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- Gas leak may have killed 21 youths in South Africa tavern, article with galleryAfrica ·
June 29, 2022 Twenty-one young people found dead in a tavern on South Africa's east coast over the weekend may have died by poisoning from a gas leak, a source close to the investigation said on Wednesday.
- EuropePolice disperse protest over economic hardship in Ghana
Police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators in Ghana's capital Accra on Tuesday protesting against fuel price hikes, a tax on electronic payments and other levies as the country grapples with spiralling inflation and an economic downturn.
- AfricaSudan army shells disputed border with Ethiopia
Sudan's armed forces fired heavy artillery during clashes in a disputed eastern region bordering Ethiopia, an Ethiopian official said, the latest salvo in a long-running feud over their shared border.
- AfricaEgyptian court sentences 10 to death on terrorism charges
An Egyptian court sentenced 10 people to death and more than 50 others to life in prison on Tuesday after they were convicted of supporting or carrying out attacks against security forces and sabotage of state infrastructure.
- WorldGermany to return stolen Ngonnso' statue to Cameroon
Germany will return agoddess statue that was stolen from Cameroon 120 years ago, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation said on Monday, part of a growing trend to give back artefacts taken during the colonial era.