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New South African Covid strain fuelling massive second wave - experts
The variant is different from the UK strain, but is also thought to be very transmissible.
The variant is different from the UK strain, but is also thought to be very transmissible.
New York Times: Ethiopians flood Sudan refugee camp — and kids are everywhere.
Schoolboys threatened at gunpoint and forced into the jungle.
Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction.
Armed bandits arrived at the boarding school after dark and began shooting, locals say.
A phone call out of the blue reveals new clues into dad's quest to solve daughter's death.
New York Times: Leaders take advantage of pandemic to clamp down hard on opponents.
Ethiopia's military has gained "full control" of the capital of the defiant Tigray region.
Abiy Ahmed has warned half-million residents in Tigray capital to stay indoors and disarm.
Hundreds have been killed, and the UN has condemned "targeted attacks against civilians".
At least eight shipwrecks have taken place in the Central Mediterranean since last month.
The crisis in Ethiopia has been building for months, but now conflict has erupted.
The man had been taken by armed kidnappers who demanded a ransom from his family.
Financial Times: Vital lessons can be learned from African countries' powerful response.
Who are they? They include our first African, Latin American and Sri Lankan MPs.
New York Times: Many incumbents changing constitutions, bending rules to stay in power.
A report from the World Bank states 'the world can rise to the occasion - or succumb'.
Farmers take to the streets in Free State province after murders spark national outrage.
A team of rescuers with motor pumps came to recover the bodies of the victims.
Mourners clap in honour while Willy Monteiro Duarte's casket is carried out.
'Bugger it, we're still going to have summer in Europe', one super-wealthy Kiwi said.
New York Times: Locals are asking why tourism companies haven't reached out before.
Paul Rusesabagina sheltered hundreds of Tutsis from the 1994 genocide.
New York Times: Industry pushing to cut trade deal designed to flood Africa with plastics.
The Japanese ship, MV Wakashio, ran aground on a coral reef on July 25
Government criticised for not taking immediate action to avert environmental disaster.
Animal protection group says hundreds of Morocco's horses and donkeys face starvation.
The long wait for harvest is bringing a hunger more ferocious than most have ever known.
Shortages of medical oxygen have been reported as the number of patients grows.