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DR Congo and Rwanda in fresh talks in Angola, Kagame absent
DR Congo and Rwanda in fresh talks in Angola, Kagame absent

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta met in Angola on Wednesday amid a surge in tensions triggered by militia violence in eastern Congo. Tshisekedi and Biruta were received at a hotel in the capital Luanda by Angolan President Joao Lourenco, acting as a mediator between the two neighbours, an AFP correspondent saw.

Namibia pulls down statue of German coloniser
Namibia pulls down statue of German coloniser

Authorities in Namibia's capital Windhoek on Wednesday took down and relocated a statue of a controversial German colonial officer following pressure from local activists. The monument commemorated Curt von Francois, a German army commissioner who has been credited with founding Windhoek -- something local campaigners and historians dispute.