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At least five people, including a mother and her infant, have died in North Carolina as Tropical Storm Florence slowly moved from the Tar Heel State into South Carolina, officials said Friday.

At least three people have died as Florence mauls the US East Coast, knocking out power to 600,000 homes and causing buildings to crumble.

At least one person has been killed and many others injured after a series of reported gas explosions rocked towns north of Boston in Massachusetts.

Ugandan opposition MP Kaps Fungaroo has complained that he is unable to access apps like Twitter on his official iPad because parliament is not paying the controversial social media tax.

Zimbabwe's government has declared a state of emergency in the capital Harare after 20 people died of cholera.

Nicki Minaj said Monday her recent dust-up with fellow rapper Cardi B was "mortifying and humiliating." 

A new law criminalising sexual violence and harassment has come into force in Morocco.

Zimbabwe’s health minister, Obadiah Moyo on Tuesday declared a cholera outbreak in the capital Harare after 20 died from the disease and more than 2,000 people were infected after drinking contaminated water.

More than 100 migrants died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coastline earlier this month, an aid agency says.

Speaker of the Tanzanian Parliament Job Ndugai has banned female Members of Parliament from entering the House with false eyelashes and fingernails.

North Korea did not display any intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at a military parade to mark its 70th anniversary, reports say.

A lion that had been terrorising residents and mauling livestock in Igembe North has been killed by a cow.

Kyaddondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi better known as Bobi Wine has penned a sweet birthday message to the love of his life, Barbie Kyagulanyi.