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Botswana floods: Thousands displaced and schools shut
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Botswana floods: Thousands displaced and schools shut

Emergency workers are bracing for more rain in the coming days as officials blame inadequate drainage in urban areas. Flash floods across Botswana have killed seven people including three children and uprooted thousands after days of heavy rains, President Duma Boko said on Saturday. Authorities...

Mali army probes civilian deaths blamed on soldiers
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Mali army probes civilian deaths blamed on soldiers

It follows claims by Tuareg separatists that soldiers intercepted civilian vehicles and “coldly executed” at least 24 people. Mali's army said it's investigating soldiers who were accused by separatist Tuareg rebels of killing at least 24 civilians earlier this week, in a rare probe of human righ...

Kenya, US urge truce in DRC as M23 rebels advance
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Kenya, US urge truce in DRC as M23 rebels advance

A unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolution "strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of M23 rebels in North-Kivu and South Kivu with the support of the Rwanda Defense Forces." US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kenyan President William Ruto have urged an immediate ceasefi...

Le sosie d'Oprah Winfrey devient viral en Afrique du Sud
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Le sosie d'Oprah Winfrey devient viral en Afrique du Sud

La photo virale d'une femme sud-africaine ressemblant à Oprah Winfrey, magnat américain des médias, a suscité un débat sur les "jumelles" non biologiques. Par Pauline Odhiambo On dit souvent que chaque personne a au moins sept sosies dans le monde. Mais des études montrent que la probabilité que...

Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills dozens in two days
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Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills dozens in two days

The shutdown of key water treatment facilities is said to have worsened the situation in White Nile state. The Sudan Doctors Network on Saturday said 1,197 cases of cholera, including 83 related deaths, were recorded in the White Nile state in the south of the country over the past two days. In a...

Arsenal title hopes suffer blow with West Ham defeat
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Arsenal title hopes suffer blow with West Ham defeat

Mikel Arteta's second-placed side have 53 points from 26 games, eight behind leaders Liverpool. Arsenal's Premier League title hopes suffered a hammer blow as Jarrod Bowen's goal just before halftime gave London rivals West Ham United a surprise 1-0 away victory on Saturday. Bowen headed in from...