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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...

‘We are prey’: discovery of seven women’s bodies fuels anger over femicide in South Africa | South Africa

The discovery of the bodies of seven women around Johannesburg’s international airport, including five in the past week, has prompted an outpouring of fear,...

‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US | South Africa

When Donald Trump announced in February 2025 that the US would accept Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees, many white South Africans who believed...

The London hospital funded by donors who invested in the slave trade | Slavery

Inside the Great Hall of St Bartholomew’s North Wing, alongside stately portraits of the apostle from whom London’s oldest hospital takes its name and...

Burial of King Oyo takes place in Uganda as news anchor prepares for throne | Uganda

Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, long the world’s youngest monarch, has been buried among the tombs of his royal forebears as...

$15m fund launched to create ‘unstoppable momentum’ to end FGM worldwide | Women’s rights and gender equality

Frontline activists and leaders in the fight against female genital mutilation, which has affected more than 230 million women and girls worldwide, have welcomed...

TV presenter v secret son: the succession dispute engulfing a Ugandan kingdom | Uganda

A traditional Ugandan kingdom has become engulfed in a bitter succession dispute after the family of a king who recently died rejected the selection...

Uganda to withdraw from Invictus Games ‘out of respect for King Charles’, says military chief | Uganda

Uganda is withdrawing from the Duke of Sussex’s Invictus Games, the country’s military chief has said, out of respect for King Charles amid division...

Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds | Global development

Babies born to mothers with anaemia have smaller brains, particularly in key regions linked to movement, learning and the regulation of emotion, according to...

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