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Coronavirus in Africa: Outbreak 'accelerating' across continent
Outbreaks are spreading from capital cities to rural areas, with supplies running short, says WHO.
Categories: Africa
Zimbabwe's MDC 'abductees arrested for lying about torture'
The opposition says three women tortured by state agents have been charged over their allegations.
Categories: Africa
Kano state serial rapes: Man arrested after 40 rapes in Nigerian town
Police say the man was found in a child's bedroom and ran away but neighbours gave chase and caught him.
Categories: Africa
African swine fever 'decimating' Nigerian pigs
The outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease has occurred in the country's largest pig farm.
Categories: Africa
Dozens killed in attack in northern Nigeria
At least 59 people are reported to have been killed in the raid by jihadist militants on Tuesday.
Categories: Africa
Why Kenyans are begging their president for freedom
About 1.2 million people have lost their jobs since coronavirus hit the East African state in March.
Categories: Africa
George Floyd protests: The statues being defaced
As statues are toppled and defaced, a light is being shone on countries' colonial history.
Categories: Africa
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies of 'cardiac arrest'
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza died suddenly after being admitted to a hospital on Saturday.
Categories: Africa
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies of 'cardiac arrest' at 55
Pierre Nkurunziza was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell, the government says.
Categories: Africa
Why were US Democrats wearing Ghana’s kente cloth?
The politicians caused a stir for having on scarves of African design as they knelt for George Floyd.
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Outcry in South Africa after woman found stabbed and hanging from tree
Tshegofatso Pule had been missing for four days before her body was discovered.
Categories: Africa
China-US rivalry in Africa fuelled by coronavirus
The continent is increasingly becoming a part of Washington and Beijing's new cold war battlefield.
Categories: Africa
Black Lives Matter: Ghana protest leader arrested for breaching lockdown
Ernesto Yeboah's lawyer says that charges that he breached lockdown rules were "baseless".
Categories: Africa
Tanzania 'free of coronavirus' - Magufuli
President John Magufuli says prayers have helped eliminate the deadly virus from the country.
Categories: Africa
Coronavirus in DR Congo captured on camera
A new online project documents the country's challenges amid the pandemic.
Categories: Africa
Letter from Africa: Why Nigerians are muting their mothers on WhatsApp
Children are now having to police their credulous parents about fake news, writes Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.
Categories: Africa
Tanzania's students are getting ready for exams after lockdown
After two months of revising in lockdown, Tanzanian secondary school students are back at their desks.
Categories: Africa
Coronavirus: The misinformation circulating in Africa about Covid-19
We examine claims of bribes and poison, a positive virus test that was not and anti-virus "badges".
Categories: Africa
On patrol with Kenya's locust hunters
Kenya faces a race against time to tackle the swarms as the end of the insects' breeding season clashes with harvests.
Categories: Africa
Safaris go virtual as coronavirus hits tourism
The people can't go to the animals, but some companies are finding ways to bring them into homes.
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