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Sweat, tears and camaraderie as 20,000 runners take on world’s largest ultramarathon | South Africa

In the early morning dark, thousands of runners waited, jostling with anticipation. South Africa’s national anthem rang out. Then the haunting swell of Shosholoza,...

Global framework for reparatory justice adopted at landmark conference in Ghana | Reparations and reparative justice

A global framework for reparatory justice has been adopted at a conference in Ghana.Heads of state and government and other officials formally approved the...

CDC to tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola response in DRC and Uganda | Trump administration

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the...

Thousands trapped in El Fasher siege on ‘edge of survival’, says report | Global development

The besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has been declared “uninhabitable” with new data indicating most homes are destroyed and critical levels of malnourishment...

Elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar | Madagascar

An elite military unit said it had taken power in Madagascar on Tuesday, after the country’s parliament impeached president Andry Rajoelina after weeks of...

Cameroon opposition leader declares victory in presidential election | Cameroon

The Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary has declared himself the winner of the 12 October presidential election and called on President Paul Biya...

Prosecution of South Sudan’s vice-president raises fears of return to full-scale civil war | South Sudan

South Sudan’s opposition and observers have warned that the prosecution of the country’s suspended vice-president, Riek Machar, risks jeopardising a peace agreement that ended...

Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit | Madagascar

Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled the country on a French military aircraft, hours before he was scheduled to address the...

Madagascar’s president says illegal power grab by military is under way | Madagascar

Madagascar’s president said an “attempt to seize power illegally and by force” was under way, as an elite military unit that joined protesters on...

Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas | Benin

In a corner of the new Museum of West African Art, visitors can marvel at a sample display of the cultural treasures that adorned...

Madagascar’s prime minister calls for calm after elite soldiers join protests against president | Madagascar

Madagascar’s prime minister called for calm after an elite group of soldiers joined thousands of protesters against the country’s president on the streets of...

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