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Sudan's Darfur conflict: Why Abdullah has never seen his 'home'

Wed, 16/12/2020 - 07:06
Concerns grow for people's safety in Sudan's war-torn Darfur as peacekeepers prepare to leave.
Categories: Africa

Nigeria's Katsina school abduction: 'I was very afraid' when the kidnappers came

Mon, 14/12/2020 - 22:24
Abdulhadi avoided the mass kidnapping in Nigeria's Katsina school but his twin brother Mustapha was lost in the chaos.
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Nigeria's Katsina school abduction: 'How I escaped my kidnappers'

Mon, 14/12/2020 - 19:26
A student who escaped after gunmen raided an all-boys school in Nigeria speaks to the BBC.
Categories: Africa

Dakar Fashion Week: Catwalk moved into baobab forest to be Covid-secure

Sun, 13/12/2020 - 10:16
The catwalk in Dakar has been moved into a baobab forest due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Categories: Africa

Ghana's election: Six things you should know

Mon, 07/12/2020 - 18:20
More than 17 million Ghanaians were eligible to vote in Monday's poll to elect a new president and parliament.
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Going undercover in the schools that chain boys

Mon, 07/12/2020 - 16:34
Reporter Fateh Al-Rahman Al-Hamdani writes about his experience of secretly filming inside Sudan's Islamic boarding schools to expose abuse, and reveals why the investigation was so personal to him.
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Kibiwott Kandie smashes half marathon world record in Valencia

Mon, 07/12/2020 - 13:17
Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie sets a new world record for the half marathon - in a race where the top four finishers all beat the previous record.
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South Africa: Farmers battle locusts to save the country’s food crops

Mon, 07/12/2020 - 08:24
South Africa's farmers are fighting ongoing locust swarms to preserve the country's food security.
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Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis: Why Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed sent his troops to battle

Sun, 06/12/2020 - 02:49
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has found himself in a conflict less than a year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Cutting through the information blackout

Sat, 05/12/2020 - 03:31
"It is really scary. It is really difficult," a resident of the Tigray capital, Mekelle, shouts down the line.
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The hidden story of African-Irish children

Fri, 04/12/2020 - 01:28
The mixed-race Irish people searching for their African roots.
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Is Africa overtaking the Middle East as the new jihadist battleground?

Thu, 03/12/2020 - 16:11
As 300 UK troops arrive in Mali, the BBC's Frank Gardner looks at the role of Islamist militants across Africa.
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The beach cleaners battling a tide of plastic

Wed, 02/12/2020 - 07:39
How a group of people set out to clean up Cape Town's beaches.
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The new ‘Nigerian princes’ of hacking?

Wed, 02/12/2020 - 01:07
BEC hacking is one of the most common types of cyber-attack and experts say Nigeria is its epicentre.
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World Aids Day: Living with HIV and facing stigma in Kenya

Tue, 01/12/2020 - 10:00
Doreen Moracha was born HIV positive is now an advocate raising awareness and fighting the stigma.
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South Africa: The icons behind the 1956 women’s march

Mon, 30/11/2020 - 12:27
How South African women defeated plans to restrict the movement of black South Africans.
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Coronavirus in South Africa: A nurse's fight against the 'Covid storm'

Mon, 30/11/2020 - 09:33
Nurse Tshego is fighting a virus that brings her face to face with stigma, poverty and corruption.
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Environment award for man who stopped new coal power plant in Ghana

Mon, 30/11/2020 - 09:30
A climate activist has won a prestigious prize for leading the battle to block it being built in Ghana.
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Viewpoint: How Ethiopia is undermining the African Union

Sun, 29/11/2020 - 01:14
The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What does it mean for the east Africa region?

Sun, 29/11/2020 - 01:00
BBC correspondents across the east Africa region explain the impact for Ethiopia and its neighbours.
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