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The woman, who became a medical student this year after passing an exam at a different university, said she hopes her suit will encourage fairer admissions. (AFP)

SA performs world’s first penis transplant

South African doctors announced they had performed the world’s first successful penis transplant, three months after the ground-breaking operation.

More than 100 Boko Haram militants killed by forces in Niger

A total of 109 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by soldiers responding to attacks on two towns in Niger near the border with Nigeria.

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Whitney Houston’s daughter found unresponsive in bathtub

The only child of Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown is receiving care in hospital.

Anti-Charlie Hebdo unrest worsens in Niger after President Mahamadou Issoufou’s attendance last week at a Paris rally in support of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.

Niger: Anti-Charlie Hebdo protest claim more lives

Charlie Hebdo gunman Cherif Kouachi was buried meanwhile anti-Charlie Hebdo unrest in Niger leaves 10 people dead.

Tunisians to vote in first democratic president

Spurts of violence and extremist-attack threats ahead of Tunisia’s first free presidential election after four years of fighting dictatorship.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law a controversial anti-terror bill that sparked brawls in parliament and charges that it violates basic freedoms.

President Kenyatta signs controversial anti-terror bill amid criticism

a law that promotes censorship and allows authorities to crack down on suspected terrorists, impeding on human rights, set to be passed in Kenya.

SA welcomes US, Cuba diplomatic relations

The South African government hailed normalising diplomatic ties between Cuba and the US, and urged the US to move swiftly in its diplomatic relations.

USA announces ‘historic’ opening with Cuba

The Unites States is about to re-establish diplomatic ties within months. The last three of the Cuban Five are to be released in a prisoner swap.

Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong calls off hunger strike

But stopping the hunger strike does not mean that government can ignore the students’ demands for political reform, Wong said.

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South Africans killed in attack on Kabul compound

The South African head of an organisation, his son and daughter, and one Afghan were killed in a Taliban attack on a compound for foreigners in Kabul.

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Tanzania parliament votes to sack ministers over corruption

Two cabinet ministers and several other top officials implicated in multi-million dollar energy sector graft scandal must go, say Tanzanian MPs.

Protons are kryptonite to super material graphene

Graphene is impermeable to gases and liquids, but has no defense against protons, a study finds. This could revolutionise fuel cells.

The Brisbane Action Plan is aimed at add more than $2-trillion to the global economy and create millions of jobs.

G20 agrees to boost economies

The world’s 20 major economies have agreed to a plan aimed at pushing their combined growth beyond the 2% they were initially targeting.

Celebrations were muted on the podium with news already having filtered through of Bianchi’s crash.

Hamilton wins Japanese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton beat his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to claim victory in Japan, but Sunday’s race was overshadowed by Jules Bianchi’s crash.

An anti-balaka militiaman in the Central African Republic. Late last year, the court arrested two leaders of the anti-balaka militias that were parties to the conflict. (Reuters)

ICC to investigate Central African Republic atrocities

The International Criminal Court has opened a formal investigation into an "endless list" of atrocities committed in the Central African Republic.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will not be put on trial at the ICC as there is not enough evidence to prosecute him for alleged crimes against humanity.

‘Non-cooperative’ Kenyatta delays ICC trial again

President Uhuru Kenyatta has been summoned by the International Criminal Court for his role in election-related violence, but he has not co-operated.

Radio communication cut-back is no benefit to F1 – Alonso

Former world champion Fernando Alonso said a new ruling ordering teams and drivers to cut back on radio conversations has "no benefit" to the sport.

A Liberian health worker disinfects a corpse after the man died in a classroom now used as an Ebola isolation ward in ­Monrovia

Sierra Leone to order anti-Ebola shutdown

Sierra Leone’s government says it will impose a three-day nationwide lockdown from September 19 in a bid to control the spread of Ebola.

A man carries a sack of grain in a suburb of Donetsk

Women bearing aid desperate to enter Ukraine as thousands flee

A group of Ukrainian women have been stranded at the Ukrainian border as a dispute over a Russian aid convoy blocks their mission to reach relatives.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn delivered a stark warning Friday to anyone linked to terrorist groups hours after the charges were laid.

Ethiopian bloggers, journalists charged with terrorism

A group of Ethiopian bloggers and journalists have been charged with terrorism for having alleged links to an outlawed group and planning attacks.