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Egypt : Arrests prominent blogger amid crackdown on dissent

Egypt has detained prominent blogger and journalist Wael Abbas, the latest in a series of arrests targeting dissidents.

Keith Morris, 72, from Hull, carried out the crimes while on holiday in a remote village between 2016 and 2017,

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he will be donating half of his salary to charity.

At least 15 people have died in Somaliland after heavy rains caused by tropical cyclone Sagar which landed in the

The South African government has struck a three-year wage deal with the unions representing public sector workers, agreeing to salary

Some 14,000 people have fled violence in the Central African Republic and crossed into the Democratic Republic of Congo in

A peacekeeper was killed and eight others were injured Thursday during an attack on a convoy in the Central African

Burundians voted Thursday in a referendum on constitutional reforms that, if passed, will shore up the power of President Pierre

A court in Zambia has sentenced the son of former President Frederick Chiluba to eight months imprisonment with hard labour