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Gambia denies hosting Russian imperial revival bid

Tue, 12/12/2017 - 13:41
Gambia denies reports that it will grant land for a Russian 'Romanov Empire' project.
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Oscar Pistorius hurt in prison fight in South Africa

Tue, 12/12/2017 - 11:39
The disgraced athlete, who was jailed after shooting dead his girlfriend, sustained minor injuries.
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Praise for Mohamed Salah on winning BBC African Footballer of the Year

Tue, 12/12/2017 - 11:35
Players, team-mates and coaches praise Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on winning the 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year award.
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Care for all in Kenya

Tue, 12/12/2017 - 01:14
These are the choices faced by many families living in Kenya's slums. Could technology help?
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Helping poorer Kenyans pay for healthcare

Tue, 12/12/2017 - 01:13
Paying for healthcare in Kenya has got easier thanks to M-Tiba, a mobile "electronic health wallet".
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Hunting the shipwrecks of the slave trade

Tue, 12/12/2017 - 01:09
Marine archaeologists in Senegal are diving on the wrecks of ships used in the transatlantic slave trade.
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AFOTY: Winner of BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017 revealed

Mon, 11/12/2017 - 19:30
BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017, Mohamed Salah, receives his prize from Jurgen Klopp.
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Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year

Mon, 11/12/2017 - 18:51
Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017.
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Ahmed Rouaba: Why Algerians are angry with France's president

Mon, 11/12/2017 - 18:11
President Macron has angered Algerians by asking their government to allow the return of anti-independence fighters.
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Tanzanian President Magufuli pardons child rapists

Mon, 11/12/2017 - 17:21
Rights group condemns John Magufuli for pardoning musicians who raped 10 primary schoolgirls.
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Nigeria migrants' Libya detention centre love story

Sun, 10/12/2017 - 01:16
Mabel and Steven are now safely back in Nigeria after falling in love in a Libyan detention centre.
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Knowledge gap

Sun, 10/12/2017 - 01:13
Teachers have quietly disappeared amid the fighting in CAR so parents step in to learn to lead classes.
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The luxurious ghost airport in one of the world's poorest countries

Fri, 08/12/2017 - 12:04
Nacalas International Airport in Mozambique operates at only 4% of its capacity.
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Africa’s week in pictures

Fri, 08/12/2017 - 01:27
A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this week.
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Flora Drury: Ed Sheeran's unwelcome charity video award

Thu, 07/12/2017 - 21:34
The UK singer appeared in a short film for Comic Relief which has come under fire - but why?
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Battle scars

Thu, 07/12/2017 - 17:38
One year on from a military campaign that successfully expelled so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Libyan stronghold of Sirte, residents complain of the scale of destruction that remains there.
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Railway facelift

Thu, 07/12/2017 - 01:17
Nigeria has unveiled a major railway expansion project to ease congestion on roads. Ijeoma Ndukwe reports from Lagos.
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Barcelona's 'blanket men'

Thu, 07/12/2017 - 01:06
Street sellers are a divisive presence in Barcelona. Now they're trying to change their image.
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Unwrapping the past

Wed, 06/12/2017 - 12:59
An intact mummy, excavated a century ago, is the first to be scanned by an advanced X-ray system.
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Mannir Dan Ali: Why Nigeria needs multi-lingual soldiers

Wed, 06/12/2017 - 01:05
Instead of shouting to be heard, Nigerian soldiers are being told to learn more languages.
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