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Somali jihadists kill 3 Americans in attack on Kenya military base

By Fran Blandy

Attackers breached heavy security at Camp Simba at dawn but were pushed back and four jihadists killed.

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12-year-old girl who fled the Boko Haram

Nigerian pastor accused of abusing children who fled Boko Haram

Pastor Solomon says he is on a self-proclaimed mission to help humanity, creating the International Christian Centre...

By AFP News

Whale almost swallows diver, rare photos show narrow escape

Rainer Schimpf, with 20 years of experience as a marine conservationist under his belt, was busy concentrating on not...

By Pritha Paul

Theresa May in Africa: Cynical post-Brexit development agenda smacks of desperation

May is the latest in a long line of prime ministers who have evoked the potential of "Africa" for their own political...

By Michael Jennings

Entire families killed in Algerian military plane crash, 257 victims feared

The Soviet-built Ilyushin transport aircraft, Il-76, crashed in an agricultural zone with no residents, southwest of...

By Associated Press

Central African Republic sexual violence

Rape of men and boys 'serious blind spot' in Central African Republic

Sexual violence against men and boys is a "serious blind spot" in Central African Republic (CAR) say researchers at All...

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Doctors perform brain surgery on wrong patient

Doctors took hours to discover the patient they were performing brain surgery on was actually the wrong person.

By James Hetherington

Egypt free speech crackdown: Mother arrested after telling BBC 'police made my daughter disappear'

Egyptian Mona Mahmoud arrested after accusing police of torturing and disappearing daughter Zubeida in BBC report....

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Terrifying video shows shark lunging at underwater cameraman

A panicked shark has knocked heads with a filming scuba diver off the coast of Durban in South Africa.

By James Hetherington

Trump asked to allow white South African farmers to emigrate to US after land confiscation vote

Thousands sign petition asking President Donald Trump to allow South African white farmers to emigrate to US after land...

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Egypt singer Sherine jailed for joke about insanitary River Nile

Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab sentenced to six months in prison after joking about parasites in River Nile.

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Woman mauled to death by lion at private game lodge in South Africa

The attack, at the Dinokeng Game Reserve, north of South Africa's administrative capital Pretoria, occurred close to...

By William Watkinson

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Africa

Somali jihadists kill 3 Americans in attack on Kenya military base

Nigerian pastor accused of abusing children who fled Boko Haram

Whale almost swallows diver, rare photos show narrow escape

Theresa May in Africa: Cynical post-Brexit development agenda smacks of desperation

Entire families killed in Algerian military plane crash, 257 victims feared

Rape of men and boys 'serious blind spot' in Central African Republic

Doctors perform brain surgery on wrong patient

Egypt free speech crackdown: Mother arrested after telling BBC 'police made my daughter disappear'

Terrifying video shows shark lunging at underwater cameraman

Trump asked to allow white South African farmers to emigrate to US after land confiscation vote

Egypt singer Sherine jailed for joke about insanitary River Nile

Woman mauled to death by lion at private game lodge in South Africa

Has South Africa's Ramaphosa begun to cement his rule with sweeping cabinet reshuffle?

Princess Diana's landmine charity 'ignored complaints its members were paying prostitutes'

South Sudan war: Men 'castrated' and children 'forced to watch rape' says UN

Growing fears Isis cell have kidnapped British couple in South Africa

Nigerian military rescues 76 schoolgirls who went missing after Boko Haram attack in Yobe

Fears grow for 50 young women missing in northern Nigeria after Boko Haram attack

Sex trafficked women coerced by voodoo rituals like eating raw chicken hearts are freed

South Africa police station attack kills five officers, gunmen flee with weapons

On The Edge Of Glory: 5G Set To Transform Video Streaming

On The Edge Of Glory: 5G Set To Transform Video Streaming

5G is here, but how can carriers market and monetize it?

5G is here, but how can carriers market and monetize it?

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Who's wrong on Bitcoin – The Simpsons or Warren Buffett?