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South Africa
South Africa's ruling party has decided to oust scandal-tainted President Zuma - reports
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Feb 13th 2018, 7:17 AM
South Africa
Suspected poacher mauled to death and eaten by pack of lions in South Africa
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Feb 12th 2018, 11:01 AM
Voices
'Raped women are forced to marry their rapists to maintain their family's name'
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Feb 11th 2018, 7:30 PM
Israel
These Israeli teeth show modern humans left Africa 100,000 years earlier than thought
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Jan 28th 2018, 3:30 PM
worrying
Non-emergency surgical death rates in Africa are double the global average
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Jan 4th 2018, 6:15 AM
Racial Tensions
'You could hear the bones breaking' - South Africa haunted by racially charged murders
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Dec 27th 2017, 6:05 AM
Robert Mugabe
Thousands of protesters turn out in Zimbabwe calling for resignation of Robert Mugabe
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Nov 18th 2017, 12:45 PM
deposed leader
Zimbabwe crisis: Mugabe in talks with South Africa to find resolution to country's turmoil
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Nov 16th 2017, 3:09 PM
karma police
Alleged poacher arrested after rhino he was targeting attacks and injures him
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Oct 22nd 2017, 1:07 PM
Somalia
Over 230 dead and 275 injured in worst single attack in Somalia's history
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Oct 15th 2017, 6:07 PM
Dead in the water
Anthrax is being blamed for the sudden deaths of over 100 hippos in Namibia
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Oct 9th 2017, 3:29 PM
Niger
Three American special forces troops among several killed in ambush
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Oct 5th 2017, 10:35 AM
Yemen
At least 56 people die after human traffickers force 300 off boats and into the sea
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Aug 10th 2017, 8:43 PM
Boko Haram
'They beat me with an electric cable, while throwing water on me at the same time'
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Jul 20th 2017, 6:15 AM
Voices
Column: 'Over half my patients, often with contagious illnesses, have to share a bed'
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Jul 9th 2017, 3:00 PM
South Sudan
'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'
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Jul 4th 2017, 6:10 AM
lifesavers
Irish Navy revives infant found unconscious in Mediterranean as record numbers saved
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Jun 26th 2017, 10:26 AM
Brain Drain
As doctors continue to emigrate, Ireland is becoming more reliant on foreign-trained staff
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Jun 22nd 2017, 12:21 PM
josé eduardo agualusa
A book about a woman who locked herself into her house has won a €100k Dublin literary award
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Jun 21st 2017, 12:00 PM
Human Trafficking
'An industry built on human misery' - in an uncertain world people smugglers are making billions
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Jun 11th 2017, 7:00 AM
gelatin remedy
China's demand for medicine fuels African donkey slaughter
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Mar 25th 2017, 4:00 PM
Siwaphiwe mbambo
Mum appears in court over alleged 'fake kidnap' of baby that caused manhunt across South Africa
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Mar 13th 2017, 4:33 PM
Famine
World faces worst humanitarian crisis since 1945 - UN official
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Mar 11th 2017, 7:52 AM
Famine
Explainer: Why tens of thousands face starvation in war-torn South Sudan
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Feb 25th 2017, 2:00 PM
boris in banjul
Boris Johnson is only delighted the Gambia wants back into the British Commonwealth
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Feb 15th 2017, 4:14 PM
Biblical
The people still fighting leprosy, years after the world stopped paying attention to it
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Jan 29th 2017, 11:30 AM
unrest
Irish people told to avoid Gambia as West Africa troops prepare to move in
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Jan 19th 2017, 9:36 AM
Evacuation
Department of Foreign Affairs making contact with 'very small number' of Irish citizens in Gambia
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Jan 18th 2017, 4:51 PM
PREDICTION
Priest arrested for predicting 92-year-old Robert Mugabe will die this year
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Jan 16th 2017, 10:31 PM
unfamiliar territory
'The Irish team were heading for some godforsaken place called Keetmanshoop'
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Dec 23rd 2016, 9:00 PM
fake plastic rice
People are selling 'rice' in Nigeria that is actually just coloured plastic
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Dec 23rd 2016, 3:08 PM
Harare Situation
92-year-old Mugabe backed to continue his rule over Zimbabwe
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Dec 17th 2016, 5:21 PM
shock victory
A former Argos security guard has just toppled an African tyrant
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Dec 2nd 2016, 9:44 PM
global youth
Ireland is the 15th best country in the world to be a young person - survey
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Oct 21st 2016, 10:52 AM
Rwanda's Zips
'The land of a thousand hills' is now using drones to deliver medicine
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Oct 16th 2016, 6:00 PM
nice suit
Zimbabwe vendors get creative as Mugabe's job promises disappear
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Oct 16th 2016, 9:30 AM
Africa
Colaiste Lurgan's cover of Toto's Africa is the Friday night anthem we deserve
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Oct 14th 2016, 4:03 PM