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Alcohol consumption and speeding are two of the major contributors to road traffic deaths on South Africa’s roads

Dicing with death on South Africa’s notorious road system

Bill Corcoran
November 21, 2016, 01:00

Almost 13,000 people die each year with the N2 being its most dangerous deathtrap

The injured from a fuel tanker incident were taken to hospital and a Mozambique government team was due to travel to the area in Tete province (centre, above), some 2,000 km (1,242 miles) from the capital, Maputo, on Friday. File photograph: Google Street View

At least 73 dead in Mozambique after fuel truck explodes

November 17, 2016, 20:29

Scores injured as people try to siphon fuel after vehicle overturns in road incident

Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. File photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian court overturns Mohamed Morsi’s death sentence

November 15, 2016, 10:50

Ousted president to be given new trial for part in prison break during 2011 uprising

Pistorius has said he shot dead Reeva Steenkamp by accident after mistaking her for an intruder in his house. Photograph: Reuters

Oscar Pistorius moved to jail better suited to rehabilitation

November 14, 2016, 16:06

Prison services deny Blade Runner’s summer wrist injuries attempt to take own life

One of the kidnapped Chibok girls released in October celebrates with family members. Photograph: Olamiken Gbemiga/AP

Abducted Chibok schoolgirl found with baby son

November 5, 2016, 12:46

Girl was one of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in 2014

Protesters take part in a rally after the death of the fish seller who was crushed to death inside a rubbish truck, in Al Hoceima. Photograph: Reuters

Protests over death of fish seller remind Moroccans of Arab Spring

Guy Hedgecoe
November 3, 2016, 15:26

Demonstrators have blamed police for death of Mouhcine Fikri, killed by garbage truck grinder

Members of Migrant Offshore Aid Station, a Maltese NGO, help migrants aboard a rescue boat on Thursday off the Libyan coast. Photograph: Andreas Solaronadre/Getty Images/AFP

UN says at least 240 die in shipwrecks off Libyan coast

November 3, 2016, 13:35

Migrants crossing ‘deadly stretch of sea’ to Italy surged to more than 27,000 in October

Protesters calling for the removal of South African president Jacob Zuma outside court in Pretoria on Wednesday. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Report urges criminal inquiry into Zuma ties to Gupta family

Joseph Cotterill
November 2, 2016, 17:47

Findings up pressure on ANC to force South Africa president to quit as thousands protest

A protester takes part in a rally after the death of Mouhcine Fikri, a fishmonger who was crushed to death inside a rubbish truck as he tried to retrieve fish confiscated by police, in the northern city of Hoceima. Photograph: Reuters

Moroccan police investigated over man crushed in rubbish truck

Peter Beaumont
November 1, 2016, 15:02

Thousands protest after death of fishmonger Mouhcine Fikri was caught on cameraphone

South African president Jacob Zuma: ongoing legal battles are threatening to undo his presidency. Photograph: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters

Court hearing leaves South Africa’s Jacob Zuma in awkward spot

Bill Corcoran
November 1, 2016, 12:50

Analysis: President today seeks to prevent release of report into links to businessmen

The head of the National Prosecuting Authority Shaun Abrahams as he drops fraud charges against finance minister Pravin Gordhan. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

SA drops controversial fraud charges against finance minister

Joseph Cotterill
October 31, 2016, 16:33

Initial charges against Pravin Gordhan had caused rand to fall nearly 4%

South Africa’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan: charged with fraud over early retirement package allegedly approved for a revenue official. Photograph: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

‘Hostage drama’ linked to South African revenue inquiry

Bill Corcoran
October 27, 2016, 20:10

Lawyer refused to take part in fraud investigation into finance minister Pravin Gordhan

Caroline Nganga, Sr Ursla Agga, Lydia Birongo at the Medical Missionaries of Mary Mukuru Health Centre: They are only too aware of how endemic challenges such as gender-based violence and patriarchy are in the slum, and how difficult it will be to overcome them. Photograph: Bill Corcoran

UN’s grand goals struggle to gain traction in slums of Nairobi

Bill Corcoran
October 26, 2016, 12:59

Poverty persists in Kenyan capital while violence against women is at epidemic levels

Finance minister Pravin Gordhan: was publicly charged with fraud and theft by the National Prosecuting Authority. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko

ANC split widens as chief whip calls on party leaders to quit

Bill Corcoran
October 24, 2016, 16:40

South Africa’s ruling party ‘worse than apartheid state’ over finance minister scandal

Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o said the figures represented a provisional toll from the incident, which occurred near the train station in the town of Eseka, about 120km (75 miles) west of Yaounde. Image: Google Maps

‘At least 53 killed’ after train derails in Cameroon

October 21, 2016, 21:11

Almost 300 injured after train overturned on line between Yaounde and Douala

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands: South Africa has withdrawn from the court following a row with ICC over its refusal to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in 2015. Photograph: Martijn Beekman/AFP/Getty Images

South Africa quits International Criminal Court

Peter Cluskey
October 21, 2016, 19:08

Country’s opposition and global human rights groups condemn ‘unconstitutional’ move

South Africa’s minister for finance Pravin Gordhan: Analysts have said the charges against him are politically motivated, and some suspect the hand of president Jacob Zuma is guiding the National Prosecution Authority. Photograph: Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg

South Africans rally round their minister for finance

Bill Corcoran
October 19, 2016, 16:13

Pravin Gordhan refuses to ask prosecution not to proceed with fraud charges against him

South Africa’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan has gained widespread support locally and internationally for the manner in which he has tried to bring corruption and wasteful spending in government under control. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

SA court papers reveal ‘suspicious’ bank deals by Gupta brothers

Bill Corcoran
October 17, 2016, 17:06

South African family accused of using links with Zuma to further its business interests

One of the kidnapped Chibok girls celebrates with family members during a church service in Abuja, Nigeria, on Sunday. Photograph: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP

Chibok girls released by Boko Haram reunited with families

Jason Burke
October 17, 2016, 13:48

Emotional scenes after 21 girls freed in what Islamist group says is act of ‘good faith’

A spokesman for the German government helps Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari prior to a press conference with chancellor Angla Merkel in Berlin on Friday. Photogragh: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Nigerian president says critical wife ‘belongs in the kitchen’

October 16, 2016, 16:51

Muhammadu Buhari, meeting Merkel, vows to keep battling corruption and jihadists

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