population expected to double by 2050 says the UN

Kenya hosts UN regional conference on ending terrorism and extremist violence +++ Malawian women hold post-election rallies in the county’s major cities+++ Uganda debates the construction of a dam on one of the country’s major tourist attraction

No pomp and color as South Sudan marks 8 years of independence+++ Nigerian writer Lesley Nneka Arimah wins the 2019 Caine prize+++ Controversy brews in northern Nigeria days after government suspended the RUGA settlement plan for Fulani herders

African leaders launch a continental free-trade zone +++ICC finds former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda guilty of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity +++Nigeria struggles to provide proper medical rehab clinics for those suffering from alcohol and drug abuse.

Celebration in Sudan as military and opposition agree power-sharing deal+++Fresh protests over disputed elections in Malawi+++ Internally displaced people in Cameroon due to the Anglophone crisis seek new means of livelihood

President Buhari suspends the RUGA settlement program+++Members of Cameroon's President Biya's security team have received suspended prison sentences in Switzerland over an attack on a journalist+++The trauma of Rwanda’s post-genocide generation; many young people are still depressed and demand answers to what happened.

Airstrike kills 44 in a Libyan migrant detention centre +++ Nigeria to sign Africa’s free trade deal+++ Life sentence for accomplice of Kenya attack that killed 148

The number of Congolese refugees fleeing to Uganda continues to rise as the situation in Eastern Congo worsens+++Diplomatic row between Rwanda and Uganda results in financial losses+++Cameroon embraces alternative education as conflict forces many schools to close.

At least seven killed in Sudan after mass protests in the country+++A new settlement for Fulani people draws controversy in Nigeria+++People living with HIV in Uganda are sharing anti retroviral drugs which further puts their health at risk.

ECOWAS mulls over adoption of a single currency in the region. Why is Nigeria dragging its feet? +++Tanzania passes controversial bill to tame free speech+++ Young Ghanaians launch a mobile app to curb rising number of road accidents in the country