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Serial rapist in South Africa gets 42 life sentences
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Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya…
Pioneering South African politician dies aged 65
The first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went…
John Fru Ndi obituary: Cameroon’s brave champion of democracy
John Fru Ndi, the man regarded as Cameroon's champion of democracy, has…
‘A huge heart’: the insatiable activism of Zimbabwean exile Patson Muzuwa
After agitating against Robert Mugabe in Harare in the late 90s, Patson…
How I saved my red guitar from Khartoum war zone
If you had to run for your life, with fighting all around,…
Inside Villa Somalia: 72 hours with the president promising to rebuild his broken country
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Somalia’s factions can find peace, political Islam need…
