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Child dead, 23 people missing after hippopotamus capsizes canoe
A long canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire River on their way from Malawi to neighbouring Mozambique when it was hit by the hippo.
- by Gregory Gondwe
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Loonkiito, one of the world’s oldest wild lions, killed in Kenya
Confrontations between herders and lions have increased amid one of the region’s worst droughts in decades.
Hundreds dead, many more missing after Congo floods
Heavy rains have brought flash floods and landslides to thousands in East Africa.
- by Justin Kabumba
UN warns more than 800,000 refugees could flee fighting in Sudan
The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian crisis in Sudan as fighting continues between rival military factions despite a supposed ceasefire.
- by El Tayeb Siddig and Nafisa Eltahir
Dozens of bodies found in shallow graves on land of Christian cult
The Kenyan pastor has been arrested for allegedly telling his followers they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death.
High-risk evacuations as diplomats and foreign nationals escape Sudan
A number of European nations have joined the US and UK in using armed forces to evacuate citizens.
Civilians flee Khartoum as Sudanese rivals attempt another truce
Nearly 300 people have been killed in the past five days, the UN health agency said, but the toll is likely higher because many bodies lie uncollected in the streets.
- by Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy
Death toll soars, 24-hour cease-fire in force in Sudan, reports
At least 185 people died and some 1800 were wounded in battles that included an assault on the international airport. Even the EU ambassador “was assaulted in his own residency”.
- by Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy
‘Die just like any other dog’: Dozens dead as battle for Sudan enters second day
Sudan’s military has launched air strikes on a paramilitary force’s base in a bid to reassert control over one of Africa’s largest countries.
- by Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir
Sudan erupts in chaos: Who is battling for control and why it matters
Rising tensions between rival factions of the armed forces have suddenly spiralled into an all-out battle for control of one of Africa’s biggest countries.
- by Gerry Mullany
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Gunfire in Sudanese capital as paramilitary says it has taken control of presidential palace
Gunfire could be heard in several parts of Khartoum, and Sudan’s paramilitary claims they had taken control of the presidential palace, the residence of the army chief and Khartoum international airport.
- by Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir