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A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told me. Father Paul Ogallo, who was nicknamed "Sweet Paul", had to choose between being a rapper and a…
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A man in Kenya has admitted to killing more than 1,000 cats since 2012, and selling their meat to samosa-makers, local media reports. Angry residents assaulted the middle-aged man after catching him skinning a slaughtered cat in an open…
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urkey's long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. Mr Erdogan got nearly 53% with almost all votes counted. His closest rival Muharrem…
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At least 86 people have died in central Nigeria after violent clashes broke out between farmers and cattle herders, police in Plateau state said. Some reports say fighting began on Thursday when ethnic Berom farmers attacked Fulani…
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Turkish voters are going to the polls to decide whether to grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a second five-year term, in the most fiercely fought elections in the country in years. Polls opened at 08:00 (05:00 GMT) in presidential and…
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The Hunger Project–Ghana, and the Hunger Project in Burkina Faso, have jointly launched the Socio-Economic Development Project at Barre in the Nahouri Province of Burkina Faso. The effort is to improve on the living standards of…
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Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party election campaign rally in the city of Bulawayo, in an apparent attack which left one of his deputies injured. The explosion on Saturday happened as the…
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Saudi women are to be allowed to drive from midnight local time (21:00 GMT) after a ban comes to an end. The change was announced last September and Saudi Arabia issued the first licences to women earlier this month. It was the only…
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Ethiopia’s new PM Abiy Ahmed says several people have been killed in an explosion that hit a rally he was speaking at earlier on Saturday. He described it as an “unsuccessful attempt by forces who do not want to see Ethiopia united”.…
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The US State Department has imposed visa bans on a number of Congolese officials accused of corruption or electoral malpractice. It declined to name those targeted, but said the move was intended to send a strong signal that Washington…
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