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British healthcare worker with Ebola evacuated from DR Congo to UK | Ebola

A British healthcare worker with Ebola is being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the UK for medical treatment, it has...

ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections | South Africa

The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls...

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...

Jihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell | Nigeria

Jihadist violence rose sharply in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo last year, even as global deaths from terrorism dropped to their lowest level...

Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader | Belgium

A former Belgian diplomat, 93, should stand trial over alleged complicity in the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what...

Africa particularly vulnerable as Iran conflict disrupts supply chains, say experts | Africa

Countries in Africa, where farmers depend heavily on imported fertiliser and a large share of household income goes on food, are particularly vulnerable to...

Nigeria’s online content creator market has boomed. Can the skit-makers and streamers make it pay? | Social media

On a humid afternoon in Lagos, a shoot for a comedy skit is under way on a set that looks more like a small...

France returns sacred talking drum looted from Côte d’Ivoire over 100 years ago | Côte d’Ivoire

A sacred artefact looted by French colonial authorities more than a century ago has been returned to Côte d’Ivoire in one of the most...

Eswatini says it received more ‘third country’ deportees as part of deal with Trump administration | Trump administration

The government of Eswatini announced on Thursday it received four more “third country” deportees from the United States, as part of the Trump administration’s...

UK government axes flagship global health project | Global development

A flagship health project in Africa, which UK ministers said would play a vital role in protecting Britain from future pandemic threats, is being...

At least 17 killed after drone strikes school in Sudan | Sudan

At least 17 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Wednesday when an explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces struck...

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