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DR Congo authorities search for Ebola patient, aged six, after armed men storm hospital

Search for six-year-old Ebola patient after armed men storm DR Congo hospital Authorities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are searching for a six-year-old Ebola patient and her mother after armed men stormed the hospital where they were being treated. The child was taken from Wanamahika Hos…

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1 month ago Business

Nigerian man jailed for storing human faeces outside his home in Kano

Nigerian man jailed for storing human faeces outside his home A man in northern Nigeria has been sentenced to two weeks in prison after neighbours complained that he was storing bags of human faeces outside his home, which they said made life unbearable. Mohammed Saidu was taken to court in the cit…

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1 month, 4 weeks ago Business

How worrying is the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo?

How worrying is the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo? The outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is concerning. It has been spreading for weeks undetected in a part of the world where civil war makes getting on top of the virus difficult, and the species of Ebola involved is rare, so there…

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3 months, 2 weeks ago Business

Kenya's queen ants worth $220 each fuel booming global wildlife black market

One ant for $220: The new frontier of wildlife trafficking The ants are flying in Kenya at the moment. During this rainy season, swarms can be seen leaving the thousands of anthills in and around Gilgil, a quiet agricultural town in Kenya's Rift Valley that has emerged as the centre of a booming il…

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4 months ago Business

Kenya arrests Chinese national over attempt to smuggle 2,000 queen ants

Chinese national arrested over attempt to smuggle 2,000 queen ants from Kenya A Chinese national has been arrested in Kenya's main airport accused of attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country. Zhang Kequn was intercepted during a security check at Jomo Kenyatta Inte…

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4 months, 3 weeks ago Business

Atlantis school shooting: South African girl and businessman killed in Cape Town

Girl, 14, shot dead as South Africa's 'taxi wars' hit school Police in South Africa are investigating a fatal shooting at a secondary school in the coastal city of Cape Town that killed a 14-year-old pupil and a taxi operator. An unidentified man opened fire on a taxi as the driver waited to pick u…

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