Pauline Cafferkey: Going back will give me closure

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Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who survived Ebola, is to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since contracting the disease there.

Nigeria road safety commander cut hair of female employees

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The senior commander was filmed punishing female employees by cutting off their long hair.

Indongo ‘will find out the hard way’

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Ricky Burns aims to show Julius Indongo he is far from retirement in their super-lightweight unification fight on Saturday.

Zambia police detain opposition leader Hichilema over ‘treason’

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Mr Hichilema is accused of having obstructed President Edgar Lungu's motorcade at the weekend.

Die-hard Facebooker

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Ms Nyanzi has been taken to court over calling President Yoweri Museveni "a pair of buttocks".

African migrants sold in Libya ‘slave markets’, IOM says

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Those with skills would fetch higher prices, the International Organization of Migration says.

South African artist using art to ‘find her identity’

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Lady Skollie has drawn on her Khoisan roots for her first solo exhibition in London.

Trump administration ‘to sell Nigeria planes’ for Boko Haram fight

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The Obama administration halted the deal after a Nigerian air strike killed 90 civilians in January.

Somalia piracy: Indian ship freed but hijackers take crew

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The hijackers say they want to use the Indian crew to secure the release of pirates jailed in India.

Is piracy returning to Somalia?

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Following the hijacking of three ships in less than a month, there is now renewed fear that piracy will return to the Horn of Africa.