[wanabidii] Breaking with Africa's power grab club, Central African Republic limits president to two terms under new law (M&G Africa)

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01 Sep 2015

Breaking with Africa's power grab club, Central African Republic limits president to two terms under new law   The CAR becomes one of a handful of African nations that have adopted or respected term limits. In Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, they are being overturned.

Kenya was king, but there are 12 big things we learnt about Africa at Beijing World Athletics Championships   Ethiopia may have a case of sports 'gene elitism'. Nigeria surprised with 82% of its squad being female athletes. West Africa in decline?

Boko Haram kills nearly 80 in northeast Nigeria; gunmen kidnap journalist in southeast   The insurgents were on horseback, and shot people and burnt in separate attacks on three villages.

Left to die in trucks, fences built to keep them out: Europe must defend migrants' 'dignity' leaders say ahead of talks   A Syrian man who lost his legs after shelling is helped by other migrants after crossing the border from Greece to Macedonia on August 29, 2015

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