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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...

Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC | Ebola

A humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after potential exposure to the Ebola virus.The UK resident was medically evacuated...

Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds | Global development

One in three people cannot afford to eat a healthy diet, a new report has found, prompting calls for urgent action on food affordability.There...

São Tomé and Príncipe heads to polls in tense presidential election | Sao Tome and Principe

Voters in São Tomé and Príncipe go to the polls for a presidential election on Sunday as one of Africa’s least populous countries seeks...

‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible art | Ghana

Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his...

Seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban, says aid group | US news

Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in ⁠Kenya after...

UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’ | Foreign policy

Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign...

Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software | Morocco

A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software...

New US Ebola patient arrives in Germany for treatment | Ebola

A US national who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has arrived in Germany for treatment, the health ministry in Berlin...

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