KwaZulu-Natal floods: South Africa army to send 10,000 troops

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A national state of disaster is declared after the devastation in KwaZulu-Natal province last week.

Rwanda asylum critics have no solutions, says Patel

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The home secretary responds after criticism of her refugee plan from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Nigeria’s Spider-Man fighting for a cleaner society

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Jonathan Olakunle is fighting for a cleaner society in Osogbo, Nigeria.

African Champions League: Sundowns pledge to ‘be in semi-final’

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Coach Rulani Mokwena says Mamelodi Sundowns can bounce back from their loss to Petro Atletico in Angola in the African Champions League quarter-final.

Nigeria’s Chibok girls: Why was this former captive treated differently?

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Hassana Adamu speaks to the BBC about feeling neglected on the eighth anniversary of the kidnappings.

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan the ‘opposite of nature of God’ – Welby

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There were "serious ethical questions" over sending migrants to east Africa, Justin Welby says.

Angella Okutoyi: Kenya’s rising tennis star

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After playing in the Australian Open, could Kenyan Angella Okutoyi emulate her hero Serena Williams?

South Africa flooding: ‘I had thought my house was safe’

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Torrential floods have killed nearly 400 people in South Africa, with more rain forecast.

DR Congo conflict: Hiding on top of a hill to escape the rebels

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Some 50,000 people have found a place of sanctuary from the myriad armed groups in eastern DR Congo.

UK Rwanda asylum plan against international law, says UN refugee agency

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The UNHCR says it is "unacceptable" to shift responsibility by sending asylum seekers overseas.