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Three of the four victims of a Stellenbosch train accident have been identified, said Western Cape police on Tuesday. The three are Johanna Martina Hunter, 53, Junita Johanna Doubell, 51, and a man, 54, whose surname was also Hunter. The...

The death toll from an Ebola virus outbreak has risen to 13 in western Congo, a medical charity said Tuesday. Laboratory tests last week confirmed 11 deaths from the virus in the remote village of Kaluemba in Western Kasai province,...

Ethiopia's parliament on Tuesday adopted a controversial bill imposing heavy restrictions on foreign-funded humanitarian groups operating in the war- and famine-ravaged country. Under the new law, any group that draws more than 10% of its funding from abroad will be...

Free music has always been popular, but figures released by Amazon.com seem to show that it can also sell. According to ReadWriteWeb Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails released the first part of Ghosts I-IV via BitTorrent, and released all four...

The U.N. envoy to Somalia says the United Nations must establish a proper base inside the country in order to help it overcome almost 20 years of conflict, hunger and disease. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah says the U.N. plans to move its...

The final round of Group ‘B’ matches on Thursday have been switched from Bugembe Stadium, Jinja, to the Nakivubo Stadium in Kampala. Cecafa and host federation, Fufa, decided to change the venue following a meeting on Monday. The group-deciding matches...

The National Nuclear Regulator revealed that a Russian nuclear cruiser was denied entry into Cape Town harbour because it failed to provide an independent safety assessment. The cruiser was due to dock in Cape Town next week but nuclear ships...