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Oumar Niasse: Cardiff City sign Everton striker on loan

BBC Africa - Fri, 18/01/2019 - 12:20
Everton striker Oumar Niasse joins Cardiff City on loan until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.
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Yohan Benalouane: Nottingham Forest sign Leicester City defender

BBC Africa - Fri, 18/01/2019 - 12:14
Martin O'Neill makes Leicester defender Yohan Benalouane his first signing since becoming Nottingham Forest manager.
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Corruption investigator Anas: 'We get daily death threats'

BBC Africa - Fri, 18/01/2019 - 12:06
Ghanaian undercover reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas says his team face daily death threats.
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Nigeria charity Coding Girls gives young girls the chance to learn to code.

BBC Africa - Fri, 18/01/2019 - 01:43
Coding Girls is giving young girls in Nigeria the chance to get into what is a male-dominated sector.
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Sally Nabil: Egypt turning to 'female Viagra'

BBC Africa - Fri, 18/01/2019 - 01:30
Egypt is the first Arab country to authorise the sale of flibanserin - but how well is it going down?
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Africa's week in pictures: 11-17 January 2019

BBC Africa - Fri, 18/01/2019 - 01:24
A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week.
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Kirk Woodman: Canadian mine worker killed in Burkina Faso

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 20:55
Kirk Woodman was kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen from a mine in the northern part of the country.
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Kenya DusitD2 attack survivor: I tweeted goodbye to my family

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 19:17
Ronald Ngeno was inside the DusitD2 business complex in Nairobi when the terror attack started.
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Nigeria election: Atiku Abubakar says his age is not an issue

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 16:53
Former VP Atiku Abubakar is the main rival to President Muhammadu Buhari in upcoming elections in Nigeria.
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Kenya attack: Nine arrests over bloody DusitD2 hotel siege

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 16:18
At least 21 people were killed when al-Shabab militants stormed the luxury Nairobi hotel complex.
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Wilfried Bony: Galatasaray interested in Swansea City striker

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 15:54
Turkish giants Galatasaray are interested in a deal for Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony.
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Ahmed Hussein-Suale: Ghana journalist shot dead

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 14:42
Undercover journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale worked on several reports that were broadcast by the BBC.
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Former Liverpool star Momo Sissoko back in France

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 13:31
Mali's former Liverpool and Juventus star Momo Sissoko returns to play in France six years after leaving Paris Saint-Germain.
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Who are the Nairobi victims?

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 12:03
Victims of the siege at the hotel complex include a 9/11 survivor, a YouTuber and two inseparable friends.
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Uganda: The life of a 17-year-old in Kampala

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 06:18
We spend a day with Joy as he shows us what it's like being 17 in Kampala.
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Laurent Gbagbo: Last-ditch appeal keeps Ivory Coast ex-president behind bars

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 03:02
Laurent Gbagbo will remain in custody in The Hague after prosecutors appealed against his release.
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UK groups fund illegal orphanages in Africa

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 02:13
Children at one squalid home seen by the BBC said they had been beaten and neglected by their carers.
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World's coffee under threat, say experts

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 01:41
Of 124 coffees in the world, we only drink two, but we need to protect all of them, say scientists.
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Grace Ekpu: The dancing horses of Lagos beach

BBC Africa - Thu, 17/01/2019 - 01:31
The young people who make a living from taking people for horse rides on Nigeria's beaches.
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How does Tshisekedi's win in DR Congo add up?

BBC Africa - Wed, 16/01/2019 - 22:40
Take a look at the evidence raised by some who doubt the results of the historic presidential poll.
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