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Africa
Sudan army launches major attack on capital Khartoum
Sudan's army has launched a major offensive against the powerful paramilitary group...
Nigerian soldier dismissed after alleging rape hits out
A soldier sacked by the Nigerian military after she accused some senior officers...
Boat with 30 decomposing bodies found off Senegal coast
At least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal,...
Egyptian ship delivers weapons to Somalia
An Egyptian ship has delivered a significant consignment of military equipment to...
Missing American hiker found dead in South Africa
An American woman who disappeared while hiking on South Africa's Table Mountain...
Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems - but...
Somalia may be one of the poorest countries in the world and beset by violence,...
Four children trapped in freezer in Namibia die
Police in Namibia are investigating the death of four children who were playing...
Starvation in war-hit Sudan 'almost everywhere' - WHO
Starvation in war-stricken Sudan "is almost everywhere", the head of the World Health...
More than 200 inmates escape as Nigerian prison wall collapses...
At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following...
US and British citizens among 37 sentenced to death in...
Thirty-seven people - including three Americans, a Briton, a Belgian and a Canadian...
Olympic runner doused in petrol and set on fire by ex-partner...
Rebecca Cheptegei was killed just three weeks after her final race at Paris 2024...
Three men appear in court accused of killing two women...
Three men have appeared in court in South Africa accused of killing two women and...
Passengers stranded by strike at main Kenya airport
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya's main airport as workers strike...
Ex-boyfriend who set fire to Ugandan athlete dies
The former boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after...
At least 17 pupils killed in Kenya school fire, police...
Neighbours rushed to school to help put out blaze