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How Sudan's doctors ousted Omar al-Bashir

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

Doctors in Sudan have led protests against the repressive regime of former president Omar al-Bashir from inception until his eventual removal last month, but their defiance was at a cost.

The African Continental Free Trade Area is now in full effect, after 23 countries out of 44 signed an agreement to create one African market which could potentially be worth trillions of dollars.

And in Kenya, women's rights groups are holding a vigil tonight at the University of Nairobi in protest against the rise in domestic violence, sexual violence and femicide.

(Credit Image: Reuters)

53 minutes

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Thu 30 May 201917:06GMT

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  • Thu 30 May 201917:06GMT

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