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Three pupils have been killed after being struck by lightning in Uganda's north-western district of Yumbe. Ugandan Red Cross Society spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita confirmed that the pupils aged between 9 and 10 died on the spot at Mungoyo…
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A Saudi woman has reportedly lost a legal battle to marry the man of her choice after her family objected because he played a musical instrument. Relatives of the woman, a bank manager, refused to allow her to wed the man, a teacher,…
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Ibrahim Sherifo, 30, has not seen or heard from his parents since he was 13 years old when they were "disappeared" in Eritrea. "The memory still haunts me - that black Tuesday in September 2001 - that day changed my life forever," he…
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About 60 migrants are feared to have drowned when a wooden boat capsized during a storm off Guinea-Bissau. The country's navy was unable to help when the boat went down on Monday as it lacked the resources, national ports head Felix Siga…
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More than 1,733 African migrants are missing on the high seas as at September this year, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration (ACI) Mr Charles Bediako, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), said on…
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The number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday's earthquake and tsunami has risen to 1,347, disaster response officials say. The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previous confirmed figure of 844. The 7.5-magnitude…
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Kanye West was supposed to release his ninth album, Yandhi, on Saturday. Three days later, he's appeared on Saturday Night Live and called for the abolition of the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, which ended slavery - but the…
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South African engineering and construction firm Group Five will cut more jobs as it seeks to reduce the size of loss-making divisions, the company said on Tuesday. The company posted a full-year loss of 1.3 billion rand ($90.76 million),…
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US First Lady Melania Trump has arrived in Ghana's capital, Accra, in a solo trip that will see her visit four African countries. The tour will focus on promoting health care and education programmes run by US foreign aid organisation…
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In our series of letters from African writers, Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on US First Lady Melania Trump's first visit to the continent. It's good that it's the female half of the current inhabitants of the White House…
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