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Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg | Mining

Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in...

Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr | Egypt

Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and...

Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official | Global development

The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials.As...

Nearly half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030 – study | Global health

An alarming rise in obesity in Africa has been compared with the HIV epidemic, with stigma and lack of treatment having a disproportionate impact...

Former Gabon youth coach banned for life by Fifa over sexual abuse of players | Football

Fifa has banned the former Gabon youth-team coach Patrick Assoumou Eyi, known as “Capello”, for life after its adjudicatory chamber found him guilty of...

Campaigners celebrate court ruling to ‘decolonise’ Kampala | Global development

Campaigners have welcomed a court ruling to remove British colonial monuments from Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and to rename streets that honour “crooks and historical...

World Food Programme to close office in southern Africa after Trump aid cuts | United Nations

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid cuts.In a statement, a...

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