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Africa
Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking'...
A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an...
Deadly prison riots engulf Mozambique - as 33 killed and...
Hundreds of inmates have escaped a prison riot in Mozambique's capital which has...
Mozambique's opposition leader vows to install himself...
Mozambique's main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will...
Detained Ugandan politician's wife condemns ban on Christmas...
The wife of detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has denounced as...
Mozambique tense ahead of ruling on disputed election
There is a tense atmosphere in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, as the country awaits...
Liberian speaker denies links to parliament fire
The speaker of Liberia's House of Representatives has denied being involved in a...
The student who blew whistle on Kenya airport controversy
Kenyan business student Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning...
Dozens of Ghana president-elect's supporters arrested in...
Police in Ghana have arrested more than 100 people - mostly opposition supporters...
Why voters are giving Africa's governing parties a bloody...
Namibia's governing party, Swapo, has retained its hold on power after more than...
Opposition wins Ghana presidential election, vice-president...
Ghana's Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday's election...
BBC hears of horror and hunger in Darfur massacre town
No-one lives in the ghostly outskirts of el-Geneina any more.
Bowen: Syria's rebel offensive is astonishing - but don't...
The reignited war in Syria is the latest fallout from the turmoil that has gripped...
Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match
At least 56 people have been killed in a crush at a football match in Guinea's second-largest...
Namibia opposition refuses to recognise poll result
Namibia’s main opposition party has said it will not recognise results from this...
'They threw her body into the ocean' - woman dies on boat...
The family of beauty-salon owner Fathi Hussein are deep in mourning at their home...