WORLD

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has asked the courts to ban "gratuitous displays" of the apartheid-era South African flag. The foundation argues public displays of the flag amounts to "hate speech, unfair discrimination and harassment".…
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A Zambian lawmaker has been sentenced to death by hanging after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a security guard. Keith Mukata, a member of the opposition United Party for National Development, was found guilty of first degree…
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About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution. Most of them are small Pentecostal churches. One mosque was also closed. A government official told the BBC that…
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Nigeria is suffering its worst outbreak of Lassa fever, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, as local health officials said 72 people had died since the start of this year. Lassa fever, named after the town in…
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Four United Nations (UN) peacekeepers were killed on Wednesday when a mine exploded under their vehicle in central Mali in a deliberate attack, capping a bloody week for civilians and security forces in the West African nation.…
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The Nigerian security apparatus is doing all it takes to rescue the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in the northeastern Yobe State on February 19, 2018. The presidency reported that the Nigeria Air…
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A woman has been mauled to death by a lioness at a private game reserve north of South Africa's administrative capital, Pretoria, a local emergency service reports. Netcare 911 spokesman Nick Dollman said the service had responded to a…
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US President Donald Trump has picked one of his political strategists as campaign manager for his 2020 re-election campaign. The Trump Organization hired Brad Parscale in 2011 as a digital guru. He was asked in 2015 to create a website…
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Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab has been sentenced to six months in prison for joking about the cleanliness of the River Nile. Sherine, one of the country's most famous singers - and a judge on the Arabic version of The Voice TV show -…
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Women in Syria have been sexually exploited by men delivering aid on behalf of the UN and international charities, the BBC has learned. Aid workers said the men would trade food and lifts for sexual favours. Despite warnings about the…
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