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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has elected deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa as its new leader. The former trade unionist and top businessman will replace his boss embattled President Jacob Zuma and would lead the…
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At least 61 people have been killed in clashes between different ethnic groups in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region, officials said, the latest bout of violence to highlight increasing instability in a province racked by bloody protests in 2015…
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A suicide bomb and gun attack on a Methodist church in Pakistan has killed at least nine people, officials say. Militants stormed the church, which was packed with worshippers at the time, in the city of Quetta, some 65km (40 miles) from…
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Around 5,000 delegates from South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) have gathered in Johannesburg for a key conference to choose the ruling party's next leader. The five-day convention, which started on Saturday, comes amid…
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A Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead at their home in Toronto in circumstances that police described as "suspicious". The bodies of Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were found in the basement by an estate agent, reports…
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South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday promised free higher education next year to students from underprivileged families, one of the main claims of slingshots that have recently rocked universities in the country. “The…
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Theresa May has said the UK is "on course to deliver on Brexit" as she arrived in Brussels, the day after her first Commons defeat as prime minister. She said she was "disappointed" at the vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill, but the…
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Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe visited a hospital in Singapore this week apparently for medical checks, his first trip outside his country since he was ousted from office last month, sources in Singapore said on Thursday. The…
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Nigerian state governors on Thursday approved the release of $1 billion from the country’s excess oil account to the government to help fight the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. The account holds foreign reserves from excess earnings…
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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress holds an election this weekend to replace Jacob Zuma as party leader in a closely fought contest whose winner is likely to emerge as the nation’s next president. The front runners are…
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