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06.03.2024 15:40 Some 200 displaced people were collecting firewood outside their camp when they were attacked, residents say.

06.03.2024 15:40 Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has received her second Oscar nomination.

06.03.2024 10:20 Police say arrests are on the cards, following the six-year-old's disappearance on 19 February.

05.03.2024 23:31 Scientists believe the species hunted the oceans 66 million years ago with "teeth like knives".

05.03.2024 23:31 A large group of people raided a warehouse full of food in the country's capital Abuja.

05.03.2024 18:13 There are fears that some of them may have been kidnapped by fighters linked to Islamic State.

05.03.2024 18:13 An independent MP tables a bill in parliament to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation .

05.03.2024 18:13 A student pilot and trainer crash in Nairobi National Park after colliding with a passenger plane.

05.03.2024 13:42 Nana Akufo-Addo says he will not assent to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill until a Supreme Court ruling.

05.03.2024 13:42 Nathi Nhleko's resignation comes in the build-up to the general election in May.

05.03.2024 13:42 Nigerian comic actor John Okafor could make people erupt into laughter without even opening his mouth.

05.03.2024 13:42 Francis Ngannou says he is confident of beating Anthony Joshua because he is the "underground king".

05.03.2024 13:42 Peers back five changes to the draft law aiming to revive the UK's Rwanda deportation scheme.

05.03.2024 08:43 Washington says the new tariffs on President Mnangagwa and other officials are more targeted.

04.03.2024 18:17 The ministry urges the president not to sign the draconian bill over fears the World Bank could cut funding.