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Caged Congolese man: Why a zoo took 114 years to apologise
Ota Benga was kidnapped from what is now DR Congo in 1904 and taken to the US to be exhibited.
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Mauritius: Anger and questions as 17 dead dolphins wash ashore
The discovery of 17 of the mammals raises questions and causes sadness and anger among locals.
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World Trade Organization: Could there be an African director-general?
The World Trade Organization is currently looking for a new director-general and three of the candidates are African.
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'Lack of pay saw me quit football for hairdressing'
Nigerian women's footballer Chinenye Okafor quit playing to become a hairdresser after going unpaid for 13 months.
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Uganda: A factory provides accommodation for workers during Covid-19 lockdown
A factory in Uganda is providing accommodation for workers so that they could keep working during lockdown.
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The killing of Hachalu Hundessa and Ethiopia's identity strife
The killing of Hachalu Hundessa laid bare the deep-seated ethnic animosity in Ethiopia.
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Coronavirus in Kenya: How it turned classrooms into chicken coops
Some Kenyan private schools have found new sources of income after they were forced to close.
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Why a Somali-born fighter is being honoured in Rome
Some Italians are re-evaluating their colonial past in East Africa, writes Ismail Einashe.
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Uganda: A ride-hailing app helps deliver contraceptives during lockdown
SafeBoda is a ride-hailing app which ensures access to contraceptives during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Nile dam row: Ethiopia's pop stars hit out
The battle with Egypt over who has rights to the waters of the River Nile is played out by musicians.
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Focus on Africa at 60 - Match the voice
Test your knowledge of Focus on Africa's radio presenters with our interactive quiz.
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Mali: Five factors that made the coup more likely
Five factors that made the coup against former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta more likely.
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Nigerian ballet dancer Anthony Mmesoma Madu gets scholarship following viral video
An 11-year-old Nigerian boy, whose ballet dancing in the rain went viral, is offered a scholarship in the US.
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Tanzanite miners find $5m worth of gems in three months
A small-scale Tanzanian mining company finds three of the rare gemstones in as many months.
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Somali hotel raid: 'How I survived my fourth siege'
An ex-BBC reporter recounts his experience of Sunday's deadly hotel siege in Mogadishu, and his friend's death.
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Enoch Adeboye sexism row: Why the Nigerian pastor is so popular
Enoch Adeboye riles social media critics with his views on women, but this has not dented his standing.
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Coronavirus and South Africa's toxic relationship with alcohol
A ban on drinking highlights a legacy of the country's racist past but threatens its economic future.
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Viewpoint from Sudan - where black people are called slaves
The use of racial slurs in Sudan shows how deeply entrenched racism is there, writes Zeinab Mohammed Salih.
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'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves'
The legacies of colonial slave-traders are being reassessed, but what about the Africans who profited?
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Nigeria's Zamfara state offers repentant bandits cows for AK-47s
Zamfara state's governor uses an original ploy to deal with a recent wave of bandit attacks.
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