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Ethiopia Begins Releasing High Profile Political Prisoners
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
Ethiopia begins releasing high profile political prisoners, including a prominent opposition leader, Merera Gudina, who had been in jail for more than a year.
A woman in Guinea is arrested for tricking others into believing they're pregnant.
And we hear from Bella and Ycee - a new generation of Nigerian musicians and the new challenges they face in the music industry.
(Photo: A man holds up his hands in a sign that's become popular among Ethiopian opposition Oromo activists. Credit: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)
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