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Benjamin Acheampong: 'They can't treat us like animals,' says player 'duped' out of $1m

Wed, 02/24/2021 - 01:56
One of Africa's biggest clubs - Zamalek - is accused of 'immoral' and 'merciless' behaviour as it allegedly 'exploited' the contract of a player it no longer wanted.
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Senegal's teenage jockey races to fame

Wed, 02/24/2021 - 01:37
Fallou Diop won the country's top racing prize when he was just 17.
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Niger election: Mohamed Bazoum wins landmark vote amid protests

Tue, 02/23/2021 - 19:50
The vote is being hailed as the first democratic transition in the history of the coup-prone state.
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Rebels deny killing Italian ambassador to DR Congo

Tue, 02/23/2021 - 17:03
The FDLR says the government is wrong to blame them for Luca Attanasio's "heinous assassination".
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Covid infection in Lagos 'may top Africa's official total'

Tue, 02/23/2021 - 14:50
An antibodies survey in Nigeria suggests millions, not thousands, have already had coronavirus.
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Ebola vaccines arrive in Guinea after dust storm delay

Tue, 02/23/2021 - 12:27
These are the first cases in West Africa, five years after the end of the world's deadliest outbreak.
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Thousands dead but no prosecutions - why Liberia has not acted

Tue, 02/23/2021 - 01:44
Horrific tales dominate the history of Liberia's civil war but no-one has been put on trial there.
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Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 15:44
Luca Attanasio and two other people die after his UN convoy is attacked near Goma.
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Rwandan Seif Bamporiki killed in South Africa

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 15:20
Seif Bamporiki was shot dead while delivering a bed in a township in Cape Town, his party says.
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Headies awards: Fireboy DML, Wizkid and Omah Lay win

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 15:19
He bags four prizes at this year's Headies awards, live-streamed from Lagos amid lockdown.
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Tshegofatso Pule murder: Boyfriend charged over death of pregnant 28-year-old

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 14:37
Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba is accused of planning Tshegofatso Pule's murder and paying the killer.
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Kenya: Endangered giraffes killed by low power lines

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 12:37
The three that died were Rothschild's giraffes, one of the animal's most endangered subspecies.
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Africa's data gap: Measuring the cost of not counting the dead

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 01:11
Just eight countries in Africa have adequate death registration systems, a BBC investigation finds.
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Tigray crisis: 'Overwhelming' humanitarian needs in Ethiopia's region

Sun, 02/21/2021 - 22:38
The Red Cross tells the BBC there are major food and medical care problems in the war-torn region.
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Seven Niger election officials killed by land mine on poll day

Sun, 02/21/2021 - 18:30
It is not known whether the seven electoral commission employees who died were deliberately targeted.
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Seven die in Nigerian Air Force Abuja plane crash

Sun, 02/21/2021 - 17:21
The military plane crashed short of the runway in the capital Abuja, after reporting engine failure.
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Lloyd's seeks archivist to investigate slave trade links

Sun, 02/21/2021 - 15:47
The specialist insurance market has previously apologised for historical links to the slave trade.
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Covid: WHO pleads with Tanzania to start reporting cases

Sun, 02/21/2021 - 12:05
Tanzania is one of the few countries in the world to not publish data on Covid-19 cases.
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Covid-19: Which countries in Africa are administering vaccines?

Sun, 02/21/2021 - 00:48
Some African nations have just begun vaccination programmes, but many have yet to start.
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Algeria's protests are back and the president is worried

Sat, 02/20/2021 - 01:05
The Hirak movement marks its second anniversary with hopes of a rebirth despite appeasement efforts.
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