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Egypt angered over filling of Ethiopia's mega-dam

BBC Africa - Tue, 06/07/2021 - 13:32
The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become a source of tension in the region.
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Covid in Tanzania: What's changed after Magufuli's death?

BBC Africa - Tue, 06/07/2021 - 01:11
President Samia Suluhu has adopted a different approach from her Covid-sceptic predecessor, John Magufuli.
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Nigeria kidnap: Gunmen seize 140 schoolchildren in Kaduna state

BBC Africa - Mon, 05/07/2021 - 16:29
The children were seized by a group of armed men from a school in the north-west of the country.
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Ever Given: Egypt agrees deal to release ship that blocked Suez Canal

BBC Africa - Mon, 05/07/2021 - 12:22
Egypt agrees a compensation deal with the impounded Ever Given's owners and insurers.
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Jacob Zuma: Supporters form 'human shield' to stop ex-president's arrest

BBC Africa - Sun, 04/07/2021 - 21:04
South Africa's ex-president challenges his conviction for failing to appear at a corruption probe.
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Daka's Leicester move 'big for southern Africa' - Mulenga

BBC Africa - Sun, 04/07/2021 - 13:08
Zambian striker Patson Daka's move to Leicester City is a major step for southern African football, says veteran Chipolopolo star Jacob Mulenga.
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First Person: The Somali refugees planting a new life in the United States

UN News Centre - Africa - Sun, 04/07/2021 - 06:10
After spending years living in UN-supported camps in Kenya, some 220 former refugees from Somalia now work as farmers in the US state of Maine, growing crops ranging from beets to broccolini.
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Nnamdi Kanu's arrest leaves Nigeria's Ipob separatists in disarray

BBC Africa - Sun, 04/07/2021 - 01:45
Igbo separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu was largely ignored until his movement became an armed struggle.
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FROM THE FIELD: 4.4 million Nigerians facing ‘catastrophic food conditions’

UN News Centre - Africa - Sat, 03/07/2021 - 05:20
Some 4.4 million people in Nigeria are facing what the UN humanitarian office, OCHA, is describing as “catastrophic food conditions”.
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400,000 in Tigray cross 'threshold into famine', with nearly 2 million on the brink, Security Council told

UN News Centre - Africa - Sat, 03/07/2021 - 01:53
Senior UN officials appealed on Friday for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Tigray – and for an end to deadly attacks on aid workers - as the Security Council held its first open meeting on the conflict in the restive northern Ethiopian region.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Rebel resurgence raises questions for Abiy Ahmed

BBC Africa - Sat, 03/07/2021 - 01:07
The capture of the Tigrayan capital Mekelle puts huge pressure on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
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‘Free, unfettered access’ needed to assist millions in war-torn Tigray

UN News Centre - Africa - Fri, 02/07/2021 - 17:53
The World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed operations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after fighting halted the emergency response last week, although the agency warned on Friday that “serious challenges” continue to threaten the entire humanitarian response.  
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Helping Uganda's fight against climate change using ancient farming techniques

BBC Africa - Fri, 02/07/2021 - 08:35
How reviving traditional farming techniques could be helping in the battle against climate change in Uganda.
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Africa's week in pictures: 25 June-1 July 2021

BBC Africa - Fri, 02/07/2021 - 01:33
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.
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Delta variant drives Africa COVID threat to ‘whole new level´: WHO warns; ‘dominant’ in Europe by August

UN News Centre - Africa - Thu, 01/07/2021 - 18:33
With cases now doubling in Africa every three weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 has spread to 16 countries and it is present in three of the five nations reporting the highest caseloads. The variant is the most contagious yet - up to 60% more transmissible than other variants.
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Mozambique attack: Timeline of terror

BBC Africa - Thu, 01/07/2021 - 01:45
Some of those caught up in the attack on the northern city of Palma by Islamist militants share their stories.
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Ghana fashion: Designer clothes made from waste

BBC Africa - Thu, 01/07/2021 - 00:40
Elisha Ofori Bamfo is a Ghanaian fashion designer who makes new clothes from waste off the streets.
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Malian authorities urged to ‘break the cycle of impunity’ for human rights violations

UN News Centre - Africa - Tue, 29/06/2021 - 17:09
Rampant impunity for human rights violations in Mali is posing serious risks for the protection of civilians in the West African country, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday. 
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Somalia elections 2021: Why are they important for Africa?

BBC Africa - Tue, 29/06/2021 - 11:02
Why are Somalia's elections, after delays that heightened political tensions, so important for the region and the rest of Africa?
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Polygamy for women in South Africa prompts outcry

BBC Africa - Sun, 27/06/2021 - 01:08
Critics say it would be "un-African" for a woman to have more than one husband at the same time.
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