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Mandela’s party loses majority for the first time in 30 years

Mandela’s party loses majority for the first time in 30 years

South Africa’s election results put it on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.

  • by Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome

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Meghan named ‘Ifeoma’ in Nigeria on first visit after doing genealogy test

Meghan named ‘Ifeoma’ in Nigeria on first visit after doing genealogy test

The Duchess of Sussex acknowledged Nigeria as “my country” during her trip with Prince Harry, who met her after a visit to the UK.

  • by Chinedu Asadu
Suffer the little children. It is ever the way, from Rwanda to Gaza
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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
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