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Agnes Tirop: Husband arrested in Kenya after athlete’s death
Police in Kenya have arrested the husband of record-breaking long-distance runner Agnes Tirop who was stabbed to death at her…
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Nigeria confirms death of IS leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi
Nigeria’s military has announced the death of Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the head of the West African branch of the Islamic…
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Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop found dead at her home
Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop, a two-time world championships bronze medalist, has been found dead at her home, the country’s track…
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Botswana’s government seeks to overturn ruling on same-sex relationships
The Court of Appeal in Botswana started hearing a government attempt at overturning a landmark ruling that decriminalised homosexuality. In…
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Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram suffer outage
Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have been hit by an outage lasting several hours. All three services are…
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Pandora Papers: Uhuru Kenyatta family’s secret assets exposed by leak
The family of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, that has dominated the country’s politics since independence, secretly owned a network of…
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Guinea coup leader sworn in as transitional president
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who led last month’s coup in Guinea, was sworn in as interim president on Friday promising to…
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Slovenia suspends Johnson & Johnson vaccine over death of 20-year-old
Slovenia has suspended vaccinations with the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus jab while it probes the death of a 20-year-old woman,…
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Germany’s centre-left secures narrow win in end-of-era election
Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have claimed victory in the federal election, telling the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel…
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India seizes $2.7bn of heroin from Afghanistan at port
Nearly three tonnes of heroin with a street value of $2.7bn (£2bn) from Afghanistan have been seized from a western…
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