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Kenya bans plastic bags for organic rubbish
Kenya is bringing in a ban on people using plastic bags to dispose of their organic waste, burnishing the country’s…
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Deportation flights to Rwanda will take off in summer, Rishi Sunak says
The first flights deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off in 10 to 12 weeks Rishi Sunak has announced…
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South Africa election: ANC loses battle for Zuma’s MK party name and logo
South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has lost a legal bid to stop a new party from using the name…
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Stolen 3,400-year-old statue returns to Egypt
An Egyptian statue aged more than 3,000 years old has arrived back home, over three decades since it was stolen…
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Niger protesters call for immediate exit of US troops
Hundreds of people have held a demonstration in Agadez in the north of Niger, calling for the immediate departure of…
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Francis Ogolla: Kenya helicopter crash kills country’s military chief
Kenya’s military chief, Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla, has died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country,…
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Burkina Faso’s pro-Russia junta expels French diplomats
Burkina Faso’s military junta has expelled three French diplomats, accusing them of “subversive activities”. France said there were “no grounds”…
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Chibok abductee and her three children rescued 10 years on
One more of the female students abducted by militants from a secondary school in north-east Nigeria a decade ago has…
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Zambia’s president appeals for help in wake of drought
Nearly half of Zambia’s population has been affected by the on-going drought with the country needing about $940m (£760m) in…
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‘Alarming rise’ in child food poisoning in South Africa
More than 40 toddlers were taken to hospital in South Africa on Monday after mistaking rat poison for sweets. “Upon…
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