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Ethiopia arrests thousands including ex-army commander
The arrests in the northern Amhara region are seen as part of a crackdown by the authorities.
Authorities in Ethiopia鈥檚 northern Amhara region say they have arrested more than 4,500 individuals including a former army commander.
South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province has been pounded by heavy rains again and hundreds of residents have been evacuated amid fears of renewed flooding.
And Ntsika Kota, a pharmacist from Eswatini who only took up writing as a hobby, makes history by becoming the first person from his country to win the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa.
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