Devastating toxic spill seen as test of whether African countries will stand up to China

Chinese companies provide jobs and much needed revenue in Zambia, where the disaster took place.

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The kidnap gangs, jihadists and separatists wreaking havoc in Nigeria

The country faces many deadly security challenges, leaving the army and police severely overstretched.

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India suffer heaviest defeat as SA complete series sweep

South Africa hand India their heaviest defeat by runs to complete a compelling 2-0 series sweep in Guwahati on Wednesday.

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Russian mercenaries accused of cold-blooded killings in Mali - BBC speaks to eyewitnesses

Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.

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'It didn't look good' - Erasmus on Etzebeth red card

South Africa boss Rassie Erasmus admits Eben Etzebeth's eye gouge "didn't look good" after the legendary lock was red-carded against Wales.

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'Too scared to speak' - Nigerian villagers on living in the midst of kidnap gangs

Parents of kidnapped children know where the bandits hide out, but are too scared to inform the authorities.

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I watched helplessly as gunmen snatched my son, says father after Nigerian school kidnapping

The authorities are trying to rescue more than 250 schoolchildren who were abducted by raiders on motorbikes.

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Escalating war of words between Ethiopia and Eritrea triggers fears of conflict

The authorities in landlocked Ethiopia have ratcheted up rhetoric over access to an Eritrean port.

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Guinea-Bissau president flees to Senegal after coup

Sissoco Embaló has arrived in Senegal "safe and sound" on a chartered military plane, authorities say.

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General named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup

Gen Horta N’Tam is sworn in during a ceremony at the army headquarters.

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Police investigate theft of four dogs from Malawi presidential palace

Police search ex-President Chakwera's residence after a suspect said the dogs were being kept there.

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South Africa hits back after Trump says US won't invite it for G20 next year

The US boycotted the G20 summit in Johannesburg over widely discredited claims of persecution of the white minority.

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