Africa
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Guinea-Bissau’s parliament dissolved after ‘coup attempt’
Guinea-Bissau’s president has issued a decree dissolving parliament after saying that he had survived an attempted coup last week. Heavy…
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Nigeria airstrike ‘mistakenly’ kills worshippers at religious festival
At least 85 civilians were killed in Kaduna state, north-west Nigeria, in an air strike during a Muslim religious celebration…
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Ethiopia Airlines bans ‘Ghana Must Go’ luggage
Ethiopia Airlines has banned ‘Ghana Must Go’ luggage on its Nigeria flights. It says the sackbags are a nuisance to…
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Seventy-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins
A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following IVF treatment, a hospital in Uganda has said. Safina Namukwaya delivered…
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Emmerson Mnangagwa: ‘The Crocodile’ wins second term as Zimbabwe president
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says.…
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Ghanaian onion trucks stranded over Niger coup finally make it back home
There has been brief relief for onion sellers as all Ghanaian trucks in troubled Niger have made safe travel back…
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Niger soldiers announce coup on national TV
Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they had dissolved…
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Runway lighting stolen from Nigerian airport
Thieves have stolen the lighting system for one of the runways at Nigeria’s busiest airport just months after it was…
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Ghana on high alert over bird flu outbreak in Togo
Ghana is on high alert following the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) popularly called bird flu in Lomé,…
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South Africans marvel at snow and sleet in Johannesburg during cold snap
People have woken up to snow and sleet in South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg, for the first time in over…
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