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  1. Egypt's foreign minister Badr Abdelatty met with visiting EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, in Cairo on Thursday.
  2. Demonstrators took to the streets of the South African capital to denounce the US' recent atack on Venezuela, during which ousted president Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured.
  3. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged deeper cooperation on issues including trade, infrastructure, energy and transportation.
  4. Parties competing in Benin's local and parliamentary elections ended their campaigning on Friday, ahead of the vote this weekend. It comes just over a month after the attempted coup that shook Cotonou.
  5. China will lead a joint military drill hosted by South Africa. Russian ships are also expected to join the exercises.