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‘We have to prioritise South Africans’: Anti-migrant movement blocks foreigners from healthcare
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The ‘shadow army’ helping Uganda’s long-serving president keep an iron grip on power
Toting sub-machine guns and sometimes wearing masks as they drive along the…
‘I can’t afford to save both twins’: Sudan’s war left one mother with an impossible choice
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Raila Odinga: The man who shaped Kenyan politics
Raila Odinga was one of Kenya's most influential and enduring political figures…
Shamans openly using psychedelic drugs for treatment in South Africa
Although psychedelic drugs are illegal in South Africa, many self-appointed healers and…
South Africa debates changing name of world-famous Kruger park
South Africa's world-famous Kruger National Park could become known by a new…
