Africa
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Women's rights and gender equality World Bank pulls $300m Tanzania loan over pregnant schoolgirl ban
Policy that denies schooling to young mothers cited among key reasons for withdrawing education fund
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Hashem Abedi was arrested shortly after his older brother killed 22 at Manchester Arena
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Diplomats try to salvage conference aimed at cementing Italy’s role as power broker
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UK resident infected with disease after being bitten by cat, says Public Health England
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The 36-year-old politician, who will assume office in January, hopes her remarkable story can inspire the next generation
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Martin Fayulu will lead a clearcut contest but fears remain over violence in poll
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UN has called on armed groups threatening health workers to let them fight the disease
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Janusz Waluś, who shot dead South African communist leader Chris Hani, could soon return home
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Islamic extremist group is adapting to increasingly lethal air campaign, research shows
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More than 100 also injured after Islamic extremists detonate four bombs near busy hotel in Mogadishu
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An ancient unopened tomb and rare mummified scarab beetles were also unearthed at the site south of Cairo
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Fifty handwritten stories – 18 of which have never been published – by the late Egyptian writer were found in his daughter’s home
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Ten detained on island of Zanzibar to undergo test campaigners call torture
Lest we forget? Many victims of the first world war are already forgotten