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Suffer the little children. It is ever the way, from Rwanda to Gaza
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Genocide

Suffer the little children. It is ever the way, from Rwanda to Gaza

They are the innocents, and it is never their fight. But it is the children of conflict who always suffer the most.

  • by Tony Wright

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Dodging machetes and crossing sandstorms, ‘Hardest Geezer’ runs length of Africa

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
Girl, 8, sole survivor as 45 killed after bus plunges down ravine in South Africa
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Tragedy

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

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

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

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