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Kenya: Moment helicopter lifts lorry driver from flash flooding

BBC Africa - Sat, 06/05/2023 - 01:29
Flash flooding surrounded a lorry driver who was crossing the Gulana-Kulalu causeway in Kenya.
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Sudan fighting: Bittersweet ending for one family fleeing conflict

BBC Africa - Fri, 05/05/2023 - 20:04
After a tortuous wait, Azza is heading to the UK with her children, but without her husband.
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King Charles III Coronation: Africans share their thoughts

BBC Africa - Fri, 05/05/2023 - 10:38
What does King Charles III's coronation mean to Africans? People from four cities on the continent share their views.
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Sudan fighting: BBC reporter's perilous journey to leave Khartoum

BBC Africa - Fri, 05/05/2023 - 01:04
Mohamed Osman has lived in Sudan his whole life, but the conflict has forced him into exile.
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Somali shock as Mogadishu mayor Madale filmed beating partygoers

BBC Africa - Thu, 04/05/2023 - 16:03
A video of nightclub revellers being flogged in Somalia's capital sparks debate over a drug crackdown.
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The pioneering actress killed in Sudan cross-fire

BBC Africa - Thu, 04/05/2023 - 13:27
Asia Abdelmajid, famous for her stage performances, is buried in the grounds of a kindergarten.
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King Charles' coronation - the view from Ghana

BBC Africa - Thu, 04/05/2023 - 09:02
Journalist Elizabeth Ohene covered King Charles's first trip to Ghana in 1977. She reflects on the changing attitudes in the country to the UK monarchy.
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Can Morocco solve Europe’s energy crisis?

BBC Africa - Thu, 04/05/2023 - 01:17
Morocco plans to send renewable energy to Europe, but some want it to save it for its home market.
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King Charles' coronation: How would it happen in Ghana?

BBC Africa - Thu, 04/05/2023 - 01:15
Ghana is very familiar with lavish royal ceremonies filled with ritual.
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Uganda anti-gay laws: Beaten and forced to flee for being LGBT

BBC Africa - Thu, 04/05/2023 - 01:10
Two young people say they've fled the East African country because of the tough new anti-gay laws.
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Terrified Sudanese on the run from Arab militias in Darfur - again

BBC Africa - Wed, 03/05/2023 - 11:15
After two decades of turmoil people in Darfur, west Sudan, are scared of being targets once again.
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Stranded in Sudan with passports locked in Western embassies

BBC Africa - Mon, 01/05/2023 - 19:25
Sudanese citizens say they can't escape because their passports are inside closed European embassies.
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Sudan crisis: Chaos at port as thousands rush to leave

BBC Africa - Mon, 01/05/2023 - 02:06
The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Port Sudan as thousands flee.
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Sudan's Darfur fighting: 'I saw pick-up trucks full of dead people'

BBC Africa - Thu, 27/04/2023 - 18:42
With Arab militias targeting warehouses, markets and homes in Darfur, people are cowering inside.
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Sudan crisis: Three ways the conflict could play out

BBC Africa - Thu, 27/04/2023 - 18:39
The BBC speaks to analysts to help map out the scenarios that may unfold in the next few weeks.
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Sudan evacuation: The painful dilemma facing Khartoum's residents - stay or go?

BBC Africa - Tue, 25/04/2023 - 18:55
Thousands have fled the Sudanese capital since fighting began, but some say they feel safer at home.
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Sudan fighting: On a bus to Egypt with Mario the pug

BBC Africa - Tue, 25/04/2023 - 02:18
Noon Abdelbassit Ibrahim and her relatives are among the thousands of Sudanese to leave the country.
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Sudan: Why has fighting broken out there?

BBC Africa - Mon, 24/04/2023 - 11:00
Fighting is continuing in Sudan between the regular armed forces and a powerful paramilitary force.
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Wagner in Sudan: What have Russian mercenaries been up to?

BBC Africa - Mon, 24/04/2023 - 01:09
The Wagner group denies involvement in the current conflict, but there's evidence it has previously been active in Sudan.
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Sudan crisis: Egypt's dilemma over the fighting

BBC Africa - Sun, 23/04/2023 - 01:25
The fighting has sent shockwaves through the region but Egypt seems paralysed over what to do.
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