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A decade after Mandela's death, his pro-Palestinian legacy lives on
Tanzania flood, landslide death toll rises to over 50
Woman (70) gives birth to twins via IVF treatment three years after last baby
Twenty killed in Sierra Leone attack and nearly 2,000 prisoners escape
Death toll from flooding in Somalia climbs to nearly 100
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Tommy Tiernan in Malawi: ‘This is a country at the brutal end of climate change. The young are angry’
Islamic State-linked extremist group kills at least 26 in east Congo attack
British and South African honeymoon couple killed by suspected Islamic terrorists in Uganda
‘We might have to abandon the term Stone Age’: oldest wooden structure dating from half a million years ago found in Zambia
Ukrainian special services ‘launch strikes on Wagner-backed militia in Sudan’
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Libya flooding: Chaos, corruption and incompetence behind Derna dam disaster
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Over 5,300 dead and 10,000 are missing after Libya dam bursts following storm
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Morocco earthquake: ‘I sent my 8-year-old son in for a knife to cut a melon and the house collapsed on him’
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West African leaders ready to intervene militarily in Niger coup
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Niger coup leaders say they will prosecute president Mohamed Bazoum for high treason
West African Union prepares military plans to reverse coup
Newly discovered miniature ancient whale named in tribute to Egyptian king Tutankhamun
Niger junta threatens to kill deposed president if neighbouring countries try to restore his rule
Niger junta accuses France of violating its airspace and destabilising the country
West African leaders to meet on Niger as junta ignores deadline to reinstate ousted president
Niger’s junta shuts airspace and accuses neighbouring countries of plan to invade as deadline passes
Obituary: Jani Allan, South African-born journalist who lost ‘the libel case of the century’
Hundreds march in support of Niger’s ruling junta who toppled the country’s president last week
West African bloc sends delegation to Niger to lay down the law to coup leaders
Race on to evacuate hundreds of French and EU citizens from Niger
Niger junta claims France planning strikes to free ousted president
French embassy set on fire during rally for Niger’s junta
US aid to Niger now ‘in clear jeopardy’after coup, warns Blinken
Vladimir Putin tells African leaders he will give countries thousands of tonnes of free grain
Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum says coup will not defeat democracy
‘Dead bodies were rotting, we couldn’t even bury anyone – they have destroyed us in Sudan’
Kidnap of former minister in Libya leads to shutdown of four oil fields
South Africa gas leak kills 17, officials say
Paraic O’Brien: Tunisians have stopped eating fish as fish feast on the bodies of drowned migrants
Uganda school massacre: Dozens of students buried after attack by extremist rebels
At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
Uganda condemns Western response to anti-LGBTQ law
Global outrage at death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda
Egyptian archaeologists discover biggest ever mummification workshop
Sudan conflict threatens supply of Coca-Cola and Pepsi
Egypt hopes mummification workshop find will kickstart tourism rebound
Rwanda genocide suspect clutches his Bible in court
Air strikes and artillery fire escalate as residents stream out of Sudan capital
US accuses South Africa of giving arms and ammunition to Russia for invasion
Search for members of Kenyan doomsday cult resumes in forest where over 100 corpses have been found
Sudan pins hopes on talks in Saudi Arabia as warring factions tackle ‘humanitarian issues’
Fighting goes on in Sudan as warring parties refuse to discuss end of bloodshed
Sudan’s warring factions in Saudi Arabia for talks on ‘safe passage’ but rule out negotiations to end war
Civilians trapped in Khartoum say plight is ignored
Sundan’s warring generals agree to extend truce as fighting continues in Khartoum
‘Starvation cult’ leader faces terror charge over deaths
Sudan facing ‘full-blown catastrophe’ with 800,000 people expected to flee to neighbouring countries, UN warns
Sudan’s capital pounded by air strikes despite vow of new 72-hour ceasefire
Civilian deaths now top 400 as bloody battle rages for Sudan
Death toll in Kenyan starvation cult now tops 100 – mostly children
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