AFGHANISTAN: Girls robotics team given US visa after outrage
US officials have decided to allow a group of Afghan girls – whose visa applications had been rejected twice – to travel to the United Sta
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ANGOLA: President’s son-in-law ‘convicted of fraud in DR Congo’
The son-in-law of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos told Reuters news agency that a Congolese court has sentenced him in absentia to one year
CAMEROON: Suicide bombers kill 12 in market
At least 12 people have been killed after two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a busy market in north-eastern Cameroon on Wednesday night. A furt
NIGER: Villagers ‘massacre 27 hippos’
At least 27 hippos have been slaughtered in western Niger by villagers who blame them for destroying crops and harming livestock, local authorities to
ZIMBABWE: Police fire tear gas at protesters demanding fair vote
Police in Zimbabwe fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse scores of opposition supporters demanding fair elections next year. Around 100 young su