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Piers Potter
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Spain arrests 19 over killings on migrant boat from Senegal
Spanish police have arrested 19 people accused of murder, torture and abuse after more than 50 migrants went missing from a boat that set sail...
Top police official testifies on claims of criminal infiltration in South Africa’s justice system
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who shocked the nation by alleging that South Africa’s police and justice system had been infiltrated by criminal syndicates, testified...
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and Sundance founder, dies at 89
Robert Redford, the magnetic Hollywood leading man who later became an Oscar-winning director and a driving force behind independent cinema, has died at the age...
Gunmen kill 22 at baptism ceremony in western Niger
Gunmen on motorbikes have killed at least 22 people in a brutal attack on a village in Niger’s western Tillabéri region, local reports say. Witnesses...
Mali government under pressure as jihadist blockade chokes key trade routes
Mali’s military government is scrambling to contain growing anger over a blockade imposed by al-Qaeda-linked militants on major highways, where lorry drivers have faced ambushes,...
Somali police arrest TikTokers over video mocking president
Police in Somalia have arrested four TikTok content creators accused of insulting President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a viral dance video. The video shows several...
Kenyan Court Issues Arrest Warrant for British National in 2012 Murder Case
A Kenyan High Court has issued an arrest warrant for a British national suspected of murdering 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru more than a decade ago, a...
Crisis in South Sudan: Treason Charges Ignite Fears of Renewed Civil War
The fragile peace keeping South Sudan from descending back into civil war is rapidly unraveling, following dramatic political developments that threaten to plunge the world’s...
Zulu King Challenges Professor to Stick Fight Over Cultural Criticism
South Africa’s Zulu monarch, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, has publicly challenged a prominent cultural expert to a traditional stick fight, accusing him of insulting not only...
Burkina Faso scraps visa fees for African travellers
Burkina Faso has announced the removal of visa fees for all African nationals, in a move it says is aimed at boosting free movement, trade,...