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The beach cleaners battling a tide of plastic

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 07:39
A free diver in Cape Town is cleaning beaches to fight a wave of plastic pollution.
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Europe migrant crisis: Ten days of Atlantic peril in search of Spain

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 01:46
More than 19,000 African migrants have crossed to the Canary Islands this year alone but hundreds died.
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Trump travel ban: 'I might finally see my sons again'

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 01:45
A lorry driver who has never lived with his sons is waiting for Joe Biden to reverse Trump's travel ban.
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Zanele Muholi: Celebrating South Africa's black LGBTQIA+ community

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 01:44
South African photographer Zanele Muholi's black, queer and trans images go on show in London.
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The New ‘Nigerian Princes’ of hacking?

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 01:07
BEC hacking is one of the most common types of cyber-attack and experts say Nigeria is its epicentre.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Eritrea refugees in Ethiopia run out of food, UN says

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 16:18
The UN's refugee agency appeals for urgent access to the conflict-hit Tigray region.
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What we have learnt from the latest Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 15:17
The latest round of the qualifying campaign for Afrobasket 2021 is over but what have we learnt?
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Giulio Regeni: Egypt 'suspends' investigation into Cambridge student's murder

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 12:14
Italian prosecutors believe Egyptian security agents killed PhD student Giulio Regeni in 2016.
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World Aids Day: Living with HIV and facing stigma in Kenya

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 10:00
Doreen Moracha was born HIV positive is now an advocate raising awareness and fighting the stigma.
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End Sars protests: The Nigerian women leading the fight for change

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 01:34
The feminists who were the backbone of the EndSars protests, which threaten Nigeria's status quo.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Tigray force 'still fighting' despite army Mekelle push

Mon, 11/30/2020 - 16:33
Local TPLF forces deny claims by the Ethiopia army that they have been crushed across the region.
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Papa Bouba Diop: 'I was lucky to have managed him' - Harry Redknapp

Mon, 11/30/2020 - 15:46
Former Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp says he was "lucky to have managed" late Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop.
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South Africa: The icons behind the 1956 women’s march

Mon, 11/30/2020 - 12:27
How South African women defeated plans to restrict the movement of black South Africans.
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Coronavirus in South Africa: A nurse's fight against the 'Covid storm'

Mon, 11/30/2020 - 09:33
Nurse Tshego is fighting a virus that brings her face to face with stigma, poverty and corruption.
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Environment award for man who stopped new coal power plant in Ghana

Mon, 11/30/2020 - 09:30
A climate activist has won a prestigious prize for leading the battle to block it being built in Ghana.
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Viewpoint: Why Kenya's giant fig tree won over a president

Mon, 11/30/2020 - 01:08
The campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya.
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Papa Bouba Diop: Former Senegal, Fulham & Portsmouth midfielder dies aged 42

Sun, 11/29/2020 - 21:45
Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop, who played for Fulham, Portsmouth, West Ham and Birmingham, dies aged 42.
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Farm workers killed in 'insane' Nigeria attack

Sun, 11/29/2020 - 14:07
Nigeria's president condemns an attack in which 43 labourers were "slaughtered" near Maiduguri.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Authorities hunt for TPLF leadership

Sun, 11/29/2020 - 12:44
Prime Minister Abiy says this comes after the "last phase" in the conflict in the Tigray region.
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Viewpoint: How Ethiopia is undermining the African Union

Sun, 11/29/2020 - 01:14
The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict.
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