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Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had been in hospital in Singapore since April..... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/34ud5rF Get more World News

LaShawn Daniels, the US songwriter behind such hits as Destiny’s Child’s Grammy-winning Say My Name and Lady Gaga’s Telephone, has died aged 41. Daniels, who was known as Big Shiz, also worked with artists including Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Brandy and Toni Braxton.... via BBC News...

An Alabama judge has ordered that a man who robbed a bakery of $50.75 in 1983 be released from his life sentence. Alvin Kennard, 58, was handed the harsh sentence under strict rules … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/32eKpkB Get more World News

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on her country's souring relations with South Africa because of xenophobic attacks.... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/32erVRw Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Osun Osogbo festival, a traditional celebration that is thought to be 600 years old, is under way in Nigeria’s south-western Osun state. The two-week festival is considered to be the biggest annual.... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2KSMo8o Get More Nigeria Metro News

Nigeria has gone three years without a case of polio, putting it on the brink of being declared free of the disease. This is a dramatic change from 2012 when the country accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide, the World Health Organization has said.... Read more via BBC...

A bomb has exploded in a wedding hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing 63 people and wounding more than 180. Witnesses told the BBC a suicide bomber detonated explosives during a wedding ceremony... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2KDjnO0 Get more World News

A waiter near Paris has been shot dead by a customer who was reportedly angry because his sandwich was not prepared quickly enough. Police say a murder investigation has been launched after the... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2KCV8iQ Get more World News

The Australian actress Ningali Lawford-Wolf has died after falling ill while on tour with a production at the Edinburgh International Festival. The 52-year-old, who had been performing in the show, The Secret River, died on Sunday.... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/33AG90a Get more...

An outbreak of Ebola has killed more than 1,800 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola may soon be a “preventable and treatable” disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates, scientists have said.... Read more via BBC News – Health –...

At least 57 people have been killed in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania, police say. Pictures posted online show flaming wreckage scattered over a wide area and charred bodies lying on the ground.... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2Z4rk73 Get more World News

Uber’s shares went into reverse on Thursday after the taxi-hailing company unveiled profit figures that failed to live up to expectations. Revenue growth slowed in face of heavy competition, leading to the company posting its largest quarterly loss. Uber and its rivals are spending heavily …...

Twenty people have been killed and another 24 injured in a mass shooting in the city of El Paso, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has confirmed. He described it as one of the … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2yCG2Dm Get more World News

Facebook says it has discovered that people linked to the Saudi authorities have been using its platforms to spread propaganda through fake accounts. It says the operation mainly targeted the Middle East and North Africa, and most of the content was in Arabic.... Read more via BBC News –...

Former US President Ronald Reagan described African delegates to the UN as "monkeys", in newly-unearthed tapes published by a US magazine.... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2K6Wn9M Get more World News

A prominent Russian Instagram influencer has been found dead with knife wounds in a suitcase in her rented apartment in Moscow, police say... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2LLTa1m Get more World News

At least 15 people have been killed after a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, rescue officials have said. Five crew members and … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2SO80VX Get more World News

At least 52 people have been killed in a prison riot in Brazil which saw rival gangs battle for five hours, officials say. Gang members from one prison block invaded another part of Altamira jail in Pará state, local media reported.... Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2ZjxMUq Get more...

Russia says it has carried out its first ever joint air patrol with China, prompting both South Korea and Japan to send jets in response. … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2LBSETF Get more World News

Malaria parasites resistant to key drugs have spread rapidly in South East Asia, researchers from the UK and Thailand say. The parasites have moved from Cambodia to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, where half of patients are not being cured by first-choice drugs. … Read more via BBC News –...