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Coronavirus lockdown: The world champion keeping children fit in Germany

Thu, 04/30/2020 - 01:21
Long jump world champion Malaika Mihambo is hosting online workouts for children during lockdown.
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Training AI 'to translate mum's phone messages'

Thu, 04/30/2020 - 01:12
How African researchers are using the continent's languages to help spur innovation in Artificial Intelligence.
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'Crazy beast' fossil found in Madagascar

Wed, 04/29/2020 - 19:53
The discovery that the badger-like animal lived alongside dinosaurs challenges ideas about mammals.
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Coronavirus: How Covid-19 is affecting remittances to Africa

Wed, 04/29/2020 - 18:21
UK-based Africans explain how Covid-19 is affecting their ability to send money to family back home.
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Deportation of man with HIV to Zimbabwe blocked by UK Supreme Court

Wed, 04/29/2020 - 17:25
The Supreme Court halts criminal's return amid concerns his life would be shortened, changing UK law.
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Malawi - where courts have blocked a coronavirus lockdown

Wed, 04/29/2020 - 15:28
Malawi announces cash handouts for the poorest, after the courts blocked the proposed lockdown.
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Coronavirus: Fears for future of endangered chimps in Nigeria

Wed, 04/29/2020 - 13:36
Devastated by hunting and logging, the chimps now face threats from coronavirus, says conservationist.
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Coronavirus: Transgender people 'extremely vulnerable' during lockdown

Wed, 04/29/2020 - 01:14
Rights groups say coronavirus restrictions are leaving vulnerable trans people even more exposed.
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Jumia: The e-commerce start-up that fell from grace

Wed, 04/29/2020 - 01:01
Online retailer Jumia is struggling, a year after its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Former Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro fined $7m in absentia

Tue, 04/28/2020 - 18:57
The ex-PM and presidential hopeful Guillaume Soro was tried for embezzlement in absentia.
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Coronavirus: 'One billion' could become infected worldwide - report

Tue, 04/28/2020 - 14:01
An international aid group warns that vulnerable countries need urgent help to avoid major outbreaks.
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French police officers suspended for using racist slur in viral video

Tue, 04/28/2020 - 12:38
The two officers in Paris were filmed using an extremely offensive word for North Africans.
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What is behind Nigeria's unexplained deaths in Kano?

Tue, 04/28/2020 - 12:18
The authorities look at whether an apparent spike in deaths in the north is down to coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: What Africa countries are doing to help people to eat amid the lockdowns

Tue, 04/28/2020 - 01:22
What Africa countries are doing to help people to eat amid the lockdowns.
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Coronavirus: Nigeria to ease Abuja and Lagos lockdowns on 4 May

Tue, 04/28/2020 - 00:38
There will be new nationwide measures, including a night-time curfew and mandatory face masks.
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US reports deaths of civilians in Somali air strike

Mon, 04/27/2020 - 18:07
An operation that killed two al-Shabab militants also killed two civilians and injured three more.
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Gay men abused in Morocco after photos spread online

Mon, 04/27/2020 - 17:58
The photos spread after a model told women to download gay apps to see how common homosexuality is.
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Coronavirus tests cause tailbacks at Kenya-Uganda border

Mon, 04/27/2020 - 15:56
Queues stretch 30km at the Kenya-Uganda border after coronavirus tests were imposed for lorry drivers.
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Zeinab Badawi mourns losing Dr Adil El Tayar to coronavirus

Mon, 04/27/2020 - 12:50
Zeinab Badawi mourns her cousin Dr Adil El Tayar, who died protecting others from Covid-19.
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Ken Walibora: How Kenya's 'king' of Swahili writing inspired me

Mon, 04/27/2020 - 01:04
Ken Walibora died on 10 April and left behind a generation of Kenyans who grew up on his books.
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