Rescued Middle East lions move into new S Africa home

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Found abandoned in zoos in war-torn Syria and Iraq, the pair settle into a more hospitable habitat.

Ndiaye says fitness is key for Senegal’s World Cup hopes

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Stoke City's Senegalese midfielder Papa Alioune Ndiaye says it is vital his fellow international team-mates stay injury-free ahead of the World Cup in Russia.

South Sudan Minister: ‘You can party in Juba’

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South Sudan's petroleum minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth says the country is now 80 per cent peaceful.

Ancient Egyptian necropolis contains ‘message from afterlife’

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The newly discovered site, south of Cairo, is over 2,000 years old and will take years to excavate.

Beauty queen tries to reduce suicide rate

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How one former beauty queen made it her mission to reduce the rate of female suicide in her country.

Nigeria’s Dapchi school abduction: Father’s plea to find daughter

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Extra troops search for 110 Nigerian schoolgirls believed to have been seized by Boko Haram jihadists.

Italian election dominated by immigration debate

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Fascist party Casa Pound may be small, but its anti-immigrant rhetoric is being echoed more widely.

The American who fled ‘gay conversion’ in Africa

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A midnight taxi; an emergency flight home; a new life in New York. An ex-Muslim tells his story.

The blind MMA champion helping others defend themselves

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When Ronald Dlamini went blind it ended his sporting career, but now he's training other blind people to protect themselves.

DR Congo protests: Protester killed in Kinshasa demonstration

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Security forces used live bullets to disperse a demonstration by church groups.