International

A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following IVF treatment, a hospital in Uganda has said. Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean at a fertility centre in the capital, Kampala.
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A court in Germany has sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison for his role in a paramilitary unit that killed opponents of former ruler Yahya Jammeh. Bai Lowe, 47, was a driver for the unit known as "the Junglers", and was convicted of…
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The men accused of murdering South African footballer Senzo Meyiwa found themselves in tighter restraints on Tuesday, a day after a scuffle broke out in court between them and one of the prison guards tasked to be their escort.
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Sierra Leone's government has designated Sunday's disorder, in which armed men attacked institutions in the capital city, as an attempted coup. The information minister said that gunmen had tried to "subvert and overthrow" the government on…
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Malawian opposition politicians and rights groups have criticised President Lazarus Chakwera and his government for sending 221 young Malawians to work on farms in Israel.
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Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew as armed men broke into a prison, setting inmates free. Detainees from Central Pademba Road prison in the capital city Freetown were released on Sunday morning, an official at the…
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A total of 39 Palestinian detainees are due to be released from Israeli jails on Friday in exchange for a group of hostages held by Hamas. The deal - mediated by Qatar - includes a four-day pause in the fighting.
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More than 200 defendants in one of Italy's biggest mafia trials for generations have been sentenced to a total of more than 2,200 years in jail.
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Liberian President George Weah has called his challenger in the presidential race, Joseph Boakai, to congratulate him on his victory. In an address to the nation he said "the Liberian people have spoken and we have heard their voice".
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Hundreds of people including some patients left Gaza City's main hospital on Saturday. Some medical staff said they had been told to leave but Israel disputes this. Many were seen walking along rubble-strewn streets as gunfire rang out.
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