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20 million risk starvation as Horn Of Africa drought worsens: UN

By Hillary Orinde

East Africa endured a harrowing drought in 2017 but early humanitarian action averted a famine in Somalia.

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Dozens still missing as South Africa floods death toll rises to 443

President Cyril Ramaphosa's office said late on Saturday he had delayed a working visit to Saudi Arabia to focus on the...

By Siyabonga Sishi and Rogan Ward

Cadbury accused of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana

A documentary by Channel 4 Dispatches has accused food giant Mondelez International, which owns the Cadbury brand, of...

By Sadhna Yadav

Millions of people in Somalia face starvation, warns UN.

As many as four million people in Somalia face the risk of starvation and the situation is only deteriorating as the...

By Sadhna Yadav

Morocco in shock after tragic death of 'Little Rayan'

Tributes poured in in the wake of the news that the rescue efforts had failed to recover Rayan alive.

By Hicham Rafih et Fadel Senna, avec Kaouthar Oudrhiri

Nigeria attacks toll climbs to 200 people dead, thousands displaced

Nigeria's armed forces said they had killed 537 "armed bandits and other criminal elements" in the region

By Louise Dewast with Aminu Abubakar in Kano

Scores killed in Madagascar shipwreck, helicopter disaster

Fifty passengers have been rescued, while the search continues for 15 missing.

By AFP News

UN halts aid handouts in Ethiopia town after mass looting

In the provinces of Tigray, Amhara and Afar, an estimated 9.4 million people "are now in critical need of food...

By AFP News

Libya court reinstates Kadhafi's son as presidential candidate: media

Seif al-Islam is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes

By Hamza Mekouar

Video sees dead woman walking away from her own embalming

The woman was dropped at the morgue by her family after they declared her dead.

By Tanya Diente

Decomposed body found by pedestrians near Durban river bank

The victim has not been identified and appears to have been stabbed

By Christine Caparras

Deadly snake hiding in toilet bites man on his genitals

He was administered with anti-venom and admitted to intensive care for observation.

By Naina Raghavan

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Africa

20 million risk starvation as Horn Of Africa drought worsens: UN

Dozens still missing as South Africa floods death toll rises to 443

Cadbury accused of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana

Millions of people in Somalia face starvation, warns UN.

Morocco in shock after tragic death of 'Little Rayan'

Nigeria attacks toll climbs to 200 people dead, thousands displaced

Scores killed in Madagascar shipwreck, helicopter disaster

UN halts aid handouts in Ethiopia town after mass looting

Libya court reinstates Kadhafi's son as presidential candidate: media

Video sees dead woman walking away from her own embalming

Decomposed body found by pedestrians near Durban river bank

Deadly snake hiding in toilet bites man on his genitals

WHO chief sorry for sex abuse by Ebola workers in DR Congo

At least 30 dead in DR Congo massacre blamed on Jihadists

Nigerian gunmen kidnap 73 students from high school in northwest

Burkina Faso once more in mourning after Jihadist massacre

Mom strangles 2 kids to death following family dispute, surrenders herself

Death toll in South Africa unrest climbs to 72 as violence spreads

1-month-old baby eaten alive by pig, villagers cut open animal to find infant's remains

64 dead in Ethiopian air strike as army denies targeting civilians

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