World Bank boosts forecast for global economic growth
'Exceptional' US growth highlighted as bank’s latest outlook marks an increase.
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A toddler in Ghana has set the record as the world’s youngest artist.
Review: Tinariwen deliver a transportive storm of sound on a soggy Auckland night
'Welcome to the Sahara.'
What it’s like to stay at the former home of Nelson Mandela
Stay at Sanctuary Mandela, where Nelson Mandela lived for the majority of his presidency.
NZ dairy business blames Ethiopian ministry for insolvency
'Pioneering' company wanting to develop heat-tolerant cattle hit trouble overseas.
Explained: Why South Africa’s election could bring a defining moment — and new complications
The election will test how weary voters are of the ruling African National Congress party.
Trust me, there's no greater thrill than a Tanzanian safari
Life's most defining moments happen on safari.
Thinking of South Africa? This is still the best way to see the country
How to have the perfect holiday in South Africa.
Morocco proposes $13 billion tunnel to connect Europe to Africa by 2030s
Spain and Morocco have revived a 40-year-old scheme to link continents.
Tuareg band Tinariwen ‘still fighting through the music’ and coming to NZ
Their Grammy-winning Saharan sounds have a cult following and famous fanbase.
‘Sickening’: Naked tourists in the desert cause outrage in Namibia
Officials said the tourists 'violated the country’s laws' by posing naked for photos.
Couple attacked in South African crime hotspot sue Google
The travellers were unknowingly led through a neighbourhood residents would never go near.
Kiwi Graeme Walls reflects on 40 years of changing lives on Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships specialises in free, life-changing surgeries for people in need.
Shocking twist in cruise nightmare tale
A couple who were left behind have made a surprising statement.
Mistake leaves cruise passengers stranded in West Africa without belongings
A pregnant woman and a paraplegic were among the passengers left high and dry.
Nearly 20 million facing hunger due to drought in southern Africa
It's the result of extreme weather patterns that experts say are becoming more frequent.
Nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolchildren freed after two weeks in captivity
287 children were seized from school in northern Nigeria and marched into the forests.
Watch: Terrifying moment elephant charges, tries to flip safari jeep
Not many can say they've had this experience before.
At least 100 northern Nigeria villagers kidnapped in latest mass abduction
Gangs seized at least 100 people from their homes in Nigeria.
Mum's devastation after five children abducted from school
Rashidat Hamza is in despair. “We don’t know what to do," she says.
Gunmen abduct 287 students in Nigeria
It marks the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week.
'Please help us': Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti’s main prison
The jailbreak marked a new low in Haiti’s downward spiral of violence.
Behind the scenes on an African safari - where guests (can be) more beastly than the wildlife
New cushions needed - the hyaenas have destroyed them again.
Kenya gas explosion kills at least 3 people, injures 280
The owner had been found guilty of operating an illegal gas refilling business.
African leaders criticise Israel's military campaign in Gaza
An African leader describes the war in Gaza as immoral and unacceptable.
Search on for two missing US Navy Seals
Two US Navy Seals are missing after a night-time boarding mission off the Somalia coast.
'Huge vacuum': Can democracy survive 2024?
FT: A record 2 billion people are set to go to the polls as autocracy spreads worldwide.
Extremists attack UN helicopter, killing one passenger and abducting five
The extremists burnt the helicopter after confiscating what they thought was important.
At least 100 elephants die in drought-stricken Zimbabwe park
El Nino is expected to cause below-average rainfall across southern Africa.
More than 60 migrants feared dead after boat sinks off Libyan coast
High waves are believed to have swamped the boat and drowned migrants.
Who’s a ‘coloniser’? How an old word became a new weapon
New York Times: As an insult or a line of attack, 'colonial' is enjoying a field day.
Global pre-Christmas trade at risk due to twin canal crises
Financial Times: Drought in Panama and shipping attacks near Suez threaten supply chains.
‘I gave birth at 70 thanks to IVF – but my partner left because it was twins’
Safina Namukwaya had a boy and a girl via caesarean in Uganda.