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24 April 2012 Last updated at 20:39 ET

ANC upholds Malema's expulsionNow-expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema during a meeting in Pretoria on 10 February 2012

Firebrand youth leader Julius Malema has lost his appeal against expulsion from South Africa's ruling ANC, the party says.

Salva Kiir in Beijing, 24 April 2012Sudan accused of 'declaring war'

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir says Sudan has "declared war" on his country, following weeks of fighting along their common border.

Gunmen in Timbuktu on 6 April 2012Mali gunmen release Swiss woman

A Swiss woman abducted from her home in rebel-held northern Mali earlier this month has been freed, according to the Swiss government

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