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Egypt plane crash caused by on-board terrorist attack, says Russia

Security Service has said this morning that last month's Metrojet plane crash in Egypt was caused by a terrorist attack. Alexander Bortnikov told President Vladimir...

Sierra Leone hours from being declared free of Ebola

Leone – where British nurse Pauline Cafferkey caught Ebola – is just hours from being declared free of the disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh to fly home today

Holidaymakers in Sharm el-Sheikh will be flown home today, but passengers will only be allowed hand luggage. Planes are banned from carrying bags in the...

Claim that ‘Islamic State’ caused plane crash ‘propaganda’, says Egypt president

Claims by the so-called 'Islamic State' group that it caused a Russian passenger plane to crash, killing all 224 people on board, are “propaganda”...

Troops drive Boko Haram out of school building

Nigerian troops have driven Boko Haram extremists out of an abandoned north-eastern primary school in a shootout that killed four militants. Insurgents were using the...

Egyptians begin voting for new parliament

Egyptians are voting in the nation’s first parliamentary election since the military’s 2013 ousting of Egypt’s first freely elected president. Egyptians residing abroad began voting...

Ebola virus can stay in men for nine months – research

Scientists have found Ebola stays in the semen of male survivors for up to nine months after recovery - much longer than previously thought. Previous...

Nigeria hit by deadly suicide bombings

Suicide bombers killed at least 18 people in three dawn attacks including in a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu, officials and...

Facebook satellite to bring internet to remote parts of Africa

Facebook is planning to launch a satellite to provide internet access to remote parts of Africa, the social network’s founder has said. Mark Zuckerberg announced...

Burkina Faso army fires at coup plotter barracks

Burkina Faso’s army has fired at the barracks of the presidential guard that carried out a short-lived coup this month and is now refusing...

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