Kenya’s new deputy president to be sworn in
(BBC) The softly spoken Kithure Kindiki is due to be sworn in as Kenya’s new deputy president on Friday, after senators ousted...
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Lightning kills 13 children at Uganda refugee camp
(BBC) A lighting strike at a refugee camp in Uganda has killed 13 children and one adult, police say. They say the victims were atte...
Mali wins $160m in gold mining dispute after detaining British businessman
(BBC) An Australian mining company, Resolute Mining, says it will pay Mali’s military government $160m (£126m) to settle a tax...
Man Utd relegation ‘a possibility’ says Amorim
(BBC) It is 50 years since Manchester United were relegated Legend has it that the great Denis Law sent his old club down with a bac...
Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
(BBC) Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has visited Donald Trump at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, further evidence of the apparent thawing in th...
Massive sex tape leak could be a ploy for power in central Africa
(BBC) What the rest of the world sees as a sex tape scandal could in fact be the latest episode in the real-life drama over who wil...
Namibia elects first female president in disputed poll
(BBC) Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia...
Nine die in DR Congo gospel concert chaos
(BBC) At least nine people died and others were injured at a live concert in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, the count...
Pioneering South African politician dies aged 65
(BBC) The first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went on to become finance minister, has died at the age of 65...
Porridge recalled after three children die in South Africa
(BBC) An instant porridge has been withdrawn from sale in South Africa after three young children died reportedly after eating it. P...