Uganda has denied reports that it had agreed to host USA deportees, saying it lacked facilities, sparking humorous reactions from citizens online.
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Zimbabweans wait for lifesaving assistance amid worsening food crisis
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UK officials say they failed SA woman who lay dead in her London flat for 3 years, 89 attempts to contact her
UK officials have spoken out following the discovery of Sheila Seleoane who was found dead three years after her death in her one-bedroom flat in South London.
Zimbabwe braces for new gold coin as hedge against inflation
Zimbabwe will next week introduce a gold coin aimed at battling a resurgence in inflation and easing the public's thirst for US dollars. The government says the innovation aims at shoring up the economy at a time of galloping inflation and depreciation of the Zimbabwean dollar.
Kenya court finds three police guilty of killing rights lawyer
A Kenyan court on Friday found three police officers and an informer guilty of murdering a human rights lawyer, his client and their driver, six years after the killings triggered angry protests. On Friday, high court judge Jessie Lessit ruled that three officers as well as a police informer were guilty of murder.
Mali says it has thwarted attack at key garrison town
The Malian army said it had thwarted a "terrorist" attack on Friday at a town on the outskirts of the capital where a key base used by the ruling military is located. The base at Kati is located 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the capital Bamako.
Ukraine grain deal set for signing as Russia batters Donbas
Kyiv and Moscow are set to sign a deal Friday in Istanbul to unblock grain exports and relieve a global food crisis, even as Russian forces launch deadly artillery barrages over east Ukraine. In the south, Ukraine said Russian forces were shelling villages along the frontline in the Kherson area, where Kyiv's army is trying to claw back Moscow-occupied territory.
Rhino orphans get new South African home
Moving home is stressful for anyone -- and rhinoceroses are no exception. "We can't just move them all at the same time and go 'boom, there's a new home'," said Yolande van der Merwe, who oversees their new home.
Kenyan poll body slams arrest of vote contractors
Kenya's electoral authority has condemned the "brazen" arrest in Nairobi of three officials from a company supplying electronic voting systems for next month's presidential. "The brazen decision of the security authorities to arrest, detain and confine in a solitary hideout the three personnel without justification, is an exhibition of intimidation," it said.
Millions hungry but drought overlooked as Kenya prepares to vote
In the dust bowl of Kenya's drought-stricken north, the people of Purapul are edging closer to starvation, surviving on nothing but wild berries as their children waste away from hunger. At least 18 million people across the Horn of Africa are facing severe hunger as the worst drought in 40 years devastates the region.
Mali army says 3 soldiers, 3 terrorists killed in attacks
Mali's army on Thursday said three soldiers and three "terrorists" died following simultaneous early morning attacks in several towns in the country's centre and west, adding to a growing list of deadly incidents since last week.
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