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Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production
Farmers who organise into cooperatives in the northern mountain areas will be gradually allowed to grow cannabis to meet the needs of the legal market
Gambian MPs to vote on repealing female genital mutilation ban
If approved, the proposal will mark a rare setback for efforts to criminalise the practice
34 migrants missing off Tunisia, two die after boat sinks
The boat which sailed from Libya coast was carrying 70 people, the Tunisian national guard said
Attackers raid hotel in Somalia's capital after blasts, residents say
Al Shabaab said they were behind the attack and had besieged the Syl Hotel
Thousands celebrate release of jailed Senegal opposition leaders
Senegalese opposition firebrand Ousmane Sonko and the presidential candidate he is backing in the March 24 election, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were released from prison on Thursday
Zimbabwe sect leader held after children rescued from farm labour
Police found 251 children on the farm who were not attending school, most of whom did not have birth certificates
West, Central Africa see major internet outage
African subsea cable operator SEACOM confirmed that services on its West African Cable System were down
Smudged ID cards, missing names blemish Congo's $1 billion election
Nearly two weeks after the polls opened, the electoral commission said it counted votes from only 64,000 of the 75,000 polling stations