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How a steeplechase champion is training at home

Wed, 05/27/2020 - 11:51
Conseslus Kipruto is an Olympic and two-time World champion in the 3000m steeplechase. He's shared his homemade workout regime.
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Tests vital for Africa's fight against coronavirus

Wed, 05/27/2020 - 06:18
Early successes have been hailed by some but governments must start getting more data, reports Anne Soy.
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How the internet is helping Ugandan businesses

Wed, 05/27/2020 - 02:22
Ugandan firms discuss how their businesses are continuing to run despite the coronavirus lockdown.
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Epic 7,500-mile cuckoo migration wows scientists

Tue, 05/26/2020 - 23:45
Scientists have tracked a cuckoo's migratory flight from Africa to its breeding ground in Mongolia.
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US says Russia sent jets to Libya 'mercenaries'

Tue, 05/26/2020 - 19:16
Russia urges peace talks as the US accuses it of meddling in the Libya conflict.
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Zambian jailed gay couple pardoned in presidential amnesty

Tue, 05/26/2020 - 18:04
Their 15-year sentence triggered a diplomatic row resulting in the recalling of the US ambassador.
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Coronavirus: Egypt doctors accuse government over medics' deaths

Tue, 05/26/2020 - 13:05
A union says the health ministry bears "full responsibility" for doctors' deaths from Covid-19.
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Trafficked Nigerian women rescued from Lebanon

Tue, 05/26/2020 - 12:28
The 50 return home a month after a woman working as a maid in Beirut was found for sale on Facebook.
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Coronavirus in South Africa: Smokers fume at cigarette ban

Tue, 05/26/2020 - 01:28
The government is to ease lockdown restrictions and allow the sale of alcohol - but not cigarettes.
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Coronavirus in Sudan exposes new leaders

Mon, 05/25/2020 - 02:29
Some medics have refused to work and elderly people have been dying, writes Zeinab Mohammed Salih.
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South African President Ramaphosa says outbreak will get worse

Sun, 05/24/2020 - 23:16
Cyril Ramaphosa said the worst is still ahead while announcing an ease in lockdown measures.
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Coronavirus in South Africa: Outbreak closes Mponeng gold mine

Sun, 05/24/2020 - 17:07
South Africa's Mponeng gold mine only resumed operations in April following a national lockdown.
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Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Africa - amid coronavirus

Sun, 05/24/2020 - 15:49
With mosques closed in some countries because of Covid-19, Eid feels a bit different this year.
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Coronavirus and children: 'I can't hug my mum any more'

Sun, 05/24/2020 - 09:34
Life for children whose parents work on the frontline against Covid-19 has changed.
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Rwanda genocide: How Félicien Kabuga evaded capture for 26 years

Sun, 05/24/2020 - 02:11
Félicien Kabuga outwitted Rwandan genocide prosecutors by using 28 aliases and powerful connections.
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Coronavirus in Kenya: 'I buried my cousin on Facebook Live'

Sat, 05/23/2020 - 03:14
The BBC's Mercy Juma had to watch her cousin's burial online - until her internet connection failed.
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The Egyptian couple trapped on never-ending honeymoon

Sat, 05/23/2020 - 03:08
A Dubai-based couple are still stuck at a deserted resort, more than two months after their wedding.
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African solutions to the coronavirus crisis

Fri, 05/22/2020 - 20:28
African firms tell the BBC how they are solving problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mory Kanté: African music star dies aged 70

Fri, 05/22/2020 - 16:44
The singer, who helped bring African music to world audiences with hits like Yéké Yéké, dies in Guinea.
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Coronavirus in Tanzania: What do we know?

Fri, 05/22/2020 - 15:39
President Magufuli says cases are falling, but the government hasn't released new official figures. What do we know?
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