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SA train blaze after fatal collision
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At least 12 people are killed and nearly 270 wounded in the crash and fire, an official says.
- 4 January 2018
- From the section Africa
Live Africa Live: 'Mugabe insult' travel ban lifted, Uganda denies Israel deal
Restrictions dropped for American charged with insulting Mugabe, minister 'baffled' at report migrants to be sent to Uganda.
- From the section Africa
'Twice as many die' in Africa after surgery
Surgery is a "silent killer" because of a lack of medical staff for aftercare, researchers say.
- 4 January 2018
- From the section Africa
Ethiopia 'to free political prisoners'
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Africa
Equatorial Guinea 'thwarts coup attempt'
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Africa
Zambian minister resigns over 'greed'
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Africa
DJ Black Coffee gets Las Vegas residency
- 3 January 2018
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From slavery to Italy’s fashion world
- 4 January 2018
- From the section Europe
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What keeps this UN peacekeeper going?
- 1 January 2018
- From the section Africa
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Starved. Beaten. Enslaved.
- 2 January 2018
- From the section Africa
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Africa in 2017: What made the news
- 29 December 2017
- From the section Africa
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Dirty pictures: The litter-shaming photographer
- 30 December 2017
- From the section Africa
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Africa's smart cities
- 29 December 2017
- From the section Business
African football
Sport Who is vying for control in Ethiopia?
- 4 January 2018
- From the section Football
Sport Senegalese starlet signs for Club Brugge
- 4 January 2018
- From the section Football
Our reporters
Stephanie Hegarty: Nigerians sold into slavery in Libya
- 2 January 2018
- From the section Africa
Umaru Fofana: Can this ex-footballer answer Liberia's call?
- 29 December 2017
- From the section Africa
Alastair Leithead: How Chad has saved its elephants
- 27 December 2017
- From the section Africa
Features & Analysis
Rising from the ashes
Zimbabweans pin their hopes for 2018 on new leader
- 4 January 2018
- From the section Africa
Not just mobile money
Five African tech trends to look for in 2018
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Africa
School experiment
Is Liberia's controversial school plan raising standards?
- 3 January 2018
- From the section Business
Punishment island
Best reads of 2017: 'I was left to die for getting pregnant'
- 27 April 2017
- From the section Africa
Letter from Africa
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: Why Nigerians aim for Europe
In the lap of gods
- 21 December 2017
- From the section Africa
Mannir Dan Ali: Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers
- 6 December 2017
- From the section Africa
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: Escaping the leprosy colony
- 26 November 2017
- From the section Africa
Petina Gappah: Mugabe and me
- 25 November 2017
- From the section Africa
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From slavery to Italy’s fashion world
- 4 January 2018
- From the section Europe
Video 1:57
What keeps this UN peacekeeper going?
- 1 January 2018
- From the section Africa
Video 1:35
Starved. Beaten. Enslaved.
- 2 January 2018
- From the section Africa
Video 2:34
Africa in 2017: What made the news
- 29 December 2017
- From the section Africa
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Dirty pictures: The litter-shaming photographer
- 30 December 2017
- From the section Africa
Video 3:19
Africa's smart cities
- 29 December 2017
- From the section Business
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