Africa
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Nigerian army arrests soldiers after viral torture video
The Nigerian army has arrested two soldiers after a viral video allegedly showed them torturing a civilian. In the footage,…
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South African DJ Black Coffee injured during flight to Argentina
Grammy award-winning South African DJ and record producer Black Coffee is receiving treatment for injuries sustained during a flight, reportedly…
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Nigerian poverty minister suspended over money in personal bank account
Nigeria’s president has suspended a minister over the alleged diversion of more than 585 million naira ($640,000; £500,000) of public…
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New school year delayed by cholera in Zambia
Monday should have marked the start of the academic year in Zambia, but children there will instead have to wait…
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TB Joshua: ‘We thought it was heaven but then terrible things happened’
TB Joshua, a charismatic Nigerian leader of one of the world’s biggest evangelical churches, secretly committed sexual crimes on a…
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DR Congo election: Three ministers and four governors disqualified for fraud and violence
Three ministers and four governors have been disqualified from last month’s election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because of…
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Oscar Pistorius released after serving 9 years for murdering girlfriend
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic sprinter, was released from prison on parole on Friday, more than a decade after…
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Gunmen abduct Koreans, kill Nigerian soldiers in ambush
Unidentified gunmen ambushed a convoy of an oil servicing company in Nigeria’s southern Rivers state, kidnapped two South Korean workers…
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Egypt’s Sisi takes poll lead as vote count begins
Egypt’s electoral body has started counting votes following the conclusion of polling in the presidential elections. Voting began on Sunday…
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Sierra Leone ex-president a suspect in coup attempt – police
Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been declared a suspect in the ongoing investigation over last month’s attempted…
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