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AFP Africa news agenda

Duty editor: Sarah Shard

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AFRICA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS ON SUNDAY

+ Mali Islamists destroy Timbuktu shrines

+ Senegal holds parliament vote

BAMAKO: Islamists in northern Mali have destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu after UNESCO listed the fabled city as an endangered world heritage site. File Picture. (MALI-POLITICS-UNREST-RELIGION)

DAKAR: Voters in Senegal cast ballots to renew the 150-member National Assembly, three months after Macky Sall won the presidency against long-serving leader Abdoulaye Wade. Picture. Video. (SENEGAL-VOTE)

KANO, Nigeria: Monitoring events after gunfire and explosions rocked the northeastern city of Damaturu as security forces launched a pre-emptive offensive against Boko Haram Islamists. (NIGERIA-UNREST-DAMATURA)

NAIROBI: Kenyan security forces hunt armed kidnappers who seized four foreign aid workers from Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, as fears grow the hostages have been taken into war-torn Somalia. (KENYA-SOMALIA-UNREST-KIDNAP)

BUJUMBURA/KIGALI: Burundi and neighbouring Rwanda hold celebrations to mark 50 years of independence from Belgium. (BURUNDI-RWANDA-BELGIUM-INDEPENDENCE)

ALGIERS: Malian Foreign Minister Sadio Lamine Sow begins a brief visit to Algeria, which is a key player in the search for a solution to the crisis in northern Mali. (ALGERIA-MALI-UNREST-DIPLOMACY)

-- We have moved an ADVANCER ahead of the 50th anniversary of Algeria's independence on Thursday, a milestone that the oil-rich country plans to celebrate despite worries about the state of democracy in the former French colony. (ALGERIA-FRANCE-INDEPENDENCE-50YEARS)

KHARTOUM: Following events in Sudan where about 1,000 people were detained and hundreds injured -- many by tear gas -- during recent anti-regime protests. (SUDAN-POLITICS)

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