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Three hours from anywhere: Africa's best beach holidays
Day and weekend trips within three hours of 60 of the world's favourite cities.
Day and weekend trips within three hours of 60 of the world's favourite cities.
Tim the elephant is one of Africa's most treasured animals but often clashes with humans.
Helicopters plucked people from their flooded homes as the typhoon wreaked havoc.
Across Africa, the number of lions has dropped by more than 40 per cent in two decades.
Angus Nisbet took on the gruelling challenge of running the epic Marathon des Sables
Lane Nichols gets a high and mighty view of the Masai Mara.
Behind the scenes, the Royal tour in Africa is not as posh as it seems.
Geldof on boyhood beatings, the Boomtown Rats and what he really said at Live Aid.
Mugabe, 95, was first celebrated as a liberator the criticised as a combative enforcer.
On safari in Namibia, Brett Atkinson goes wild.
It was a last-minute decision, made after midnight in a bid to confuse the paparazzi.
The sharks that supported a diving industry in South Africa have disappeared.
Only two countries failed to join the ban on the trade of baby elephants
The first Kiwi to win at the Isle of Man, and a national and international champion.
Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman's sudden death has left Mogadishu reeling.
It was a hot day in the chamber and lawmakers had just returned from a heavy lunch.
In Nigeria, an unidentified man was spotted by pilots approaching the plane on foot.
Islamic extremists took over a hotel in Somalia for more than 14 hours, leaving 26 dead.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Sudan yesterday.
Captain of humanitarian rescue vessel could face up to 10 years in prison for the act.
New Plymouth man's pilgrimage to Italian war cemetery and Cassino battle site.
Morsi had just addressed the court, warning he had 'many secrets' he could reveal.
The moment that health professionals have feared has arrived.
About 66 per cent from Iraq declined compared with only 5 per cent from China.
Seller posted photo of smiling man posing with a dead giraffe. Others weren't smiling.
New York Times: Young Africans fighting stigma that farming is synonymous with poverty.
Great food and hearty laughter ends Islamic day of fasting.
When they got him back on land they discovered his genitals had been completely removed.