Urgent pumping removes oil from ship grounded near Mauritius
The Japanese ship, MV Wakashio, ran aground on a coral reef on July 25
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South Africa recorded another day of more than 10,000 cases as a new global hotspot.
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Slowing Covid-19 is speeding the spread of other diseases
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Africa's 43% jump in Covid-19 cases in a week worries experts
World Health Organization warns continent of 1.3 billion could become the next epicenter.
Ten African countries have no ventilators. That's only part of the problem
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Covid-19's worrying new milestone; New York residents ordered to wear face masks
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Poachers kill more rhinos as coronavirus halts tourism to Africa
New York Times: Endangered animals may become additional casualties of the pandemic.
Double blow for Africa as plague of locusts threaten food crops
A second wave of a huge locust outbreak is arriving in parts of East Africa.
Lockdowns leave millions of women without birth control
Thousands of clinics around the world have closed.
Italian virus death toll nears China's as outbreak spreads
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where coronavirus first took hold, has no new domestic cases.
Coronavirus: Trump declares national emergency
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The Congo rainforest is losing its ability to absorb carbon dioxide. That's bad for climate change
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Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's autocrat ousted in 2011 uprising, dies at 91
Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, has died at 91.
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From Whanganui club cricket to being named in ICC Under 19 World Cup team
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Botswana auctions licences to hunt elephants
This comes after a hunting ban was lifted hoping to reducing human and elephant conflict.
Record number of deaths in one day in coronavirus 'ground zero'
The global death toll has now reached 565 deaths.
How US firms helped Africa's richest woman exploit her country's wealth
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Flooding, landslides leave 26 dead and 10,000 homes flooded in Madagascar
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