# Africa

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# South Africa

Suspected poacher mauled to death and eaten by pack of lions in South Africa

The remains were found at the weekend in the bush at a private game park in the northern province of Limpopo

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Feb 12th 2018, 11:01 AM

Voices

'Raped women are forced to marry their rapists to maintain their family's name'

Jenifer Williams lives in Dublin but grew up in the Congo, she described it as “a ground of no mercy”.

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Feb 11th 2018, 7:30 PM

# Israel

These Israeli teeth show modern humans left Africa 100,000 years earlier than thought

The ancient jawbone is believed to be somewhere between 177,000 and 194,000 years old.

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Jan 28th 2018, 3:30 PM

# worrying

Non-emergency surgical death rates in Africa are double the global average

Elective surgeries in African countries have a death rate double that of the global average, a new study reveals.

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Jan 4th 2018, 6:15 AM

# Racial Tensions

'You could hear the bones breaking' - South Africa haunted by racially charged murders

Robert Turner was one of the latest victims of a long campaign of violence against the country’s farmers who are largely white.

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Dec 27th 2017, 6:05 AM

# Robert Mugabe

Thousands of protesters turn out in Zimbabwe calling for resignation of Robert Mugabe

The marches will cap an unprecedented week in which generals seized power and put Mugabe under house arrest.

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Nov 18th 2017, 12:45 PM

# deposed leader

Zimbabwe crisis: Mugabe in talks with South Africa to find resolution to country's turmoil

Robert Mugabe fired his vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa last week but he may still succeed him.

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Nov 16th 2017, 3:09 PM

# karma police

Alleged poacher arrested after rhino he was targeting attacks and injures him

The incident happened in Etosha National Park in Namibia.

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Oct 22nd 2017, 1:07 PM

# Somalia

Over 230 dead and 275 injured in worst single attack in Somalia's history

Doctors struggled to assist horrifically wounded victims following the blast, many burned beyond recognition.

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Oct 15th 2017, 6:07 PM

# Mogadishu

At least 20 people killed in Somalia truck bombing

Government security official Mohamed Aden said that bombing took place in a busy part of the city.

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Oct 14th 2017, 6:48 PM

# Dead in the water

Anthrax is being blamed for the sudden deaths of over 100 hippos in Namibia

Despite its notoriety as a biological weapon, anthrax is a bacterial disease that can be fatal for African wildlife.

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Oct 9th 2017, 3:29 PM

# Niger

Three American special forces troops among several killed in ambush

The US Africa command confirmed in a statement that a joint US and Nigerien patrol came under fire in Niger.

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Oct 5th 2017, 10:35 AM

# Riots

Two shot dead in protests over disputed Kenyan election

Human Rights Watch urged police to show restraint in the face of protests.

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Aug 12th 2017, 10:14 AM

# Yemen

At least 56 people die after human traffickers force 300 off boats and into the sea

The migrants were being smuggled from Africa to Yemen.

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Aug 10th 2017, 8:43 PM

# Boko Haram

'They beat me with an electric cable, while throwing water on me at the same time'

People accused of supporting Boko Haram are being brutally tortured in Cameroon.

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Jul 20th 2017, 6:15 AM

Voices

Column: 'Over half my patients, often with contagious illnesses, have to share a bed'

The scale of the HIV problem in Kenya’s Homa Bay County is enormous, writes Dr Eamonn Faller.

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Jul 9th 2017, 3:00 PM

# South Sudan

'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'

Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.

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Jul 4th 2017, 6:10 AM

# lifesavers

Irish Navy revives infant found unconscious in Mediterranean as record numbers saved

Commander Brian Fitzgerald said he was extremely proud of his team.

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Jun 26th 2017, 10:26 AM

# Brain Drain

As doctors continue to emigrate, Ireland is becoming more reliant on foreign-trained staff

Africa and Pakistan contribute the highest number of non-Irish doctors here.

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Jun 22nd 2017, 12:21 PM

# josé eduardo agualusa

A book about a woman who locked herself into her house has won a €100k Dublin literary award

We spoke to its author, Angolan native José Eduardo Agualusa.

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Jun 21st 2017, 12:00 PM

# Human Trafficking

'An industry built on human misery' - in an uncertain world people smugglers are making billions

The waves of desperate people slipping across international borders every year has created a massive moneymaking opportunity for unscrupulous human traffickers.

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Jun 11th 2017, 7:00 AM

# gelatin remedy

China's demand for medicine fuels African donkey slaughter

The donkey gelatin industry is said to be worth millions of dollars in China, which is now looking to Africa to satisfy new demand.

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Mar 25th 2017, 4:00 PM

# Siwaphiwe mbambo

Mum appears in court over alleged 'fake kidnap' of baby that caused manhunt across South Africa

The woman had claimed her car was hijacked with her baby inside.

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Mar 13th 2017, 4:33 PM

# Famine

World faces worst humanitarian crisis since 1945 - UN official

There is a looming risk of famine in a number of countries.

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Mar 11th 2017, 7:52 AM

# Famine

Explainer: Why tens of thousands face starvation in war-torn South Sudan

Famine was declared in the new African country on Monday, which has been embroiled in civil conflict for years.

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Feb 25th 2017, 2:00 PM

# boris in banjul

Boris Johnson is only delighted the Gambia wants back into the British Commonwealth

The UK foreign secretary refused to answer questions on his views of colonialism.

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Feb 15th 2017, 4:14 PM

# Biblical

The people still fighting leprosy, years after the world stopped paying attention to it

More than 200,000 people still get leprosy every year.

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Jan 29th 2017, 11:30 AM

# unrest

Irish people told to avoid Gambia as West Africa troops prepare to move in

Yesterday a department official confirmed that it was making contact with “the very small number of Irish citizens” who were in the country.

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Jan 19th 2017, 9:36 AM

# Evacuation

Department of Foreign Affairs making contact with 'very small number' of Irish citizens in Gambia

Tour operators have begun evacuating tourists.

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Jan 18th 2017, 4:51 PM

# PREDICTION

Priest arrested for predicting 92-year-old Robert Mugabe will die this year

The priest had even given a date.

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Jan 16th 2017, 10:31 PM

# unfamiliar territory

'The Irish team were heading for some godforsaken place called Keetmanshoop'

Donal Lenihan recalls when the Irish team travelled to a town in the middle of the desert in southern Namibia

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Dec 23rd 2016, 9:00 PM

# fake plastic rice

People are selling 'rice' in Nigeria that is actually just coloured plastic

The country’s inflation is running at 18.5%, driven by higher food prices partly caused by a ban on rice imports.

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Dec 23rd 2016, 3:08 PM

# Harare Situation

92-year-old Mugabe backed to continue his rule over Zimbabwe

He has led the country for 36 years.

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Dec 17th 2016, 5:21 PM

# shock victory

A former Argos security guard has just toppled an African tyrant

The 22-year-rule of Yahya Jammeh has ended.

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Dec 2nd 2016, 9:44 PM

# global youth

Ireland is the 15th best country in the world to be a young person - survey

The Global Youth Development Index ranks countries in terms of prospects and opportunities for young people.

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Oct 21st 2016, 10:52 AM

# Rwanda's Zips

'The land of a thousand hills' is now using drones to deliver medicine

On Friday, Rwanda inaugurated a drone operation that its backers hope will kickstart a revolution in the supply of medical care in rural parts of Africa.

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Oct 16th 2016, 6:00 PM