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UK accused of trying to head off condemnation of Gulf ally over alleged aid to forces accused of genocide in Darfur

Zambia’s Mubita Nawa, who is on shortlist for top job, is accused of involvement in an attempted extortion in 2022

Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau have authorized a Swiss-based civil society organization to facilitate chemical testing of a drug that is wreaking havoc in West Africa and has prompted the president of Sierra Leone to declare a national emergency.

Beny Steinmetz likes to do things his own way.

A secret recording obtained by OCCRP shows how Safy Mokoko Sow, a well-connected middleman claiming to represent Burkinabe tobacco magnate Apollinaire Compaoré, offered money to the head of Mali’s national tobacco company to smuggle contraband cigarettes.

Spain is investigating the son of Equatorial Guinea’s ruler, Teodoro Obiang, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering and tax fraud network that has whitewashed millions of dollars from bribes paid by a Portuguese company to which he awarded a construction contract in the African country.

An investigative journalist in Nigeria has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, leading to growing fears for his safety.

Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’

Even out of work students are killing for cash - as journalist Mariana van Zeller reveals in our exclusive video

Deo Kato, 36, has already run 4,157 miles and has seven countries left to run through before he reaches London in September 2024. The challenge is an extension to the 381 days running for justice campaign that he formed after the murder of George Floyd

Catherine Thomas met 24-year-old taxi driver George when she left behind a bag of cash after a fare in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and has dismissed suspicions he's only after her money

Malawi is often overshadowed by its more prominent neighbours Zambia and Tanzania when it comes to destinations associated with safaris and wildlife, but it has plenty to offer

Dust from the Sahara Desert is predicted to fall across Britain in showers in the coming days - forecasters have warned people ahead of time that it could cause 'blood rain'

Russell Cook fears he won't be able to complete the challenge without permission to enter Algeria after running 12,000km in 278 days, as MP's urged the African nation to let him in

Florence Ryan and Roberto Helou will have cycled through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa once their journey is done

Loneliness can pose as much risk to life as being a regular smoker, the chief of a new WHO commission on loneliness said. The commission aims to better understand the health effects of loneliness

Skeleton Coast in Namibia, also known as the world's largest ship cemetery, is so dangerous visitors need a supervised tour operator to explore the deadly dunes populated by hyenas and cheetahs

Dr Ding Col Dau Ding died in South Sudan in 2015 and, while officials in the African country registered his death as a suicide, his family believe he was actually murdered

Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa where locals are forced to endure year-long averages of 37C and fatal highs of 48C, which can kill if not treated with adequate rest, water, shade and electrolyte replacement

Also known as chigoe or sand fleas, the pests often go for your feet and ankles and leave you with a line of itchy, red bites that mask something even more gross

Human African trypanosomiasis can be fatal without treatment. The World Health Organisation hopes to eliminate the disease, which is mainly present in sub-Saharan Africa, by 2030

Greg and Guen and their young children are heading across the world to a new destination after they were have been told they must leave Guyana 'on pain of imprisonment'

The man had returned from a work trip to Africa when he came across the 10cm-wide huntsman spider at his home in Edinburgh, before capturing the creature in a plastic tub

No one talks or complains about the weather as much as people in Britain, says Eva Simpson