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Vote to End US Shutdown Goes into Third Day
The Republicans have suggested a shorter term funding package, with a promise to look at immigration issues dear to the Democrats afterwards -- an offer Democrats have rejected.
The US government shutdown is continuing into the working week after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on a stop-gap spending bill.
Some of the biggest names in African football are in Liberia to see their fellow star George Weah being sworn in as president.
There's been criticism of police in the Democratic Republic of Congo who used live ammunition and teargas to disperse protestors in the capital, Kinshasa, demanding that President Joseph Kabila stand down - his expected term of office expired more than a year ago.
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