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Cars torched and shops looted as anti-migrant violence erupts in South Africa

BBC At least 24 vehicles have been set ablaze and foreign-owned shops looted in South Africa as anti-immigration protests descended into violence in two major cities, police say. Clashes broke out...
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South Africa asylum system reopens after ConCourt judgment

GroundUp For the first time in years, all asylum seekers, including people who entered South Africa unlawfully or have...
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Why pastors may not be seen – or heard – preaching on Ghana’s buses for much longer

By BBC BEFORE the morning rush begins, the sound of praise and worship fills the Neoplan bus station in...
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Algeria introduces death penalty for arsonists after deadly wildfires

BBC Algeria has adopted a law imposing the death penalty on people convicted of arson of forests or fields...
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Twelve women have been killed in one part of South Africa since July. Here’s what we know so far

BBC Police in South Africa have confirmed the discovery of the bodies of three more women in an area...

Tanzania’s opposition accuse police of killing student

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TANZANIA'S main opposition party on Saturday accused police of shooting dead a female university student and seriously injuring at least four other people while...

Mozambique president presses peace deal with Renamo opposition

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MAPUTO: Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has met the leader of opposition Renamo as part of efforts to broker peace between the group and his...

More than 100 girls ‘missing’ after Boko Haram school attack

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Damaturu - More than 100 girls were missing on Wednesday, police said, two days after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast...

Nigeria launches probe after plane overshoots runway

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LAGOS Nigeria's aviation authorities said on Wednesday they had launched an investigation into how a passenger plane overshot the runway while landing in the...

Gunmen kill 5 police, 1 soldier in South Africa attack

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JOHANNESBURG: Gunmen have attacked a police station in a rural town in South Africa, killing five officers and an off-duty soldier in what the...

‘No one cares’: Life in Johannesburg’s ‘hijacked’ buildings

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By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: A rat pauses on the puddled floor before disappearing under a bed. Somewhere in the large and crowded tent a baby,...
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