Africa
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Eric Aniva, 45, who says he is HIV-positive, was paid to sleep with widows and girls as part of traditional cleansing rituals
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The goal is not revenge, says head of commission investigating crimes and abuses dating back to 1955 in country that sparked the Arab spring
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Survivors say inflatable boat carrying 130 sank after people-smugglers towed it to sea and took away its engine and lifejackets
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Move part of deal aimed at calming political unrest after president delayed elections but in effect extends his term in office
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At Dakar’s One Health conference, leaders pledged to act fast to detect, report and control the spread of diseases that often pass from animals to humans
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Ban Ki-moon claims UN peacekeepers currently deployed in South Sudan would not be capable of preventing mass killings
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Government bows to international pressure and agrees to six-month delay in shutting the world’s largest refugee complex, home to 300,000 Somalis
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Medhanie Yehdego Mered, AKA ‘The General’, is believed to be the kingpin of a criminal organisation of people smugglers responsible for illegally transporting thousands of people from the Middle East and Africa to Europe
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Video emerges showing two white farmers allegedly threatening to burn victim alive in racially charged incident
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Boko Haram insurgency has disrupted farming and trade in north-east, leaving 14 million people in need of humanitarian aid
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Businessman Ziad Takieddine repeats claim of Libyan funding days before former French leader seeks nomination for 2017
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The UN has pledged to ensure healthy, productive oceans – but how can this be achieved when demand for fish has never been higher
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Deposed Egyptian president no longer faces threat of execution but continues to serve long jail terms
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Paralympic athlete, serving six years for murder of Reeva Steenkamp, moves to correctional centre ‘in line with his needs’
Zimbabwean activists held before launch of emergency 'bond notes'