Zimbabwe sacks thousands of nurses on strike
Craig TaylorBut some believe the dramatic move is just a tactic to get the nurses to go back to work. BBC News – Africa
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Theresa May ‘deeply regrets’ UK’s colonial anti-gay laws
Theresa May says the laws, still used in 37 Commonwealth nations, “were wrong then and are wrong now”. BBC News – Africa
Mali militants attack bases disguised as UN peacekeepers
One genuine UN peacekeeper is dead and many French soldiers are wounded after the attack. BBC News – Africa
Winnie Mandela: Soweto send-off for anti-apartheid fighter
The controversial South African anti-apartheid campaigner is given a high-level send-off. BBC News – Africa
DR Congo boycotts its own aid conference
The UN says 13 million people need humanitarian aid, but Congolese leaders say this is exaggerated. BBC News – Africa
Algeria military plane crash: 257 dead near Algiers
Soldiers and their families perish in the deadliest plane crash in years, near the country’s capital. BBC News – Africa