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Sudan army takes over strategic city amid celebrations

Sudan army takes over strategic city amid celebrations

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have withdrawn from the strategic Sudanese city of Wad Madani, sparking celebrations among locals.

Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from rebels

Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from rebels

Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from rebels

Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from rebels

Sudanese officials say the military and its allies have taken back the strategic city of Wad Medani more than a year after the Rapid Support Forces seized it.

Rabada confident Proteas can down Aussies in Test final

Rabada confident Proteas can down Aussies in Test final

Rabada confident Proteas can down Aussies in Test final

Rabada confident Proteas can down Aussies in Test final

South Africa paceman Kagiso Rabada has warned Australia that the buoyant Proteas will fight fire with fire in the World Test Championship final at Lord's.

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Sudan army reports killing 460 paramilitary fighters

Sudan army reports killing 460 paramilitary fighters

Sudan's army has reported killing at least 460 fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in an ambush in North Darfur.

Sudan's war is 'deepening and widening' a famine crisis

Sudan's war is 'deepening and widening' a famine crisis

A hunger-monitoring group says half of Sudan's population now face high levels of acute food insecurity as a result of the ongoing conflict.

Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique

Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique

The death toll from Cyclone Chido in northern Mozambique has risen to 94, as authorities continue to assess the damage caused by the devastating storm.

Macron booed as he visits Mayotte after deadly cyclone

Macron booed as he visits Mayotte after deadly cyclone

French President Emmanuel Macron has been booed and jeered in Mayotte, as residents begin cleaning up after Cyclone Chido.

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Families prepare aid after cyclone rips through Mayotte

Families prepare aid after cyclone rips through Mayotte

Families prepare aid after cyclone rips through Mayotte

Families prepare aid after cyclone rips through Mayotte

Authorities in the French overseas territory of Mayotte have confirmed 31 deaths from Cyclone Chido amid fears of thousands of fatalities.

France rushes supplies to Mayotte, Macron due to visit

France rushes supplies to Mayotte, Macron due to visit

France rushes supplies to Mayotte, Macron due to visit

France rushes supplies to Mayotte, Macron due to visit

Authorities in Mayotte are racing to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory.

At least 34 killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique

At least 34 killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique

At least 34 killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique

At least 34 killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique

At least 34 people have been killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique since it made landfall, according to officials.

At least 21 killed in Mayotte cyclone, Macron to visit

At least 21 killed in Mayotte cyclone, Macron to visit

At least 21 killed in Mayotte cyclone, Macron to visit

At least 21 killed in Mayotte cyclone, Macron to visit

The number of deaths caused by Cyclone Chido in the French overseas territory of Mayotte will not be known for some time, authorities say.

Rescuers race to find cyclone survivors in Mayotte

Rescuers race to find cyclone survivors in Mayotte

Rescuers race to find cyclone survivors in Mayotte

Rescuers race to find cyclone survivors in Mayotte

Hundreds of people are presumed dead on the French territory of Mayotte after Cyclone Chido hit the Indian Ocean archipelago, an official says.

Levi upstaged as USA repeat Olympic win over Aussies

Levi upstaged as USA repeat Olympic win over Aussies

Levi upstaged as USA repeat Olympic win over Aussies

Levi upstaged as USA repeat Olympic win over Aussies

Australia's rugby women have been beaten in the semi-finals of the Cape Town Sevens, losing their Olympic rematch with the USA.

Levi hat-trick as Aussie women star at Cape Town Sevens

Levi hat-trick as Aussie women star at Cape Town Sevens

Levi hat-trick as Aussie women star at Cape Town Sevens

Levi hat-trick as Aussie women star at Cape Town Sevens

Maddison Levi keeps shining in the Sevens world series, scoring another hat-trick as Australia's women reached the semi-finals in Cape Town.

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Elvis keeps Smylie face despite double woe in Sun City

Australian golf's new rocket man Elvis Smylie has continued his fine form to lie just four off the lead at halfway at the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa.

WHO sends experts to DR Congo over mystery disease

The World Health Organisation is sending experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support local authorities in investigating an apparently new disease.

DR Congo probes mysterious deadly flu-like disease

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say 71 people, including many children, have died from a mysterious flu-like disease.

South African dissident writer Breyten Breytenbach dies

South African writer Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former South African government’s apartheid policy, has died in Paris.

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Cholera blamed for beseiged Sudan town's mystery deaths

Cholera is thought to be the cause of hundreds of deaths in a besieged town in Sudan's El Gezira state.

More than 300 killed in Sudanese paramilitary attacks

Hundreds of people have been killed in the Sudanese city of Al Hilaliya, besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

More than 120 dead in Sudan paramilitary group rampage

Sudan's notorious Rapid Support Forces have run rampage through villages in east-central Sudan, looting, shooting at and sexually attacking women and girls.

Mystery of downed airplane in Sudan deepens

A Russian passport and an ID linked to a UAE-based company were found among the wreckage of a mystery plane that was downed above Darfur in Sudan.

Claims a cargo jet shot down in Sudan's Darfur region

Russia says it is investigating claims a cargo jet has been shot down by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Darfur.

Wallaroos become WXV2 champs after triumph over Scots

Australia's Wallaroos have enjoyed a landmark victory over Scotland to become WXV2 rugby tournament champions in Cape Town.

MSF suspends support to famine-stricken camp in Darfur

The situation in Sudan is not an emergency, it's "a nightmare", aid organisation Doctors Without Borders say.

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