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Explaining the news from Africa.This is AfricaLatest updates10 mins agoHospitals deliberately targeted by Sudan's RSF fighters, BBC investigation findsThe UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.10 mins ago7 hrs agoCrowd of 50 beats foreigner to death in South AfricaThe attack on the unidentified victim follows a wave of anti-migrants protests in South Africa this year.7 hrs ago10 hrs agoTwo European women held captive for more than a year in Niger freed in Libya The Swiss government told the BBC that the freed national was on her way back to Switzerland.10 hrs ago13 hrs agoNigeria's first Ebola patient holidayed in Uganda, officials sayThe wife of a diplomat based in Abuja travelled to Kampala for a vacation.13 hrs ago1 day agoNigeria confirms Ebola case linked to East Africa The female patient, who sources have told the BBC is not Nigerian, is in isolation and in an Abuja hospital.1 day ago2 days agoIs Ebola under control in Kenya after nine cases confirmed?The US has advised its citizens to reconsider travelling to Kenya but the government tries to reassure people.2 days ago2 days agoGambia to pay victims of Yahya Jammeh's rule from proceeds of his seized US mansionThe Gambia has confirmed receiving $2.5m from the sale of the house in Maryland.2 days ago2 days agoSudan army drones hit mourners and fuel market killing more than 300 people, sources sayA truck carrying people to a funeral and a market alleged to be supplying fuel to the RSF were targeted.2 days ago2 days agoSwimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coastJanine Lochrenberg, 65, was out on her daily morning swim with her club when she was attacked, her family tell the BBC.2 days ago...
