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Virat Kohli says he will retire from India cricket after 2027 World Cup

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Virat Kohli has announced that next year’s 50-over World Cup will be his last for India, saying he is ready to give everything to win the trophy. The 37-year-old batter, who has already retired from T20 internationals and Tests, will play his fifth ODI World Cup in 2027, jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

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Eleven killed in mass shooting at house in South Africa

Four news organisations reported on deadly shootings in South Africa in September 2026, but their accounts describe three locations, three death tolls and no single shared event.

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Ninth woman’s body found as South Africa probes series of killings

Police in South Africa's Ekurhuleni municipality have found another woman's body, the latest in a series of killings that has raised public alarm and prompted a reward offer for information.

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South African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBC

South Africa's new ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer, has told the BBC that claims of a white genocide in South Africa do not exist. The statement comes as the Trump administration admits thousands of white Afrikaners as refugees under a pathway tied to those very claims.

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South African swimmer Tatjana Smith switches allegiance to Netherlands

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South Africa's Tatjana Smith, 200m breaststroke swimming silver medallist, celebrates on stage at the Champions Park at Trocadero during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 7, 2024, with the Eiffel Tower visible in the background. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

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Femicides on the rise in South Africa

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Four men down - but Australia still beat South Africa

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‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

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S.African women runners arm themselves after string of killings

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South Africa mass shooting leaves 11 dead as police search for three attackers

Three separate mass shootings within days have left dozens dead across South Africa, including 11 killed at a house party near Durban and 27 in attacks near Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Éthiopie : l'aéroport de Mekele pris par les forces rebelles, des vols suspendus

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New fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region raises fears of a return to the country's civil war

New fighting between Tigray forces and Ethiopia's federal military has broken out in the north, and Ethiopian Airlines has suspended flights to Mekelle, Shire and Axum. The 2022 Pretoria Agreement that ended a two-year civil war is now under severe strain.

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South African police discover body of 10th woman near Johannesburg

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epa13245347 Members of the SAPS (South African Police Service) and state pathologists inspect the body of one of the women found dumped on the side of a road in Boksburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 September 2026. The remains of nine murdered women have been found in recent weeks as SAPS tries to arrest the killer. EPA/Kim Ludbrook

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EHRC Calls for Immediate End to Armed Conflicts in Tigray, Amhara, and Afar Border Zones

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