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'Virtual doctors' helping patients in Zambia
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Oscar Pistorius legal team pushes for leniency during his sentencing hearing in South Africa
REEVA Steenkamp’s father broke down in court as he told a dramatic sentencing hearing that Oscar Pistorius must “pay for his crime” for shooting dead his daughter.
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Dirtied by success? Nigeria is home to city with worst PM10 levels
But an increasingly common sight for Africans -- especially those in Nigeria
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How South African women are reclaiming the headscarf
African women have worn headscarves for many years for religious, cultural reasons and even as a fashion statement but they were traditionally worn by older, usually married women.
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'We are scared' _ Africans in India say racism is constant
The daily indignities Africans suffer usually go undocumented both by the police and local media.
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Eritrean leaders committing crimes against humanity, says UN
Eritrea's government is guilty of committing crimes against humanity since independence a quarter-century ago with up to 400,000 people "enslaved", and should face international justice, the UN said Wednesday.
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Nigeria’s Buhari Travels to London for Ear Treatment
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is traveling to London on Monday to receive treatment for an ear infection.
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Lesotho's Taxi Drivers Fight HIV With Male Circumcision
Napo Khusu likes to think of himself as a taxi driver–educator.
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Boko Haram attack in Niger 'kills 32 soldiers'
Attack kills 30 soldiers f-rom Niger and two f-rom Nigeria on countries' border near city of Bossa, Niger officials say.
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Hissène Habré's conviction the first step on a longer road to justice for Chad
The former dictator has been found guilty of crimes against humanity but, for survivors of his brutal regime, torment and unanswered questions endure
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EgyptAir plane ‘made three emergency landings’
THE mysterious EgyptAir plane made three emergency landings just 24 hours before it crashed into the Mediterranean killing all 66 people on board, it has been claimed.
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Signal detected f-rom doomed EgyptAir plane, says French aviation agency
A signal detected f-rom deep under the Mediterranean belongs to a black box f-rom the doomed EgyptAir Flight MS804 that crashed last month killing 66 people on board, French investigators confirmed Wednesday.
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Kenya announces Dadaab refugee camp will close by November
The world's largest refugee camp will close in November, Kenya's Interior Minister Joseph Nkaisserry has announced.
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Europe migrant crisis: Heartbreaking photo of dead baby should shock the world
WARNING: Graphic and distressing image A HEARTBREAKING photograph of a drowned migrant baby in the arms of a c-harity worker has been released following a week in which 700 migrants were killed trying to cross the Mediterranean.
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Former Chad dictator to learn fate after alleged victims' long fight for justice
Dakar court to give verdict on Monday on whether Hissène Habré is guilty of murder, torture, rape and crimes against humanity
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Pardons Hundreds Of Female Inmates Amid Prison Food Shortages
Prisons are congested and running low on food and uniforms in the troubled African nation.
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Congolese man killed in India “in row over rickshaw”
Olivier Masonda left the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012 to study in India, and he had recently become a French teacher in New Delhi. But the life that the 23-year-old was building for himself came to an abrupt end on May 20, when he was beaten to death by locals.
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‘There isn’t even a whole body part’
EGYPTIAN forensics officials are collecting DNA f-rom relatives of EgyptAir MS804 victims to help identify body parts retrieved f-rom the Mediterranean, as Greece will soon dispatch crash information to Egyptian authorities.
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Forensic expert: Human remains in EgyptAir crash have burns
A senior Egyptian forensics official says human remains recovered f-rom the crash site of EgyptAir Flight 804 have burns on them and are "very tiny," which suggests an explosion may have taken place in midair on board the aircraft.
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