Africa
Mali nonuplets in perfect health on first birthday – father
The world's only nonuplets - nine babies born at the same time - are "in perfect health" as they celebrate...
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Mozambique plans law to regulate and tax churches
Mozambique is planning a new law that will regulate churches' activities, impose taxes on them, and require them to have...
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Pastor charges $700 fee to ‘take people to heaven’
An evangelist is in trouble after telling people he knows of a gate leading to heaven from south-western Nigeria that...
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Liberia airport boss sacked over low fuel and dark runways
Liberia's president has sacked the head of the country's only international airport after dark runways, caused by power failures, had...
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Mali to cut off all defence ties with France
The Malian government says it is breaking off all defence agreements with its former colonial ruler France. It cited multiple...
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Kenya’s president asks his deputy to quit
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked his deputy William Ruto to resign, as a bitter row between the two intensifies...
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World Cup 2022: Fifa sanctions six African FAs but no replays
Fifa has sanctioned six African football associations following March's 2022 World Cup play-off matches but not ordered the replays requested...
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Fegafoot president detained amidst Gabon sexual abuse scandal
The head of Gabon's football federation (Fegafoot) is to spend at least 10 more days in prison after being questioned...
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Bitcoin becomes official currency in Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR) has approved Bitcoin as legal tender - just the second country to do so. CAR...
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Miss Rwanda organiser held for alleged sex abuses
The organiser of Miss Rwanda beauty pageant has been arrested on allegations of sexually abusing contestants, the authorities have said....
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