Uganda has discharged eight patients who have recovered from the Sudan strain of Ebola after they…
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M23 rebels leave families devastated in wake of advance
Orla Guerin BBC News, Goma Göktay Koraltan / BBC Heshima winces in pain as he tries…
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Detained Ugandan opposition figure on hunger strike treated in clinic overnight
Detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye, on hunger strike for a week, has been returned to…
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Bukavu in DR Congo falls to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second-largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,…
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Looting reported as rebels advance on DR Congo city
Chaotic scenes have been unfolding in Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the M23…
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M23 rebels close in on Bukavu advance in east
M23 rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are closing in on a…
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US to have seat at talks on islands’ future, says Mauritian PM
The US will be present at talks over the future of the Chagos Islands, which has…
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Ghana’s ex-finance minister declared a fugitive
Ghana’s former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been declared a fugitive by prosecutors over his alleged…
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Rebels attack army ending lull in fighting
The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have attacked Congolese government forces in the South Kivu province, breaking a…
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Pink flamingos ‘seized from smugglers’ in Tunisia
Ten endangered flamingos have been saved after smugglers were caught trying to traffic them out of…
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