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Africa
'We are reaping the whirlwind now': Worst virus fears emerging in poor or war-torn countries
Experts say the 10.1 million official cases and more than 500,000 deaths are serious undercounts of the true pandemic toll, due to limited testing and missed mild cases.
- by Gerald Imray and Joseph Krauss
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World elections
Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi's presidential vote
Lazarus Chakwera's victory late on Saturday was a result of months of determined street protests in the southern African nation.
Illness
Ebola outbreak in Congo is over, WHO says
The outbreak became the worst known Ebola outbreak since 2016 and was designated a global health emergency last year.
- by Abdi Latif Dahir
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Coronavirus pandemic
Making the most of it: meet the Australian couple stranded in the Congo
Sydneysiders Joe and Melissa Bagala only planned to be in Africa for weeks, but the pandemic has trapped them there for months.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Coronavirus pandemic
'Just one plane ride away': Slowing coronavirus is speeding the spread of other diseases
Diphtheria, cholera and polio are spreading around the world and Africa is facing a measles epidemic that could 'kill more children than COVID', doctors warn.
- by Jan Hoffman and Ruth Maclean
Tragedy
UN expresses horror at mass graves in Libya
The graves were uncovered after fighters loyal to Khalifa Hifter, whose 14-month campaign to capture Tripoli, Libya, collapsed in recent weeks, retreated from Tarhuna, Libya, 64 kilometres south-east of the capital.
- by Declan Walsh
Boko Haram
Militants kill 20 soldiers, 40 civilians in Nigeria attacks
The attacks, in the Monguno and Nganzai local government areas, came just days after militants killed at least 69 people in a raid on a village in a third area, Gubio.
Animals
Hunters face life sentences after killing famous gorilla
Rafiki was the leader of 17 endangered mountain gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.
- by Marcus Parekh
Extremism
Boko Haram razes village, kills dozens in northern Nigeria
Sources said gunmen attacked because they suspected residents of sharing information on the terror group's movements with security authorities.
World politics
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza dies of heart attack, aged 56
There was speculation about whether the President had in fact died of COVID-19, after his wife earlier contracted the virus.
Extremism
France says its army killed al-Qaeda north Africa chief
Abdelmalek Droukdel was a key Islamist fighter that France had been hunting for more than seven years.
- by John Irish and Tangi Salaün