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Dodging machetes and crossing sandstorms, ‘Hardest Geezer’ runs length of Africa
Russ Cook crossed 16 countries over the equivalent of 385 marathons – more than 16,300 kilometres – surviving machete-wielding villagers, desert sandstorms and crippling bouts of food poisoning.
- by Max Stephens
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Girl, 8, sole survivor as 45 killed after bus plunges down ravine in South Africa
The passenger bus was transporting Easter worshippers from Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, to Moria, a town in Limpopo.
- by Gerald Imray
India’s navy takes control of ship hijacked by Somali pirates
The development came after men on the bulk carrier fired at an Indian warship in international waters on Friday.
Five of Hamza’s six children have been kidnapped. She’s still in shock
Ten years after the Chibok girls were taken, 300 students have been abducted by armed gangs and Islamic extremists in Nigeria.
- by Chinedu Asadu
Australian tourist missing in Zimbabwe’s famous Victoria Falls park
Such incidences are rare in Victoria Falls, a destination that attracts thousands of tourists from across the globe.
- by Farai Mutsaka
New details emerge of cricket commentator Peter Roebuck’s death
Former English cricketer Peter Roebuck was “in despair” and being arrested on suspicion of sexual assault when he died 13 years ago.
- by Sherryn Groch