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The financial hole coronavirus ripped in African sport
Sports personalities across Africa tell the BBC how coronavirus hit their incomes - well beyond just football and athletics.
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Coronavirus: How ‘secret burials’ in South Africa could help tackle Covid-19
South Africa's ban on large gatherings has meant the rediscovery of old traditions.
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Coronavirus: Zambia sex workers praised for contact tracing
There has been a surge in infections, mainly among sex workers and lorry drivers, in a border town.
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Italian aid worker kidnapped in Kenya in 2018 returns home
Silvia Romano, 25, was freed on Saturday in Somalia, in an operation by Italy's secret services.
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War and the virus: Cameroon's deadly mix
Fighting continues to rage in English-speaking parts of Cameroon after most armed groups reject a truce.
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Hisham Selim, famed Egyptian actor, praised over transgender son
When a famed Egyptian actor revealed his daughter had transitioned, the reaction was unconventional.
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The day the pirates came
A life on the high seas promised adventure, until a kidnapping turned a young man's life upside down.
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Coronavirus: WHO warns 190,000 could die in Africa in one year
Covid-19 could linger for years and "smoulder in transmission hot spots", the WHO warns.
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Rapper Ty dies after contracting coronavirus
The Mercury-nominated rapper had been put in an induced coma in April.
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Wagner, shadowy Russian military group, 'fighting in Libya'
The private military group has up to 1,200 members supporting a renegade general, a leaked UN report says.
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Kenya, Somalia and Rwanda hit by deadly flooding
Heavy rains across the region have also destroyed homes, crops and some infrastructure.
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Coronavirus in Africa: Kenya's students making PPE kits
A Kenyan university is voluntarily making critical medical kits in the fight against Covid-19.
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How the Covid-19 pandemic is threatening Africa’s wildlife
Park rangers in Africa say the closure of safari tourism is leading to an increase in poaching.
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Coronavirus in Kenya: Fearing 'money heists' amid pandemic
Kenyans are afraid that money set aside to tackle the virus is being misspent, writes Waihiga Mwaura.
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Coronavirus: Nigeria's death penalty by Zoom 'inhumane'
A man is sentenced to hang for murder following a virtual court session amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Investigation launched into player 'back from the dead'
Former Schalke player Hiannick Kamba has reportedly been found alive in Germany, four years after his assumed death.
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Egypt says jailed filmmaker who mocked Sisi died from alcohol poisoning
Shady Habash, whose video mocked the president, "mistook hand sanitiser for water", prosecutors say.
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Coronavirus: Most Africans 'will go hungry in 14-day lockdown'
A survey finds that there is a risk of unrest and violence if coronavirus restrictions are too harsh.
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Coronavirus: Liberia end league season
Liberia follows Ethiopia in declaring the end of football in the country.
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Coronavirus: Somalia probes Kenyan aid plane crash
The African Express aircraft crashed in flames before it was due to land, killing all six on board.
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