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Robert Mugabe just latest chapter in Africa's brutal history of autocracy: How rulers cling to power

A combination of poverty, over-population and dictatorial regimes have ensured the 1.2 billion people who call Africa their home are trapped in a seemingly never ending vortex of hopelessness

21 countries could be malaria-free by 2020, reports WHO

Six countries in Africa, the continent where malaria is most widespread, could be free of the disease by 2020, according to a WHO report.