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Boko Haram ‘burned children alive’ in Nigeria village attack

Boko Haram extremists have fire-bombed huts, burning people including children to death, in the latest attack by the Nigerian group, according to a survivor. Scores...

Over €5bn promines to West Africa ‘cannot be traced’

Over €5bn that was promised for Ebola hit West Africa cannot be traced - according to Oxfam. The charity has said more than a billion...

Suicide bombers target home town of kidnapped Nigerian girls

Five female suicide bombers targeted the Chibok home town of Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls, killing nine civilians and wounding 32, witnesses said. Soldiers are searching the...

Egypt sends eight for trial over botched repair of King Tut burial mask

Eight Egyptians involved in a botched repair of the famous golden burial mask of King Tut have been referred to trial for “gross negligence”. Prosecutors...

Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe looking fit after holiday

Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe arrived home from a weeks-long holiday looking sprightly, quashing rumours that he had a heart attack. The 91-year-old president arrived late...

Tourists are warned to stay away after terrorists killed at least 10 in a hotel in Burkina Faso

Tourists have been warned not to travel to an area of Burkina Faso after a deadly attack by suspected Islamic terrorists on a hotel...

Ebola death in Sierra Leone

A woman’s body in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola, the day after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak over in West...

Chilling Out in the Heat

By Sean Sheehan Kenya can be just too much – crowded national parks, safari schedules, bumpy jeep rides, bucket loads of other people’s...

Egypt’s first parliament in three years convenes

Egypt’s first legislature in more than three years, a 596-seat chamber packed with supporters of president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has convened. The assembly, elected in November...

Egypt’s tourism minister to visit attacked tourists

Minister Hisham Zazou is expected to visit European victims of a suspected terror attack on a hotel in a Red Sea resort. Three foreign tourists...

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