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Cape Verde’s President Jose Maria Neves attended the funeral on Sunday of some of the victims of a bus crash on the country’s Fogo Island. The accident killed at least 25 people, most of them children and teenagers.

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As the Ebola epidemic continues to spread through eastern DR Congo, the death toll now stands at more than 3,000 people. Because of the risk of contagion, victims have to buried in accordance with strict protocols.

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African women’s volleyball is expanding its reach. More countries are taking part in competitions, new teams are making progress and the hierarchy is becoming less predictable. The 2026 African Women’s Volleyball Championship in Nairobi provided another illustration of this shift.

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At least 25 people, mostly children and teenagers, were killed in a bus crash on Cape Verde's Fogo Island, public radio network RCV said on Sunday.

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Rescue operations ended Saturday night in northwestern Algeria for a 10-year-old boy trapped in a well. Ayoub Hadaf died in the well despite the rescue operations that had been underway for several days, his grandfather, Ahmed Hadef, and officials announced on Saturday night.

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Drivers formed long lines outside fuel stations in Baghdad on Saturday as gasoline supplies dropped in oil-rich Iraq due to import disruptions caused by the Middle East war.

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Sarah Khalifa is best known for her TV programme Mission Impossible which dealt with crime issues.

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Togo's sacred Voodoo stone promises year of peace, purity and prosperity at annual Ekpessosso festival in Aneho.

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An investigation is underway into a fire at a wedding party in Congo's capital Kinshasa left at least 22 people dead, the regional mayor said Saturday.

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South Africa eventually overpower a spirited New Zealand as the world champions came on strong in the final quarter in Soweto to take a 2-1 series lead.

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As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.

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The United Nations’ climate agency warned this week that El Niño is expected to strengthen further in the coming months, bringing risks of extreme weather into 2027. In Kenya, weather experts said the phenomenon could cause above-normal rains between October and December.

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Dozens of masked anti-immigration protesters blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port on Saturday, clogging traffic and disrupting travellers and cargo vehicles heading for France.

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Niger has blamed France for inciting last week’s failed military mutiny, according ‌to a government statement read on television on Friday. Paris has denied any involvement in the attack.

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Tensions are ongoing over the fate of the Strait of Hormuz as both the United States and Iran are claiming control of the waterway. A recent escalation of the attacks in the region is driving oil prices in several countries.

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São Tomé and Príncipe President Carlos Vila Nova was officially sworn in for a second five-year term on Thursday, in a ceremony attended by several heads of state and government.

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Thousands of people attended a mass funeral held in Guinea on Friday for the 36 people killed in a landfill collapse in a suburb of the capital last month.

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The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that reflects Africa's size more accurately. The resolution, sponsored by Togo, was passed with 164 member states voting in favour. The US voted against.

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Russian forces were brought in to help defeat jihadists but they also defend the military leadership in Niger.

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank have launched a major women's financial inclusion programme to expand access to finance and business support for more than 34,000 women-led enterprises in five African countries.

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Many of the chimps at Second Chance were captured from the wild as infants before ending up at the laboratory and enduring decades of invasive and distressing experiments.