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Spain and Morocco square-off after 6,000 migrants arrive in North Africa enclave

Spain is facing a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border controls in their nation to swim or...

Vaccine deserts as some countries have no Covid-19 jabs at all

Many poorer countries are scrambling to secure coronavirus vaccines and some, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), have yet to receive any doses. The...

Cape Town wildfire burns university library as students evacuated

A wildfire raging on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library and...

Archaeologists unearth ancient pharaonic city in Egypt

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old lost city, complete with mud brick houses, artefacts and tools from pharaonic times. Noted archaeologist Zahi Hawass said an...

Tributes for matriarch of Obama family in Kenya following death ‘aged 99’

Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former US President Barack Obama’s Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed. She was at least 99 years old. Mama...

Survivors sought after deadly Egyptian building collapse

At least five people have died and another two dozen were injured after an apartment building collapsed in the Egyptian capital. Rescue workers are looking...

Libya marks 10th anniversary of uprising that led to death of Muammar Gaddafi

Libyans marked the 10th anniversary of their 2011 uprising that led to the overthrow and eventual killing of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. The day comes...

Protests continue in Tunisia despite political leaders’ pleas for calm

Tunisian youth clashed with police, maintaining their protests and riots over economic difficulties despite efforts by the president and the prime minister to calm...

Uganda’s opposition rejects Museveni re-election as ‘fraud’

Uganda’s opposition party has dismissed the results of the country’s presidential election, dismissing the results as “fraud” and calling for the release of their...

Ancient funerary temple unearthed near Cairo

Details of an ancient funerary temple in a vast necropolis south of Cairo have been revealed by Egypt’s former antiquities minister and noted archaeologist...

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