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Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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The Gambia: Personal testimonies on female genital mutilation
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Mar 28, 2024 |
What's the issue between Binance and the Nigerian government?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
Senegal's next President: Bassirou Diomaye Faye
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Mar 26, 2024 |
Why has Uganda's President promoted his son to head the military?
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Mar 25, 2024 |
Why has former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo agreed to run in next year's election?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
Women in Sudan: Targets of ongoing sexual violence
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Mar 21, 2024 |
Senegal: President Macky Sall refuses to apologise
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Mar 20, 2024 |
Kidnapped in Nigeria: A personal testimony
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Mar 19, 2024 |
Why were Malawian women abused in Oman?
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Mar 18, 2024 |
Will the Rwandan elections be free and fair?
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Mar 15, 2024 |
Health workers in Kenya go on strike
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Mar 14, 2024 |
Why are Congolese refugees protesting in Rwanda?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
How the recruitment of a Ugandan national to Myanmar turned into a nightmare.
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Mar 12, 2024 |
Why do child abductions keep happening in Nigeria?
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Mar 11, 2024 |
Can African women's pay gap be bridged?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
Will sanctions against Zimbabwe's leader work?
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Mar 07, 2024 |
Will Kenyan police be deployed to Haiti?
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Mar 06, 2024 |
Why has Kenya become part of the trafficking route to South Africa?
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Mar 05, 2024 |
Calls for a war crimes court in Liberia
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Mar 04, 2024 |
Chad: What's going on and what next?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
Ghana passes controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill
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Feb 29, 2024 |
A landmark deal for Libya. How will it work?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
Why are Malawi's Catholic Bishops critical of the government?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
Why are migrants using Mauritania to get to Europe?
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Feb 26, 2024 |
Are child-beggars on Uganda's streets 'sold'?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
South Africa's youth struggling to find jobs
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Feb 22, 2024 |
Will a deal with Russia help or hinder Niger?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
As inflation rises in Nigeria, how expensive is food?
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Feb 20, 2024 |
How relevant is the African Union?
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Feb 19, 2024 |
Why does Nigeria’s electricity supply keep collapsing?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
Racheal Kundananji: What does the Zambia footballer’s transfer record fee mean?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
What will it take to stop Senegal’s election protests?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
What is behind the latest resurgence of fighting in Eastern DR Congo?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
Afcon 2023: Was it the best ever?
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Feb 12, 2024 |
Why are Ugandan nationals still trapped in Myanmar?
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Feb 09, 2024 |
Why African countries are saying no to the death penalty
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Feb 08, 2024 |
Indaba: Is Africa benefitting from its mineral wealth?
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Feb 07, 2024 |
Why are Senegal’s delayed elections controversial?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
Nairobi County Governor vows to act following gas fire
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Feb 05, 2024 |
Is Facebook losing its appeal in Africa?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
What is Tagadum and can it end war in Sudan ?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
Why Italy is interested in Africa
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Jan 31, 2024 |
More than half a million people enter South Sudan to escape Sudan war
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Jan 30, 2024 |
Military led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have quit Ecowas, what effect will it have?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
Bobi Wine on what the nomination of a documentary about his life for an Oscar means
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Jan 26, 2024 |
Why the Somali armed group Al Shabaab is still a threat
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Jan 25, 2024 |
Why is the youngest continent led by old leaders?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
What does the United States want from Africa?
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Jan 23, 2024 |
Joseph Boakai sworn in as Liberia's oldest-ever president
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Jan 22, 2024 |
Why is violent crime soaring in South Africa?
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Jan 19, 2024 |
Sierra Leone allows ex-president Koroma to leave country despite facing treason charges
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Jan 18, 2024 |
Ethiopia hunger: More than 200 starve to death in Tigray
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Jan 17, 2024 |
Can Zambia's cholera crisis be contained?
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Jan 16, 2024 |
Why has Burundi closed its border with Rwanda?
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Jan 15, 2024 |
WHO declares Cape Verde malaria-free
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Jan 12, 2024 |
Comoros’ president bids for a fourth term in forthcoming election
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Jan 11, 2024 |
Why is South Africa taking Israel to the International Court of Justice?
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Jan 10, 2024 |
Confusion over Kenya’s new visa-free policy for visitors
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Jan 09, 2024 |
The late TB Joshua accused of widespread abuse and torture
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Jan 08, 2024 |
Will troops from Southern Africa be effective in DRC?
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Jan 05, 2024 |
Why was Sierra Leone's ex-president charged with treason ?
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Jan 04, 2024 |
Somalia condemns Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal
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Jan 03, 2024 |
Can nuclear energy solve South Africa's power crisis?
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Jan 02, 2024 |
South Africa, Rwanda and Afrobeats in 2024
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Jan 01, 2024 |
Sudan conflict: A year in review
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Dec 29, 2023 |
The legacy of Mbongeni Ngema
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Dec 28, 2023 |
Nigerians react to free train rides and reduced bus fares
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Dec 27, 2023 |
What's behind the latest deadly attack in northern Nigeria?
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Dec 26, 2023 |
Is it a good Christmas for Ghana's cocoa farmers?
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Dec 25, 2023 |
What does the fall of Wad Madani mean for the Sudan conflict?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
How are Houthi attacks in the Red Sea affecting Africa?
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Dec 21, 2023 |
Why is changing Chad's constitution controversial?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
Guinea oil terminal blast kills at least 8
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Dec 19, 2023 |
DR Congo elections: What's at stake?
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Dec 18, 2023 |
Have 22 Ugandans been trafficked to Myanmar?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
Is peace ever possible in DR Congo?
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Dec 14, 2023 |
COP 28 : A new deal agreed at the UN Climate summit
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Dec 13, 2023 |
A personal objection to the Rwanda asylum plan
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Dec 12, 2023 |
Why does Egypt's President Sisi need a third term?
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Dec 11, 2023 |
Why has Somalia's 30 year arms Embargo been lifted?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
Why is the South African port of Durban in chaos?
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Dec 07, 2023 |
Behind the "accidental" drone attack in Nigeria
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Dec 06, 2023 |
Why has the US recognised Niger's military-led government ?
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Dec 05, 2023 |
A sex trafficking ring in Sierra Leone
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Dec 04, 2023 |
World AIDS day: What is it like to live with the condition for 30 years?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
Why COP28 matters to Africa
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Nov 30, 2023 |
Thousands of children reportedly trapped in historic city of Timbuktu
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Nov 29, 2023 |
How safe are South Africa's mines?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
Was there an attempted coup in Sierra Leone?
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Nov 27, 2023 |
Why is Abyei contested by Sudan and South Sudan?
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Nov 24, 2023 |
Why did Ethiopia rebel talks end in deadlock?
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Nov 23, 2023 |
What is President Weah's legacy in Liberia?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
Why no plastic pollution deal was reached
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Nov 21, 2023 |
Can African- led negotiations achieve peace for Sudan?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
What reparations does Africa want?
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Nov 17, 2023 |
Is Zimbabwe's political opposition in disarray?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
Madagascar braces for controversial election
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Nov 15, 2023 |
Why are Nigeria's labour unions striking again?
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Nov 14, 2023 |
Why is East Africa being devastated by floods?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
Liberia's runoff election: What to expect?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
Sudan: What is happening in West Dafur?
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Nov 09, 2023 |
Amhara: What's going on?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
Is Africa contributing to AI development
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Nov 07, 2023 |
Somalia: Thousands trapped in severe flooding
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Nov 06, 2023 |
Global concern over the spread of dengue fever
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Nov 03, 2023 |
DR Congo conflict: How children are impacted
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Nov 02, 2023 |
Facebook accused of stoking Ethiopia's conflict
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Nov 01, 2023 |
Kenya's plan for universal healthcare
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Oct 31, 2023 |
South Africa win Rugby World Cup
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Oct 30, 2023 |
Victory for Nigeria's president at supreme court
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Oct 27, 2023 |
Is Niger being treated unfairly?
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Oct 26, 2023 |
Zimbabwe faces another major cholera outbreak
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Oct 25, 2023 |
UAE firm to manage Tanzania’s main port
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Oct 24, 2023 |
Sierra Leone opposition ends parliament boycott
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Oct 23, 2023 |
Has Africa gained from China's infrastructure plans?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
Why did Mozambique's opposition call for protests?
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Oct 19, 2023 |
Dam water floods in Ghana
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Oct 18, 2023 |
What are UN's concerns for Madagascar’s polls?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
Burkina Faso's nuclear power plant deal with Russia
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Oct 16, 2023 |
Is Morocco hosting the IMF meeting only symbolic?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
Liberians await presidential election results
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Oct 12, 2023 |
Israel-Hamas War: Egypt's reaction and relationship
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Oct 11, 2023 |
UN: South Sudan ‘curbing democratic freedoms’
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Oct 10, 2023 |
The Arab-Israeli conflict: Africa's reaction
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Oct 09, 2023 |
Why Morocco wants the World Cup
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Oct 06, 2023 |
Egypt: A Testimony of alleged torture
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Oct 05, 2023 |
Seychelles opposition leader denies witchcraft charges
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Oct 04, 2023 |
Inside Sierra Leone's justice system
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Oct 03, 2023 |
One year since Burkina Faso’s latest coup
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Oct 02, 2023 |
Youth displacement by the Sudan conflict
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Sep 29, 2023 |
The silent killer: hypertension in Africa
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Sep 28, 2023 |
Kenya ready to face Haiti gangs
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Sep 27, 2023 |
Who is fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara region?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
French troops pulling out of Niger: What does it mean?
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Sep 25, 2023 |
Why is rapper Mohbad’s death controversial?
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Sep 22, 2023 |
Kenya: Westgate attack ten years on
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Sep 21, 2023 |
Is Ivory Coast at risk from extremist groups?
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Sep 20, 2023 |
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger sign defence pact
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Sep 18, 2023 |
Mali: Tuareg ex-separatists resume hostilities
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Sep 14, 2023 |
Libya floods: What you need to know
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Sep 13, 2023 |
Why Morocco is selective over earthquake aid
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Sep 12, 2023 |
What caused Morocco's earthquake?
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Sep 11, 2023 |
Gabon coup latest
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Sep 08, 2023 |
Nigeria: Are election petitions relevant?
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Sep 07, 2023 |
Taiwan's president visits last African ally Eswatini
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Sep 06, 2023 |
DR Congo: What's behind the instability?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
First ever African Climate Summit begins
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Sep 04, 2023 |
South Africa fire: What are Johannesburg's hijacked buildings?
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Sep 01, 2023 |
Climate change: 15 truck drivers die on Egypt-Sudan border
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Aug 31, 2023 |
What led to the Gabon coup?
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Aug 30, 2023 |
Sierra Leone considers health emergency over illegal drug Kush
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Aug 29, 2023 |
Zimbabwe election dispute analysis: The role of electoral observers
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Aug 28, 2023 |
Why are Ethiopia and Egypt joining BRICS?
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Aug 25, 2023 |
Prigozhin’s presumed death: Impact for Wagner in Africa
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Aug 24, 2023 |
Can Kenya's police force solve Haiti's gang violence?
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Aug 23, 2023 |
Saudi forces accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants
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Aug 22, 2023 |
South Africa to host Brics summit from Tuesday
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Aug 21, 2023 |
Zimbabwe’s election campaign nears the end
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Aug 18, 2023 |
Libya: deadly clashes in Tripoli
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Aug 17, 2023 |
The impact of Niger’s closed airspace
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Aug 16, 2023 |
Sudan conflict causing food insecurity
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Aug 15, 2023 |
Kenya content moderators seek protections
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Aug 14, 2023 |
Niger: ECOWAS force on standby
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Aug 11, 2023 |
Is there a baguette shortage in Tunisia?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
ECOWAS leaders consider Niger intervention
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Aug 09, 2023 |
Niger coup: Wagner taking advantage of instability - Antony Blinken
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Aug 08, 2023 |
Kenya care home abuse revealed
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Aug 07, 2023 |
Kenya care home abuse revealed
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Aug 07, 2023 |
Reaction to Senegal's TikTok ban
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Aug 04, 2023 |
Kenya: Privacy concerns over eyeball scanning
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Aug 03, 2023 |
How Niger’s coup affects the Sahel
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Aug 02, 2023 |
Mauritius makes progress against smoking
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Aug 01, 2023 |
ECOWAS threatens action over Niger coup
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Jul 31, 2023 |
Why Nigerian doctors are on strike
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Jul 28, 2023 |
Niger the latest coup in West Africa
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Jul 27, 2023 |
Devastating wildfires in Algeria and Tunisia
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Jul 26, 2023 |
Tax evasion costing African countries billions
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Jul 25, 2023 |
Situation in Sudan 100 days since fight started
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Jul 24, 2023 |
Football: FIFA Women's World Cup underway
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Jul 21, 2023 |
Gender: A long journey to equality
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Jul 20, 2023 |
Schools in Kenya close over cost-of-living demonstrations
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Jul 19, 2023 |
Twitter’s Ghanaian staff without severance pay
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Jul 18, 2023 |
Call for investigation into Darfur atrocities
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Jul 17, 2023 |
Opposition boycotts new Sierra Leone parliament
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Jul 14, 2023 |
Is banning protests in Kenya unconstitutional?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
Iran's president begins Africa tour
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Jul 12, 2023 |
Senegal: What's driving migrants to leave?
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Jul 11, 2023 |
AU troops to leave Somalia by December
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Jul 10, 2023 |
The Russian schools ready to teach Swahili
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Jul 07, 2023 |
South Sudan unveils first-ever election plans
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Jul 06, 2023 |
Kenya lifts ban on tree cutting
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Jul 05, 2023 |
Senegal’s president won't seek third term
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Jul 04, 2023 |
Kenya widens access to sex offenders registry
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Jul 03, 2023 |
Mali: UN peacekeeping mandate to expire
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Jun 30, 2023 |
Huge inflation ahead of Zimbabwe’s election
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Jun 29, 2023 |
Championing African feminism
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Jun 28, 2023 |
Who leads Wagner in Africa now?
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Jun 27, 2023 |
How Sudan's clans endanger Sahel security
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Jun 26, 2023 |
The gangs terrorising Mogadishu
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Jun 23, 2023 |
Remembering Berlusconi's love for the Kenyan coast
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Jun 22, 2023 |
Sierra Leone gears up for general elections
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Jun 21, 2023 |
Low turnout for Mali's referendum
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Jun 20, 2023 |
Greece boat disaster: Nine men charged
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Jun 19, 2023 |
Can Africa forge a peace path for Ukraine?
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Jun 16, 2023 |
Interest free loans for Nigerian students
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Jun 15, 2023 |
How Nigeria's fuel subsidy cut hit Benin
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Jun 14, 2023 |
Kenya content creators reject tax proposal amidst cost of living crisis
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Jun 13, 2023 |
Should Tunisia and Libya be Europe's migrant gatekeepers?
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Jun 12, 2023 |
The story behind Angola's deadly fuel protests
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Jun 09, 2023 |
Why are cyber attacks in Africa increasing?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
Why is it difficult to kick racism out of football?
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Jun 07, 2023 |
How Senegal's capital turned into a 'battlefield'
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Jun 06, 2023 |
How will UK immigration rules affect African students?
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Jun 05, 2023 |
What next for Sudan?
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Jun 03, 2023 |
Verdict announced in Sonko case
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Jun 01, 2023 |
Fighting in Sudan continues into second week
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Apr 24, 2023 |
Despair as Sudan ceasefire is broken
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Fighting rocks Khartoum
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Apr 17, 2023 |
400 people stranded off Malta
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Apr 10, 2023 |
Convicted rapist escapes from South African prison
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Apr 05, 2023 |
Monday demonstrations in Kenya
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Mar 27, 2023 |
South Africa's opposition EFF call for a shutdown of the economy
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Mar 20, 2023 |
More bodies pulled in aftermath of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi
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Mar 17, 2023 |
Efforts to help survivors of Cyclone Freddy continue
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Mar 16, 2023 |
Millions affected by floods in Malawi
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Mar 15, 2023 |
Africa unites to fight Cholera
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Mar 10, 2023 |
Protests in Nigeria continue
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Nigeria awaits election results
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Feb 27, 2023 |
Is Nigeria ready for presidential elections?
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Feb 24, 2023 |
Cyclone Freddy makes landfall in Madagascar
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Feb 22, 2023 |
Chaos over currency in Nigeria continues
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Feb 17, 2023 |
Eritrea's president says US backed the TPLF
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Feb 13, 2023 |
Tundu Lissu returns to Tanzania
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Jan 25, 2023 |
Somalia says Al Shabab attacked military base
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Jan 20, 2023 |
Charges brought against Senegalese opposition candidate
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Jan 19, 2023 |
Ambazonian leader killed in Cameroon
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Dec 27, 2022 |
Hopes for real peace in Tigray
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Dec 26, 2022 |
More questions over Gambia's 'coup plot'
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Dec 22, 2022 |
Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as ANC leader
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Dec 19, 2022 |
Pledges of financial and business support for Africa from Washington
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Dec 15, 2022 |
DRC mourns flood victims
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Dec 14, 2022 |
William Ruto unveils his 'Hustler Fund' for Kenyans
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Dec 12, 2022 |
Malawi's anti-corruption chief is arrested
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Dec 07, 2022 |
Is the political end nigh for Cyril Ramaphosa?
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Dec 05, 2022 |
South Africa awaits Ramaphosa future
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Dec 05, 2022 |
Embezzlement charges for ex-president's son in Mozambique
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Nov 30, 2022 |
Ceasefire agreed in the DRC
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Nov 24, 2022 |
Why are Nigerians swapping their high-value banknotes?
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Nov 23, 2022 |
How did a well-known Pakistani journalist die in Kenya?
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Nov 11, 2022 |
Activists: Lobbyists threaten success of COP27 summit
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Nov 10, 2022 |
France ends operations in the Sahel
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Nov 09, 2022 |
Ethiopia special: After warring sides agree truce, what next?
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Nov 03, 2022 |
More tensions between the DRC and Rwanda
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Scores dead in Somalia after attacks
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Various security alerts issued for Nigeria and South Africa
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Oct 27, 2022 |
50,000 civilians to help Burkina Faso fight Islamist militants
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Oct 27, 2022 |
Protesters clash with police in Chad
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Oct 23, 2022 |
UN calls for action on South Sudan
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Oct 19, 2022 |
Ethiopian forces capture Shire in northern Tigray
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Oct 19, 2022 |
Africa and the global financial crisis
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Oct 17, 2022 |
Both sides in Ethiopia conflict accused of crimes on civilians
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Oct 12, 2022 |
Global alert over cough syrups
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Oct 06, 2022 |
President Museveni's son's tweets raise eyebrows
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Oct 04, 2022 |
Local forces join the Somali army against Al Shabab
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Sep 28, 2022 |
Uganda's Medical Association issues guidance
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Sep 27, 2022 |
Seleka leader stands trial at the ICC
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Sep 26, 2022 |
Regional concerns in the spotlight at UN General Assembly
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Sep 21, 2022 |
UN says both sides in Tigray conflict are guilty of atrocities
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Sep 20, 2022 |
Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest after a service in London attended by over 500 heads of state and government
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Sep 19, 2022 |
Eritrea amasses reservists on border with Ethiopia
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Sep 16, 2022 |
School reopening suspended in Sudan
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Sep 14, 2022 |
Ethiopia's TPLF says it's willing to stop fighting
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Sep 12, 2022 |
Landslide kills several in Uganda
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Sep 07, 2022 |
UN: Millions at risk of famine in the Horn of Africa
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Sep 06, 2022 |
Court affirms Ruto victory in Kenya
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Sep 05, 2022 |
Zambia’s billion dollar bailout sparks economic hope
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Sep 01, 2022 |
Fighting intensifies in Tigray
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Aug 31, 2022 |
Results from Angola's elections are in
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Aug 29, 2022 |
Accusations and counter-accusations in Ethiopia over latest fighting
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Mutual recriminations over fighting in Ethiopia
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Aug 24, 2022 |
Debt forgiveness from China for 17 African countries
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Aug 23, 2022 |
Kenya's post-election wrangling continues in the courts
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Aug 22, 2022 |
Arrests made in Nigeria over mummified bodies
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Aug 19, 2022 |
Forest fires in Algeria: At least 38 dead
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Aug 18, 2022 |
More confusion over Kenya's presidential election
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Aug 16, 2022 |
Deaths in protests in Somaliland
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Aug 13, 2022 |
Polls close in Kenya's general elections
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Aug 09, 2022 |
Chaos in Kenya ahead of polls
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Aug 08, 2022 |
Has Senegal finally resolved the Casamance question?
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Aug 05, 2022 |
Outrage in South Africa over gang rapes of women
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Aug 04, 2022 |
DRC reviews MONUSCO peacekeepers' presence
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Aug 02, 2022 |
North Kivu governor on attacks on UN peacekeepers
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Jul 29, 2022 |
Allegations agains UN peacekeepers in DRC
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Jul 28, 2022 |
Protests against the UN continue apace in the DRC
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Jul 27, 2022 |
Deaths in the DRC after anti-MONUSCO protests
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Jul 26, 2022 |
Russia on a charm offensive to Africa amid war with Ukraine
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Jul 25, 2022 |
Bakers go on strike in Nigeria
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Jul 21, 2022 |
Marburg virus confirmed in Ghana
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Jul 18, 2022 |
Tunisia gets a new draft constitution
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Jul 01, 2022 |
Tensions rise between Ethiopia and Sudan
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Jun 28, 2022 |