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Why are insurgents beheading people in Mozambique?

Mon, 28/12/2020 - 12:59
Violence in Cabo Delgado province has continued to escalate throughout 2020.
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Tigray crisis: Eritrea's role in Ethiopian conflict

Mon, 28/12/2020 - 01:43
Ethiopia's leader says Eritrea armed his troops when they first came under attack in Tigray region.
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Central African Republic election held amid violence

Sun, 27/12/2020 - 21:47
The polls are held in a country where rebels controls key towns and UN troops face deadly attacks.
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How Ugandan Nasa scientist Catherine Nakalembe uses satellites to boost farming

Sun, 27/12/2020 - 02:04
Catherine Nakalembe won this year's Africa Food Prize for pioneering work using satellite images.
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Ikram Abdi Omar: the hijabi model breaking boundaries

Sun, 27/12/2020 - 01:05
Ikram Abdi Omar was the UK's first hijab-wearing model to feature on the cover of Vogue.
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2020 and me: 'EndSARS was our Black Lives Matter'

Sun, 27/12/2020 - 01:00
After protests, a strike, and lockdown, Kiki, a student from Lagos, Nigeria, can’t wait for the year to be over.
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Letter from Africa: Somalia's Christmas birthdays and lost memories

Sat, 26/12/2020 - 03:14
A former refugee considers the importance of memory for those who lose everything in the chaos of war.
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The African women who made 2020 their year

Wed, 23/12/2020 - 08:44
The women of Africa have been dominating this past year and in this video, we show just some of that.
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Male rape: Talking about the stigma surrounding sexual violence in Africa

Tue, 22/12/2020 - 08:07
Novatus and Onyango describe the challenges faced by men as victims of rape in Africa.
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1,000 lost on one boat - this woman hopes to name them

Tue, 22/12/2020 - 01:15
An Italian pathologist is trying to identify the migrants on a boat that sank in the Mediterranean in 2015.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'How we survived when Mekelle was shelled'

Sun, 20/12/2020 - 01:02
Ethiopia's prime minister says no civilians were killed in the Tigray conflict. Three witnesses say otherwise.
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Uganda election: False claims about Joe Biden and others

Sun, 20/12/2020 - 01:01
Claims about the US president-elect are among misinformation being widely shared during an election.
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François Bozizé: CAR accuses former president of 'attempted coup'

Sat, 19/12/2020 - 20:54
The Central African Republic says forces loyal to François Bozizé plan to march on the capital Bangui.
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Hot air ballooning: Joyce Beckwith flies over Maasai Mara in Kenya

Sat, 19/12/2020 - 11:12
Captain Joyce Beckwith married into a ballooning family and has since become Kenya's first female pilot.
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Covid: The countries worried they won't get the vaccine

Sat, 19/12/2020 - 01:06
Countries such as Zimbabwe, Mexico and Pakistan are likely to have to wait for the coronavirus vaccine.
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Coronavirus in South Africa: Unravelling the mystery

Sat, 19/12/2020 - 01:05
Antibody tests show that up to a third of South Africans may have contracted coronavirus during the first wave.
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Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys return home after kidnap ordeal

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 18:00
Pictures show the schoolboys arriving in Katsina city, a week after they were kidnapped by militants.
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Nigeria school attack: Was it really Boko Haram?

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 11:53
Militant activity is spreading across northern Nigeria with other groups expressing allegiance to Boko Haram
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Libya's Gen Haftar frees Italy fishermen held for months

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 11:50
Italy's PM wins the release of 18 fishermen based in Sicily who have been detained since September.
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Mozambique's Islamist insurgency: UN warns of rising violence in Cabo Delgado

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 09:00
The UN also blames a failure to distribute vast mineral and gas revenues to the local population.
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