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Ebola outbreak: Kenya court suspends planned US quarantine facility in the country

Kenya court halts opening of US Ebola quarantine facility in the country A Kenyan court has suspended US plans to open an Ebola quarantine facility for American citizens in the country, which has sparked public concern about cross-border infection risks. The 50-bed isolation centre, the exact locat…

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1 day, 8 hours ago Politics

Utumishi Girls Academy fire: Questions over safety as 16 pupils die in another Kenya blaze

Questions over safety as 16 pupils die in another Kenya school fire The death of 16 students in a fire on Thursday has once again sparked concerns over the safety of Kenya's boarding schools. The tragedy, which occured at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) north-west of capita…

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2 days, 8 hours ago Politics

Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa over immigration protests land in Accra

First Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa over immigration protests land in Accra A flight carrying nearly 300 Ghanaians, repatriated from South Africa amid fears there could be a resurgence of xenophobic violence there, has landed in Ghana's capital city, Accra. Ghana's government chartered a fl…

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2 days, 11 hours ago Politics

Ghana welcomes Pope Leo XIV's apology over Catholic Church's role in slavery

Ghana welcomes Pope's apology over Catholic Church's role in slavery Ghana has welcomed Pope Leo XIV's apology for the Catholic Church's historic role in slavery, describing it as an "act of moral courage" that was important in the global pursuit of "truth, human dignity and justice". The Pope issu…

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3 days, 7 hours ago Politics

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa mounts legal challenge against report that could lead to impeachment

South African president mounts legal challenge against report that could lead to impeachment South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has started a legal challenge against a report commissioned by parliament that has paved the way for MPs to once again consider impeachment proceedings against him. I…

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3 days, 8 hours ago Politics

Senegal's sacked PM Sonko elected parliamentary Speaker in challenge to President Faye

Senegal's sacked PM Sonko elected parliamentary Speaker in challenge to president Senegal's former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, who was dramatically sacked on Friday by the president, has been elected Speaker of the national parliament setting up a possible source of conflict at the top of Senegal…

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5 days, 1 hour ago Politics

Morocco boosting tourism to tighten its control of Western Sahara

Morocco wants tourists to visit Western Sahara. Some say it's tightening its control Back in March, an email landed in my inbox from Irish airline Ryanair asking me if I was ready for my "next Moroccan adventure". Sprawling along a windswept peninsula where the Sahara meets the Atlantic, the city o…

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1 week ago Politics

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: Angry crowd sets Rwampara hospital tents on fire

Angry crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DR Congo An angry crowd set alight a section of a hospital at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after family and friends of a young man thought to have died from the virus were prevented from taking his b…

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1 week ago Politics

Tanzanian police official Faustine Mafwele sanctioned by US for alleged human rights abuses

US sanctions Tanzanian police official over 'torture' of rights activists The US has sanctioned a senior Tanzanian police official over allegations linked to the "torture and sexual assault" of East African rights activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire last year. In a statement, US Secretar…

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1 week, 1 day ago Politics

Mali jihadist attack sees dozens of vehicles burnt as Bamako blockade continues ahead of Eid

Dozens of vehicles burnt as Mali jihadists enforce blockade ahead of Eid holiday Dozens of vehicles, including fuel tankers, minibuses and trucks, have been set on fire near Mali's capital, Bamako, as jihadists step up a blockade of the city, the BBC has confirmed. Videos filmed from passing vehicl…

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1 week, 2 days ago Politics

Sierra Leone becomes latest African country to receive deportees from US

Sierra Leone becomes latest African country to receive deportees from US Sierra Leone has become the latest African country to receive migrants deported from the United States amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. A plane carrying nine West African migrants landed at Sierr…

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1 week, 3 days ago Politics

'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads

'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads Fear has gripped Ebola-hit areas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the suspected number of deaths continues to rise, as officials say they are struggling to catch up to an outbreak that may have previously been sp…

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

What is Ebola, how does it spread and why is the DR Congo outbreak an 'emergency'?

What is Ebola and why is stopping this outbreak so difficult? An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern, by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dealing with this outbreak is difficult as it involves a rare strain for …

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

Kenya matatu strike over high fuel prices paralyses transport

Strike over high fuel prices paralyses transport in Kenya Thousands of Kenyan commuters have been stranded and businesses paralysed as public transport operators went on a nationwide strike to protest against recent increases in the cost fuel. Key roads in the capital Nairobi remained largely empty…

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1 week, 4 days ago Politics

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo an international emergency

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo an international emergency The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern. The agency said the outbreak in DR Congo's eastern Ituri province, which has …

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1 week, 5 days ago Politics

Fatima Bio: From escaping child marriage 'to an old pervert' to becoming Sierra Leone's first lady

From escaping child marriage 'to an old pervert' to becoming Sierra Leone's first lady It takes Fatima Bio only a moment to respond when we ask what it was like to be an asylum seeker in London. "Better than being married to an old pervert," she says deadpan, before laughing - a reference to her fa…

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1 week, 6 days ago Politics

Toddlers among more than 50 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria

Toddlers among more than 50 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria Gunmen have kidnapped more than 50 children from three schools in the same town in north-eastern Nigeria, teachers and parents have told the BBC. Most of those missing are aged between two and five years old. Eyewitnesses who saw the a…

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1 week, 6 days ago Politics

Senior IS leader killed in joint operation, US and Nigeria say

Senior IS leader killed in joint operation, US and Nigeria say Nigeria and the United States say they have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in a joint-operation. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was described by US President Donald Trump as the "second in command of ISIS globally" and "the most active …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago Politics

DR Congo conflict: M23 and Rwanda accused of atrocities in Uvira

'They shot my neighbour in the head' - the lakeside city traumatised by war Summary executions and rape were among the atrocities committed by the M23 rebel group and Rwandan soldiers during their weeks-long occupation of the lakeside city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an invest…

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1 month ago Politics

Mali attacks: France urges citizens to leave and warns against travel

France urges citizens to leave Mali after rebel attacks France has urged its citizens to leave Mali "as soon as possible", after a weekend of co-ordinated attacks by separatist fighters and Islamist militants. In an update on Wednesday, the advice also warned French citizens not to travel to the We…

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