Storm Freddy: Malawi declares state of disaster as more than 200 killed

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Dozens of children are among the dead as rescue workers use shovels to find people buried in mud.

Nigeria senator’s wife denies link to organ plot

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Beatrice Ekweremadu says she was not privy to discussions about a donor for her daughter Sonia.

Madagascar migrants drown trying to reach French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte

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They were travelling from Madagascar to Mayotte, which lies some 400km across the ocean.

Israeli apology after teachers mock Ethiopian girls

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The education minister apologises after Ethiopian Israeli girls film teachers mocking them on a trip.

Kais Saied: Why Tunisia’s president picked on sub-Saharan African migrants

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Kais Saied said sub-Saharan migrants were trying to change the nature of Tunisian society.

Paying for prayer: I went into debt, trying to secure a miracle

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The cost-of-living crisis is prompting people to borrow, in order to pay pastors to pray for them.

Cyclone Freddy: Winds and rain lash Mozambique as storm arrives

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Freddy, which has caused at least 28 deaths over a month, has hit mainland Africa for a second time.

DR Congo’s M23 ceasefire: Angola to deploy troops after failed truce

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Angola's soldiers are to help secure M23 rebel areas after a ceasefire it brokered failed.

Nthenya Mwendwa: How the Oscars changed the life of a Kenyan designer

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Nthenya Mwendwa's fish leather and Maasai beaded bags are proving their red-carpet appeal.

Nigeria polo: The Kent University student with a mission

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Nigerian footballers are well known - one UK student thinks the same could happen with polo players.