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Africa
Chris Brown concert shines spotlight on violence against...
Chris Brown's forthcoming concert in South Africa has led to renewed focus on the...
Kenya's president makes urgent cash call for Haiti mission
Kenya has appealed for urgent financial support from the international community...
Will the Dangote refinery solve Nigeria's oil issues?
Hopes that the new Dangote Petroleum Refinery would lead to cheaper fuel in Nigeria...
Kenyan MPs begin process to impeach deputy president
Members of parliament in Kenya have started the process of removing the country's...
Nigerians decry ‘anti-poor’ measures in new protests against...
The country’s highest food inflation levels in decades have pushed businesses to...
At least 45 dead, dozens missing as boats sink off coast...
The boats were traversing a route described as one of the busiest and most dangerous...
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...