Africa
Mali leader sacks generals, disbands vigilantes after massacre
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita sacked and replaced two generals and disbanded an anti-jihadi vigilante group on Sunday, a day...
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Cyclone Idai: ‘300 to 400 dead bodies washed up on Mozambique road,’ eyewitness says
As many as "300 to 400" bodies line the banks of a road out of the city of Beira in...
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Zambia bans ‘Viagra’ energy drink
The Zambian authorities have banned an energy drink after a Ugandan man complained it had caused him to have a...
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Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 in Mozambique, President says
Cyclone Idai may have killed more than 1,000 people in Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said in an address on national radio...
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South Africa’s President Ramaphosa gets stuck on train
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa may have hoped that joining the morning commute would mark him out as a man...
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Ethiopian Airlines probe: What do we know?
Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed on Sunday morning killing all 157 people on board. It's led to a serious crisis...
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A family lost five members in the Ethiopian Airlines crash
One had a premonition about the flight A week before Carol Karanja boarded the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed...
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Nigeria school collapse: Children killed in Lagos building
At least eight children have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in...
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Ethiopia declares Monday a national day of mourning
Ethiopia declared a national day of mourning for Monday amid a global stream of condolences for loved ones, many of...
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Crashed Ethiopian plane had at least 19 UN officials on board
The United Nations had at least 19 officials on the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed Sunday morning, some of whom...
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