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Police in Nigeria say security forces have been deployed to try to rescue people abducted by gunmen from a hospital in the central state of Niger. About 20 people - including medics, patients and relatives – were abducted during the raid on Gulu General Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday when the kidnappers opened fire.

Traders in Ghana have shut up shop for a week in protest against rising inflation and the weakening local currency.

And Zimbabwe has become the first country in Africa to approve a long-acting injectable drug that prevents HIV transmission.

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