Fans climb over walls in panic after football match At least 56 people have been killed…
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Tanzania opposition youth leader Abdul Nondo abducted
Police in Tanzania are investigating the reported kidnapping of opposition youth leader Abdul Nondo. The ACT…
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Creatives imagine a new utopia for Nairobi
Kairos Futura Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has long been known as “the green city in the sun”…
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Mauritius asks for review of Chagos Islands deal with UK
Mauritius’ new prime minister said he has asked for an independent review of a deal with…
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Zimbabwe parliament hit by power cut during Mthuli Ncube’s budget speech
A power cut plunged Zimbabwe’s parliament into darkness as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was finishing his…
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Swapo’s Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah faces the IPC’s Panduleni Itula
Voting is under way in Namibia in what could be the most competitive election since independence…
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Kenya worsens in Africa Visa Openness Index ranking despite visa-free policy
Kenya has plunged in the latest rankings of how open it is to visitors from other…
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Nigeria’s fertility scam: ‘Pregnant’ for 15 months
BBC Chioma is adamant that baby Hope is her son Chioma is adamant that Hope, the…
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Sudan in danger of becoming a failed state, Jan Egeland warns
War-stricken Sudan is in danger of becoming another failed state because civil society is disintegrating amid…
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Police accused of killing pot-banging protesters
Anthony Irungu / BBC The mourners at a cemetery in crisis-hit Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, were strikingly…
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