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Prison break in South Africa sparks manhunt

A large manhunt has been launched in South Africa after a group of prisoners escaped as they awaited trial. The inmates made a break from Malmesbury Correctional Centre in the Western Cape on Friday afternoon. Police were deployed to the area to search for them on foot and in vehicles, …

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Tanzania’s former president Benjamin Mkapa dies

He was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962. Ruling the East African country for two terms from 1995 to 2005, he’ll be remembered for working to end the conflict in the Great Lakes. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa has died age 81 at a hospital in …

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