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Future of Grace Mugabe's farms, assets an open question in Zimbabwe

The Arnold farm in Mazowe district is a centrepiece of assets likely to come under scrutiny as many Zimbabweans believe Robert and Grace Mugabe enriched themselves at the expense of the country's citizens before Robert Mugabe resigned as president this week.

Barrie, Ont., firm helps save Hope, the South African rhino brutalized by poachers

A Barrie, Ont., medical firm's equipment will be used in surgery for a South African rhino that survived a horrific attack by poachers who hacked off her horns and part of her face.

Oscar Pistorius to remain under house arrest as he awaits murder sentence

A South African judge on Tuesday granted bail to Oscar Pistorius, pending sentencing for his murder conviction, which the Olympian's legal representative said he will appeal.

Oscar Pistorius convicted of murder by appeals court

A South African Court of Appeal on Thursday convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning a lower court's conviction of the double-amputee Olympian on the lesser charge of culpable homicide for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to death in 2013.

Kenyans urged to 'fight back' against Islamic militants

Kenyans confronted by armed Islamic extremists should fight back and avoid being killed "like cockroaches," a senior police official said Thursday at a Nairobi morgue holding the bodies of some of the 148 people who died in last week's attack on a college.