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Brexit on track - Theresa May survives no confidence vote
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has seen off a bid to remove her government from power, winning a no confidence vote by 325 to 306.Rebel Tory MPs and the DUP - who 24 hours ago rejected the PM's...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by BBC News
Zimbabwe's 'enemy of the people' returns home
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga reflects on his return home after 15 years in exile - and 10 months after long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from office....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by BBC News
UK Sports charity 'on hold' after Zimbabwean's drugs jailing
A charity aimed at helping poverty-stricken youngsters get into sport has been "put on hold" after the athlete behind it was jailed for dealing drugs.Sprinter Marvin Bheka wanted to give young...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 10:26hrs | 4 | by BBC News
Zambia pushes Cuba to recall ambassador
The Zambian government has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Cuban ambassador Nelson Pages Vilas to leave the country.Mr Vilas angered the government after attending the launch of opposition Soc...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 13:30hrs | | by BBC News
Kenyan TVs shut out by digitisation
Three of Kenya's main private television stations are unavailable in most of the country due to a row over the switch from analogue to digital transmission.The analogue signal for KTN, Cit...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 16:20hrs | | by BBC News
Brazilian weave? No, it's goat hair
In China, hair extensions, wigs and weaves are big business.Buyers in hair salons and shopping malls are often told they are getting real human hair - but when you look closely, sometimes thin...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 20:47hrs | 1 | by Sam Piranty, BBC News
Xhosa tribal fashion goes global
Laduma Ngxokolo is taking his tribal traditions and creating an international business.It is not every day that a designer showcasing at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Johannesburg for the ...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 11:49hrs | 1 | by Taurai Maduna BBC News
UK inquest into Zim mother, son car fire death
A woman and her teenage son whose bodies were found after a car fire died of "burning and inhalation through combustion", an inquest has heard. Catherine Mhlaba and 16-year-old Beki Ali ...Published: 12 Dec 2013 at 08:36hrs | | by BBC News
Nelson Mandela coup plotters sentenced
The ringleader of a white supremacist plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela and drive black people out of South Africa has been sentenced to 35 years in jail, the national broadcaster has reported....Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 09:18hrs | | by BBC News
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