Africa
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Unverified leaked recordings appeared to show senior officials colluding before trial of ousted president
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Healthcare workers from across the UK will join volunteers who flew to Sierra Leone in November
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Blow for court’s credibility as key prosecution witness refuses to testify in Uhuru Kenyatta trial and another admits lying
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Sub-Saharan farmers are being denied high yields because they cannot afford the chemical means to replenish nutrient-depleted soil
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Many Zimbabweans fear a continuation of the Mugabe dynasty, especially in the form of the president’s scandal-prone wife
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Conservationist Richard Bonham’s 40-year campaign to protect Africa’s wildlife has led him from Kenya’s savannah to trinket shops in Hong Kong. To stop the slaughter, he says, action must be taken at both ends of the supply chain
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Police find equipment capable of infiltrating bank accounts and cash machines in raids on homes in upmarket area of Nairobi
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Tropical diseases specialists write that simple interventions such as use of rehydration salts could reduce death toll in west Africa
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Rugare Gumbo, expelled from ruling Zanu-PF after opposing Mugabe’s plan for life presidency and for his wife to be deputy, attacks ‘dictatorship and tyranny’
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Spokeswoman confirms arrival of healthcare worker at hospital which has treated four of 10 Ebola patients treated in US
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Few havens for Gambians forced to flee homeland as homophobia sweeps region
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Riches in oil and gas are failing to reduce poverty. Join a panel on Thursday 11 December, 1-3pm GMT to discuss how governments can capitalise on resources
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Officials at Kruger national park said crocodile grabbed man who was trying to retrieve golf balls from water
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Following the Africa for Norway spoof single, the Rusty Radiator awards point the finger at the most damaging fundraising campaigns. This is Africa reports
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Gordon Conway: Healthy soils help create a healthy food system – and in no region is the impact of depleted soils being felt more acutely than in sub-Saharan Africa
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Family of anti-apartheid activist who died in 1977 argued the document was national property and couldn’t be sold
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Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany
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The brother of Anni Dewani says it would be terrible if South African judge Jeanette Traverso dismissed his sister's murder case
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Opec, the oil cartel, believed it could help production. Instead, it ended up hurting itself as well as the Russian rouble, energy stocks, infrastructure development and more
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Zanele Muholi’s portraits of post-apartheid sexuality join Nikolay Bakharev’s shots of swimmers in an eclectic, political selection
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Bubonic plague? That's old news
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Armoured vehicles were reportedly ferrying staff between heavily fortified airport and protected UN base in Somali capital
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Accused were found guilty of taking part in August 2013 attack that killed 13 as prosecution says it will appeal Mubarak acquittal over protester deaths
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Siphokazi Mdlankomo hopes to inspire others as calls grow for better labour rights for hidden army in post-apartheid economy
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A man who was forced to flee to Cameroon when militant group Boko Haram seized the northeastern Nigerian town of Mubi in on Friday recounts his experience
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Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta condemns the attack in north-east Kenya which left 36 quarry workers dead
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Uhuru Kenyatta also accepts resignation of police chief after 36 quarry workers killed in raid by militants
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Medical NGO MSF says response by foreign countries is ill-adapted to tackling the spread of Ebola in west Africa, warning the outbreak is far from over
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Deadly raid comes against backdrop of continued hostilities between Islamist extremists al-Shabaab and Kenyan government
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US legislation aimed at damaging Congolese militias has inadvertently propelled millions deeper into poverty
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In his third update, Isaac Bayoh, a quarantine and awareness worker in rural Sierra Leone, says trust has broken down between doctors and the people they are treating
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Picturing place: A map can seem a simple thing, yet the act of holding it, studying and discussing the contents illuminates how they operate as practical and rhetorical tools for control, as demonstrated in South Africa during apartheid
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Anni Dewani’s parents say they would not have allowed wedding to go ahead if they had known groom had slept with men
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Oklahoma newspaper published obituary for man named William Henderson in August, saying he had ‘passed suddenly’ while working in Egypt
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Another Mugabe as the next president of Zimbabwe? Don’t rule it out