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Endangered cheetahs snapped in award-winning photos

Wed, 06/17/2020 - 09:59
A photography competition shows the endangered big cat in its natural glory.
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Coronavirus: How vulnerable are health workers in Nigeria?

Wed, 06/17/2020 - 09:17
Doctors in public hospitals have gone on strike, saying they lack the necessary protective equipment to tackle the pandemic.
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Why women are being dragged to court 'for lying'

Wed, 06/17/2020 - 01:28
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is accused of reneging on promises he made after ousting Robert Mugabe.
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DR Congo judge died by being 'stabbed in the head'

Wed, 06/17/2020 - 00:56
He was overseeing a case involving Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff to the DR Congo's president.
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US missionary Gregory Dow pleads guilty to sex crimes in Kenya orphanage

Tue, 06/16/2020 - 16:14
Missionary Gregory Dow, 61, admits to abusing four girls in an orphanage that he helped set up.
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Diamond Platnumz and Africa's most popular YouTube stars

Tue, 06/16/2020 - 01:15
The Tanzanian is the first sub-Saharan artist to reach a billion YouTube views - how do Africa's other stars compare?
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Mali ambush: Gunmen kill 24 in attack on convoy

Mon, 06/15/2020 - 23:02
Gunmen attack a convoy near the border with Mauritania, leaving 24 dead and others unaccounted for.
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Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari orders probe into Aso Rock shooting

Mon, 06/15/2020 - 13:39
The shooting reportedly followed an argument about whether a presidential aide should self-isolate.
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Rwanda genocide: 'I am a mother - I killed some children's parents'

Mon, 06/15/2020 - 01:22
Female perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide speak about their crimes and desire for reconciliation.
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Kenya: Police brutality in the battle against coronavirus in Mathare

Mon, 06/15/2020 - 01:01
In one of Kenya's poorest settlements, brutal policing of a curfew is causing more problems than Covid-19.
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UN ‘appalled’ by twin jihadist attacks in Nigeria

Sun, 06/14/2020 - 21:06
Islamist militants have killed dozens in two raids in the north-east of the country.
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Statue of 'racist' Italian journalist vandalised

Sun, 06/14/2020 - 18:17
Indro Montanelli, who married a 12-year-old Eritrean girl in the 1930s, died in 2001.
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South African president's shame over surge in murders of women

Sun, 06/14/2020 - 14:33
Cyril Ramaphosa's remarks come after several femicides amid the lifting of coronavirus restrictions.
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Jersey Reds make 15 signings including Namibia wing Lesley Klim

Sun, 06/14/2020 - 12:45
Namibia wing Lesley Klim is among 15 signings by Jersey Reds for the 2020-21 Championship season.
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My fake news whodunnit: Caught up in a Senegal fake news scam

Sun, 06/14/2020 - 01:32
A news story accusing a presidential candidate of corruption was written in my name, or almost in my name.
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Coronavirus: How sex workers are surviving in Uganda and Nigeria

Sun, 06/14/2020 - 01:12
While African governments give aid to their citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic, sex workers have seemingly been forgotten.
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Businessman close to Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro arrested in Cape Verde

Sat, 06/13/2020 - 23:54
Colombian national Alex Nain Saab is wanted in the US on charges of corruption and money laundering.
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John Nzenze: The founder of 'Africa's best band'

Sat, 06/13/2020 - 01:27
Kenyan John Nzenze, famous for love songs going back to the 1960s, has died aged 80.
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Leopold II: Belgium 'wakes up' to its bloody colonial past

Sat, 06/13/2020 - 01:22
Campaigners want statues of King Leopold II, who killed millions in Central Africa, to be removed.
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Burundi court ends power vacuum after president's death

Fri, 06/12/2020 - 17:52
Burundi's Constitutional Court says the president-elect should be sworn in as soon as possible.
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