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Rwandan leader went to Arsenal game as country marked 30 years since genocide
Paul Kagame flew to UK for Champions League match while national police told citizens to restrict...
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Increasing number of villages torched across Sudan shows conflict is intensifying - report
Satellite data indicates growing number of airstrikes on settlements, in a war that has already killed...
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Europe: Sudan war ‘world’s worst child displacement crisis,’ Paris conference told – as it happened
Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, says ‘every life counts equally, whether in Ukraine, in Gaza,...
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Liberia senate votes to establish war crimes court
The court will investigate crimes against humanity committed during the African country’s two civil wars between...
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UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group
Exclusive: Rights groups denounce negotiations with Rapid Support Forces, accused of ethnic cleansing and war crimesInside...
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Sudanese refugees in Chad unable to access medical care for war injuries
Some people in Ambelia camp waiting for treatment to wounds resulting from ethnic violence last yearHundreds...
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Russian military trainers arrive in Niger as African country pulls away from US
West African state turned to Russia to help in fight against insurgents throwing into doubt future...
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Malawian journalist arrested over article accusing businessman of corruption
Rights groups condemn arrest of Macmillan Mhone, who was charged with ‘publication of news likely to...
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‘Right to freedom from torture’: UN experts urge the Gambia not to decriminalise FGM
Repealing ban would mean return of ‘one of the most pernicious forms of violence committed against...
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‘Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook enjoys a day off running after epic Africa journey
Endurance athlete from Worthing says he is ‘just trying to soak it all in’ after completing...
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‘I’m a little bit tired’: Briton becomes first person to run the length of Africa
Russ Cook from Worthing reaches Ras Angela, Tunisia, after covering more than 9,900 miles in 352...
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Fears of violence grow as Somalia scraps power-sharing system
Semi-autonomous state of Puntland refuses to recognise changes to the fragile country’s constitution and has withdrawn...
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US tourist killed after bull elephant toppled safari vehicle in Zambia
Four others were wounded in the attack at Kafue national park, in which the animal barreled...
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Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine may face lawsuit over pollution claims
Mining company hit with accusation it contaminated waterways with harmful levels of uranium and leadIn a...
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Former speaker of South Africa’s parliament arrested in corruption inquiry
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula resigned amid accusations she solicited bribes when she was defence ministerSouth Africa’s former parliamentary...
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Zimbabwean president declares state of disaster due to drought
Emmerson Mnangagwa says country needs $2bn of aid as severe dry spell caused by El Niño...
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Uganda court rejects petition to overturn harsh anti-gay law
Legislation adopted last year outraged LGBTQ+ community, rights activists, the UN and western nationsUganda’s constitutional court...
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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row
President Mokgweetsi Masisi voices anger over Berlin’s opposition to the import of trophies over poaching concernsBotswana’s...
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Norwegian Cruise captain refused to let eight passengers who were late reboard ship
Passengers, who have since rejoined vessel, missed scheduled departure time from São Tomé and scrambled to...
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye sworn in as Senegal’s youngest president
Leftwinger one of a group of opposition politicians freed from prison 10 days before presidential ballotBassirou...
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Extortionate Easter eggs and shrinking sweets: fears grow of a ‘chocolate meltdown’
Poor harvests in extreme weather conditions have led to a tripling of cocoa prices – but...
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45 dead as bus plunges from bridge into ravine in South Africa
Only survivor after vehicle falls 50 metres and catches fire is eight-year-old who was taken to...
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‘Staggering’ rise in women with reproductive health issues near DRC cobalt mines – study
Investigation reveals reports of miscarriages, infections and birth defects among women and girls in mining communitiesWomen...
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‘We are finally free’: Senegal hails new anti-establishment president
Bassirou Diomaye Faye promises to overhaul democracy in west African country blighted by corruptionJust 10 days...