Africa
Four of eight missing miners found dead in Burkina Faso
The dead bodies of four out of eight missing miners have been found at a zinc mine in Burkina Faso...
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MP in Nigeria beheaded
Police in Nigeria are investigating the beheading of a local MP in the south-eastern state of Anambra barely a week...
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Malawi Covid fund audit finds $4.7m missing
An audit into Covid spending in Malawi has found that around $4.7m (£3.7m) cannot be accounted for from $21m set...
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Burkina Faso loses 11 soldiers in army base attack
Eleven soldiers in Burkina Faso have been killed during an attack on an army base in Madjoari in the east...
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Kenyan MP faked sitting exams, witness tells court
A Kenyan MP who is accused of forging his academic papers did not sit his final year exams at the...
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang retires from international football
Gabon captain and Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has retired from international football, a fortnight before the 2023 Africa Cup of...
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East Africa hunger causing death ‘every 48 seconds’
Humanitarian organisations have warned that across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, one person is dying every 48 seconds from acute hunger...
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Smokers on the rise in Africa – tobacco report
A report on global tobacco consumption says while the number of smokers has declined worldwide, they are on the rise...
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Mozambique detects first wild polio case in 30 years
Mozambique has declared an outbreak of wild polio after a young child was diagnosed with the disease in the country’s...
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Senegal President Macky Sall backs PSG’s Gueye in rainbow jersey row
Senegalese President Macky Sall has expressed support for Paris Saint-Germain and Senegalese player Idrissa Gueye amid reports the footballer refused...
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