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Egyptian prime minister Ibrahim Mehleb hands in resignation

Egypt’s prime minister Ibrahim Mehleb and his Cabinet have resigned after coming under fire for a series of controversial statements and a corruption investigation...

Boko Haram kill 56 villagers

Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed 56 villagers in a remote area of Nigeria, the governor of Borno State said today. It comes as the...

Businessman arrested in Sierra Leone ‘blood diamond’ case

Authorities have arrested a businessman who is accused of enslavement and pillaging “blood diamonds” during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Civitas Maxima, a Geneva-based organisation that...

38 girls and women killed on way to Swaziland music festival

A total of 38 girls and young women have been killed in a crash while travelling to a famous traditional festival in Swaziland, a...

Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to three years in jail

An Egyptian court has sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison, the last twist in a long-running trial criticised worldwide by...

Nelson Mandela’s grandson accused of raping 15-year-old

One of Nelson Mandela’s grandsons has appeared in a South African court on a rape charge. A judge will decide whether Mbuso Mandela will be...

Zimbabwean trial of guide postponed after Cecil death

The trial of a professional hunter who helped an American kill a popular lion named Cecil in an allegedly illegal hunt in Zimbabwe has...

Two children die after boat capsizes on Lake Victoria

Two children died and 25 other people were rescued after a passenger boat capsized when it collided with a fishing vessel on Lake Victoria...

178 rescued from Boko Haram camps

Nigerian troops have rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several of the Islamic extremist group’s camps in the north east,...

Experimental Ebola vaccine could be ‘gamechanger’

A successful trial of a vaccine against Ebola could be "a game-changer", according to the World Health Organisation. An experimental vaccine tested on thousands of...

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