South African national park closed due to floods

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Ongoing floods in the north-eastern provinces of South Africa have led to the closure of the world-famous Kruger National Park. Hundreds of staff and visitors were evacuated on Thursday.

Kruger is South Africa's largest and second oldest safari park with 950,000 visitors each year.

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South African national park closed due to floods

Museveni in commanding lead ahead of election announcement

BBC reports from Uganda polling station hit by technical problems

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The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport

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Crowds in Madagascar cheer as military unit seizes power

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Botswana 'on the verge of zero tariff deal with US on diamonds', president tells BBC

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