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Botswana says it has solved the mystery of mass elephant deaths
Toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 elephants in Botswana this year, an investigation has revealed.
- by Brian Benza
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Biodiversity
Under legal pressure, Zimbabwe announces mining ban in national parks
Reports that a Chinese firm had started exploratory work to mine coal within Hwange National Park alarmed environmental and wildlife groups, who took legal action.
- by FARAI MUTSAKA
Immigration
Dozens of migrants rescued in Sahara Desert
Men, women and children were in distress, dehydrated and in need of medical attention when they were rescued by the International Organisation for Migration.
- by Carley Petesch
Genocide
Hotel Rwanda hero arrested on terrorism charges, police say
Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda as a hero who saved the lives of more than 1200 people from the country's 1994 genocide, has been arrested by the Rwandan government.
- by Ignatius Ssuuna
Illness
Africa is free of wild polio and Congo says measles epidemic is over
As the world eagerly awaits a coronavirus vaccine, Africa has received some good news.
- by Kate Bartlett
Explosion
Another port is storing 2700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate
Officials in Dakar want the exact quantity of the material that caused the Beirut explosion removed from its complex urgently and away from the city centre.
- by Diadie Ba
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World politics
Mutinying soldiers force Mali President's resignation
France and the UN fear the deepening crisis will destabilise West Africa's Sahel, a region already marred by jihadist insurgence.
- by Tiemoko Diallo
World politics
Sudan 'astonished' at spokesman's remarks about 'contacts' with Israel
Haydar Sadig, the ministry's spokesman, praised the United Arab Emirates' decision to normalise relations with Israel as "a brave and bold step".
- by Khalid Abdelaziz
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Somalia
Gunmen storm beachside hotel in Somali capital
Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab said it was behind the assault on the Elite Hotel in Lido beach.
- by Abdi Sheikh
Animals
Anti-poaching efforts pay off as elephant numbers double
In past years gangs killed elephants and rhinos in sub-Saharan African countries to feed Asian demand for ivory and horns for use in folk medicines.
- by Baz Ratner
World politics
'No party': Tunisia is preparing to have a non-political government
The country has struggled to revive its collapsed economy since a 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring.
- by Tarek Amara