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Video What home comforts keep this UN peacekeeper going? UN peacekeeper Major Michelle Kayanda from Zambia tells us about life as a female peacekeeper in the Central African Republic.Video produced by Trystan YoungListen to BBC World Service’s Newsday programme on the iPlayer.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-42368974/what-home-comforts-keep-this-un-peacekeeper-going
The number of loggers killed in a Boko Haram attack in north-east Nigeria has risen to 25 following the discovery of more victims, survivors and militias said on Sunday.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/01/nigeria-toll-in-boko-haram-attack-on-loggers-rises
Congolese security forces shot dead two men outside a church on Sunday while dispersing demonstrators protesting in the country’s capital against President Joseph Kabila’s refusal to step down from power, according to Human Rights Watch.
Police and soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have used force to block a planned rally calling for President Joseph Kabila to step down. Rights group Human Rights Watch says two men have been shot dead outside a church in the capital Kinshasa.
(CNN)At least 30 people were confirmed killed and several others injured when a bus collided with a truck on a road in central Kenya, the country’s President said. The crash happened early Sunday as the Nairobi-bound bus was traveling along the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/31/africa/kenya-bus-collision-intl/index.html
Egyptian side Al Ismaily announced the appointment of their former coach Aboutaleb El Essawi to take charge of the team for a second time. The club moved quickly to replace Sébastien Desabre who left on Thursday to become Uganda’s national team coach.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42530162
NAIROBI, Kenya — At least three people were killed and a dozen altar boys arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday after security forces cracked down on planned church protests against President Joseph Kabila’s refusal to leave office before coming elections.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/world/africa/congo-protest-joseph-kabila.html
Swansea’s Ghanaian forward Jordan Ayew says the club’s new manager Carlos Carvalhal has asked him to be “a leader” as they look to move out of the Premier League’s relegation zone.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42529162
South Sudan is suffering one of the gravest humanitarian crises in the world. The government and rebel groups recently agreed to a ceasefire, but the fighting goes on.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2017/12/31/574850912/south-sudans-prospects-for-2018
At least 36 people have died in a head-on collision between a lorry and a Nairobi-bound bus on a notoriously dangerous road near Migaa in Kenya. Local officials said the accident happened at 03:00 (0:00 GMT), and the bus was speeding and in the wrong lane.
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