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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck central Croatia, with reports of many injuries and at least one death. A 12-year-old girl was killed in Petrinja, the prime minister said as he visited the town. Further deaths have been…

World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu has been at the helm of the fight against COVID-19 but he said a war in his home region of Tigray in Ethiopia is a "personal pain" for him. "2020 has been very difficult for…

The new president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, vowed to make security his priority on Monday after he took the helm of the troubled Sahel country for a second term. "I intend to win the wager of providing security and…

Three French soldiers died in Mali on Monday as their armoured vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in a military operation aimed at fighting Islamist extremists in Africa's Sahel region, the French presidency announced. The…

Reuters news agency has condemned the arrest of its cameraman Kumerra Gemechu in Ethiopia, saying no reason has been given for his detention. His family said police handcuffed and took him away from their home in the capital, Addis…

Niger began counting the votes Sunday from an election that is expected to lead to the West African nation's first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents. The voting process went on smoothly on Sunday and were no…

The jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people including four security personnel in raids on three villages in northeast Nigeria, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Fighters in six trucks attacked the villages of…

South Africa has become the first country on the continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases. It comes just days after authorities confirmed that a new, faster-spreading, coronavirus variant had been detected.…

A 37-year-old man who allegedly used an oxygen tank to beat to death a fellow Covid patient in his California hospital bed last week has been charged with murder and hate crime. Jesse Martinez became upset when the 82-year-old man…

Travel by visitors to the UK from South Africa is being banned amid concern over a variant of Covid-19 linked to the country. People who have been in or transited through South Africa in the last 10 days will not be allowed into…