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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...

South African airline defends dramatic low-level flyby before rugby union clash | Rugby union

A pre-game stunt involving two passenger jets flying dramatically low over a stadium in South Africa drew huge cheers from the estimated crowd of...

Humanitarian crisis worsening in refuge for civilians fleeing Sudan’s civil war | Sudan

Humanitarian conditions in the Sudanese city of El Obeid and two camps on its outskirts are dire and deteriorating, according to people on the...

Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid | Art theft

Austrian police are hunting two men alleged to have stolen a 200-carat platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds that was on loan to a...

UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’ | Egypt

The UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene to secure the release of a British-Egyptian woman who it is claimed has been arrested...

South African police arrest two Thai men for allegedly smuggling parrot eggs | South Africa

South African police have arrested two Thai nationals in separate incidents for allegedly attempting to smuggle endangered parrot eggs out of the country as...

Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained? | Global health

A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly known as monkey pox is back in...

Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses | Prince Harry

The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a major African wildlife charity that had been at the centre of a...

Video shows hundreds held captive after Nigeria mosque kidnapping | Nigeria

An armed group has posted a video showing what ⁠residents said were about ⁠600 women, children and ​older people abducted in an attack on...

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