However, Vatican News reports that the tour from April 13 to 23, will include stops in Algiers and Annaba in Algeria; Yaoundé, Bamenda and Douala in Cameroon; Luanda, Muxima and Saurimo in Angola; and Malabo, Mongomo and Bata in Equatorial Guinea, the continent’s only Spanish‑speaking nation. BBC News
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The RSF’s capture of the city in October was one of the most brutal chapters of Sudan’s nearly three-year civil war. BBC News
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“Zimbabwe was being asked to share its biological resources and data over an extended period, with no corresponding guarantee of access to any medical innovations – such as vaccines, diagnostics, or treatments – that might result from that shared data,” his statement said. BBC News
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Uganda has some of the strictest anti-homosexual laws in the world. BBC News
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The bill seeks prison terms of five to ten years for what it describes as “acts against nature”. BBC News
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Intensified attacks in the Kordofan region have led to mass casualties as peace remains elusive. BBC News
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Supporters of the move said the Kotoka name contradicted the country’s democratic values. BBC News
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The men believed they were going to Russia for training as bodyguards but ended up on the front line. BBC News
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Sudan has been locked in a violent power struggle since April 2023, when a dispute between the national army, led by Gen Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan, and the RSF, commanded by his former deputy Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, escalated. BBC News
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Bellarmine Mugabe and one other man have not commented on the charges after a 23-year-old was shot. BBC News
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Sudan accuses Uganda of flouting international law by meeting Rapid Support Forces boss Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. BBC News
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The MP was arrested this month after mocking the president’s handling of the recent floods in the country. BBC News
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The government has begun a vaccination programme but officials have been blamed for a slow response. BBC News
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After collecting forensic evidence they questioned two men in a nearby village and discovered three sacks of meat, 16 lion claws and four teeth. These body parts would later be tested against the database, with the DNA from all matching the profile of that missing lion. BBC News
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The emergence of Lakurawa adds to Nigeria’s already complex security challenges, as the government continues to battle multiple armed groups, from Boko Haram Islamists in the north-east to heavily armed kidnapping gangs operating across the north-west and central states and separatists in the south-east. BBC News
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Bellarmine Mugabe is in custody after he allegedly shot a security guard at a property in Johannesburg. BBC News
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Officers in Kano search cafes and restaurants every year during Ramadan looking for Muslims breaking the fast. BBC News
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Investigators call the recruitment a well-organised trafficking ring involving immigration staff and security agencies. BBC News
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A UN Fact Finding mission issued the report after investigating the capture of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces. BBC News
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The tragedy is believed to have happened just before sunrise as the workers neared the end of their shift. BBC News
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