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Bashir takes six to seal England win over Zimbabwe

Sat, 24/05/2025 - 17:20
Shoaib Bashir's six-wicket haul breaks Zimbabwe's feisty resistance and leads England to victory by an innings and 45 runs inside three days of the one-off Test.
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Salah wins Premier League player of season award

Sat, 24/05/2025 - 12:57
Striker Mohamed Salah has 28 goals and 18 assists in Liverpool's title-winning season.
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Zimbabwe want to host England at Victoria Falls

Sat, 24/05/2025 - 09:22
England will receive an offer to tour Zimbabwe before 2031, with a new ground near Victoria Falls earmarked as a potential venue.
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Rebuked by Trump but praised at home: How Ramaphosa might gain from US showdown

Sat, 24/05/2025 - 01:06
The calm reaction of South Africa's president to the Oval Office ambush might boost his standing at home.
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'They see you as one of their own' – Wanyama's love for Scotland

Fri, 23/05/2025 - 11:57
Kenya legend Victor Wanyama says the welcoming nature of Scottish football fans was part of the reason for his surprise decision to join Dunfermline Athletic.
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DR Congo strips ex-leader of immunity over treason charges

Fri, 23/05/2025 - 10:04
Joseph Kabila faces the prospect of being tried in a military court for allegedly backing M23 rebels.
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US says Sudan used chemical weapons in war as it issues new sanctions

Fri, 23/05/2025 - 04:34
The state department is imposing new sanctions on the country's government because of the findings.
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Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims?

Fri, 23/05/2025 - 00:29
US President Donald Trump says a genocide is taking place in South Africa, a claim a judge dismissed as "imaginary".
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Why did the UK government sign the Chagos deal now?

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 22:41
A deal to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands and lease back a key military base has been months in the making.
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Why did the UK government sign the Chagos deal now?

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 22:41
A deal to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands and lease back a key military base has been months in the making.
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Fact-checking Trump's Oval Office confrontation with Ramaphosa

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 21:38
President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.
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Fact-checking Trump's Oval Office confrontation with Ramaphosa

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 21:38
President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.
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On the South African road incorrectly identified as a 'burial site' by Trump

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 20:29
The US president said video of crosses on the road was evidence of the scale of attacks on white farmers.
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On the South African road incorrectly identified as a 'burial site' by Trump

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 20:29
The US president said video of crosses on the road was evidence of the scale of attacks on white farmers.
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Activist freed in Tanzania after Kenyan government demand

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 13:19
Kenya had earlier said it had been denied access to Boniface Mwangi and expressed concern over his health.
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Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump's choreographed onslaught

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 03:48
The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue analyses how the South African president reacted in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting.
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How Trump-Ramaphosa confrontation went down in South Africa

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 03:42
Right-wing Afrikaners groups celebrated the ambush but others in the Rainbow Nation found it "uncomfortable" to watch.
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How Trump-Ramaphosa confrontation went down in South Africa

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 03:42
Right-wing Afrikaners groups celebrated the ambush but others in the Rainbow Nation found it "uncomfortable" to watch.
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Scientists propose novel way of treating mosquitoes for malaria

Thu, 22/05/2025 - 01:10
Normally the insects are targeted with insecticide, but US researchers say anti-malaria drugs absorbed through their legs can stop them spreading disease.
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Watch moment Trump ambushes Ramaphosa with video

Wed, 21/05/2025 - 19:40
In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Cyril Ramaphosa on widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa.
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