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Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s last main challenger for the presidency pulled out on Wednesday, saying any hope of a new start for Egypt had ended in a race that is all but certain to deliver the leader a second landslide. Former military…
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Residents of Cape Town, one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, could be forced to queue for emergency water by April as the city battles its worst drought for a century. Within months, South Africa's oldest city, nicknamed…
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is focused on delivering on promises made for his current term rather than thinking about the next election, his vice president said on Thursday. Buhari, 75, has not publicly said whether he will…
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Three men in Zambia have been mistakenly admitted to a cholera centre after taking herbs which reportedly boasted "sex enhancing" qualities, but whose symptoms resembled the deadly disease. Zambia has been battling with a cholera…
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Bill Gates has warned that Donald Trump’s “America First” position could damage the US’ relationship with Africa. “ the balance of hard power versus soft power, the US uniquely has a ratio emphasising hard power and I’d hate to see it go…
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People fleeing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo) have reported a surge in arbitrary killings, rapes and abductions by unidentified armed groups. The violence has pushed more than 10,000 people into neighbouring Uganda…
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A packed commuter train has derailed near the northern Italian city of Milan, leaving at least four people dead and around 10 seriously injured. Several people were rescued from the wreckage of the carriages that derailed at the Pioltello…
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Egypt’s last main opposition candidate in an upcoming presidential election announced he was halting his campaign and withdrawing from the race on Wednesday, saying conditions did not allow for a fair contest. “We today announce our…
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The toll from a twin car bombing in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi rose to 35 on Wednesday, with about 60 people wounded, medical officials said. The first blast on Tuesday evening hit worshippers leaving a mosque in Benghazi’s central…
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A seven-minute video showing a woman being beaten, raped and then beheaded in a public square in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was circulating on the messaging platform Whatsapp for months before being validated and published by…
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