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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...

Weather tracker: Cyclone Fytia in Madagascar kills several people and floods homes | Madagascar

At least three people have died and nearly 30,000 people have been affected by flooding after Madagascar’s first tropical storm of the season hit...

International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds | War crimes

An authoritative survey of 23 armed conflicts over the last 18 months has concluded that international law seeking to limit the effects of war...

More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC, officials say | Democratic Republic of the Congo

More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere...

Islamic State claims attack on international airport and airbase in Niger | Niger

Islamic State in the Sahel has claimed responsibility for an audacious assault at the international airport and adjacent air force base in Niamey, the...

South Africa expels top Israeli diplomat over ‘insulting attacks’ on president | South Africa

South Africa has ordered Israel’s top diplomat to the country to leave within 72 hours, citing “insulting attacks” on South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa...

Planes hit by gunfire and blasts heard at airport in Niger capital – reports | Niger

Gunfire and loud blasts have been heard at the main airport in the Nigerien capital of Niamey, according to the Reuters news agency and...

Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone | Italy

Up to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week as Cyclone Harry battered southern Italy and Malta, the Italian...

‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended | Guinea-Bissau

US health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was cancelled. At the heart of the controversy is the west...

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