Some of the week's major headlines in Africa 
The avenue which links the two acient temples of luxor and karnak has been reopened to visitors in a grand style
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Saif al islam gaddafi, son of former dictator mwammer gaddafi has been barred from running for the presidency of libya due to his conviction of abuse of human rights in which he was sentenced to death
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Ethiopia's PM Abiy ahmed heads to the frontline to lead the offensive against the rebels
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Al shabaab suicide bomber, targeting UN convoy kills eight and injures scores including thirteen school children
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A new covid19 variant has been detected in southern africa sparking travel bans from britain and other EU nations
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The avenue which links the two acient temples of luxor and karnak has been reopened to visitors in a grand style
Egypt reopens Avenue of Sphinxes in celebration like no other - Dailynewsegypt
Celebrations that the ancient Egyptians performed more than 5,000 years ago during the "Opet Festival" in the heart of the Avenue of Sphinxes
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Saif al islam gaddafi, son of former dictator mwammer gaddafi has been barred from running for the presidency of libya due to his conviction of abuse of human rights in which he was sentenced to death
Libya's election body bars Gaddafi's son from vying for presidency | Africanews
Libya's top electoral body on Wednesday disqualified the son and one-time heir apparent of the late ruler Muammar Gaddafi from running for president in elections to be held next month, citing his previous convictions.
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Ethiopia's PM Abiy ahmed heads to the frontline to lead the offensive against the rebels
Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed officially joins the battlefront | Africanews
Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has gone to the battlefront, his government announced Wednesday, after the leader said martyrdom might be necessary for the yearlong war with rival fighters approaching the capital.
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Al shabaab suicide bomber, targeting UN convoy kills eight and injures scores including thirteen school children
Islamist bombing near school in Somalia kills 8, wounds 13 children
An Islamist suicide bombing outside a school in Somalia's capital killed eight people and wounded 17 including 13 children, the latest in a string of deadly blasts this year in a country beset by political turmoil and drought.
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A new covid19 variant has been detected in southern africa sparking travel bans from britain and other EU nations
New COVID variant Omicron triggers global alarm, market sell-off
The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa and stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their biggest falls in more than a year.
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