All news on the topic: Africa

Even out of work students are killing for cash - as journalist Mariana van Zeller reveals in our exclusive video

Deo Kato, 36, has already run 4,157 miles and has seven countries left to run through before he reaches London in September 2024. The challenge is an extension to the 381 days running for justice campaign that he formed after the murder of George Floyd

Catherine Thomas met 24-year-old taxi driver George when she left behind a bag of cash after a fare in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and has dismissed suspicions he's only after her money

Malawi is often overshadowed by its more prominent neighbours Zambia and Tanzania when it comes to destinations associated with safaris and wildlife, but it has plenty to offer

Dust from the Sahara Desert is predicted to fall across Britain in showers in the coming days - forecasters have warned people ahead of time that it could cause 'blood rain'

Russell Cook fears he won't be able to complete the challenge without permission to enter Algeria after running 12,000km in 278 days, as MP's urged the African nation to let him in

Florence Ryan and Roberto Helou will have cycled through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa once their journey is done

Loneliness can pose as much risk to life as being a regular smoker, the chief of a new WHO commission on loneliness said. The commission aims to better understand the health effects of loneliness

Skeleton Coast in Namibia, also known as the world's largest ship cemetery, is so dangerous visitors need a supervised tour operator to explore the deadly dunes populated by hyenas and cheetahs

Dr Ding Col Dau Ding died in South Sudan in 2015 and, while officials in the African country registered his death as a suicide, his family believe he was actually murdered

Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa where locals are forced to endure year-long averages of 37C and fatal highs of 48C, which can kill if not treated with adequate rest, water, shade and electrolyte replacement

Also known as chigoe or sand fleas, the pests often go for your feet and ankles and leave you with a line of itchy, red bites that mask something even more gross

Human African trypanosomiasis can be fatal without treatment. The World Health Organisation hopes to eliminate the disease, which is mainly present in sub-Saharan Africa, by 2030

Greg and Guen and their young children are heading across the world to a new destination after they were have been told they must leave Guyana 'on pain of imprisonment'

The man had returned from a work trip to Africa when he came across the 10cm-wide huntsman spider at his home in Edinburgh, before capturing the creature in a plastic tub

No one talks or complains about the weather as much as people in Britain, says Eva Simpson

A travel money expert has shared his top tips for taking dream trips - like an African safari, and seeing the Statue of Liberty - without breaking the bank

The Daily Mirror's chief reporter Andy Lines has visited Kenya with the British and Kenyan Red Cross where he witnessed first-hand the impact of drought across East Africa as adults and babies die

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the "airhead" established would stay open as long as possible, but there are fears the 72 hour ceasefire could collapse

The plan comes after a crunch meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee last night, with two warships ons standby in the region and military planes stationed at an airfield outside the capital, Khartoum

Thousands of Brits in Sudan remain unable to return to the UK as the country is ravaged by civil war, with fears they risk being killed if they leave home in search for food

Earlier this month, chaos broke out as the Sudanese army and rebel Rapid Support Forces clashed with heavy bombing and gunfights breaking out in Khartoum

Development Minister Andrew Mitchell said it was not possible to rescue British citizens as embassy staff were plucked from the war-ravaged African nation

In a statement posted Twitter, Rishi Sunak said: "UK armed forces have completed a complex and rapid evacuation of British diplomats and their families from Sudan, amid a significant escalation in violence and threats to embassy staff."

Speaking to the Mirror just minutes after news broke that diplomats and nationals from the US, UK, France and China are to be evacuated, William from Coventry said there are no signs this is happening