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Question of time

Mon, 08/08/2016 - 04:23
The BBC's Tulip Mazumdar returns to Sierra Leone to meet Ebola survivors and look at how well the country is equipped to handle future health crises.
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Oscar Pistorius treated in hospital after 'slipping in cell'

Sun, 07/08/2016 - 13:52
Oscar Pistorius is treated in hospital for wrist injuries but his brother says reports the jailed athlete hurt himself intentionally are "completely untrue".
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Kenyan anti-doping agency to investigate new bribery allegations

Sun, 07/08/2016 - 13:24
Kenya's anti-doping agency says it will investigate claims an athletics official offered to warn athletes about drug tests in return for money.
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Brazil through but SA's Rio dream is over

Sun, 07/08/2016 - 05:47
Brazil's women's football team are into the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympics 2016 after beating Sweden 5-1 in Rio de Janeiro.
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The champagne of couscous?

Sun, 07/08/2016 - 03:00
It may not be as prestigious as Champagne, but Ivory Coast wants to get a protected status for attieke, the national food. The BBC's Enoh N'Dri asks whether it will work.
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Why did US launch air strikes in Libya?

Sun, 07/08/2016 - 01:07
The US launched air strikes on Islamic State targets in Libya this week. How did Libya get to this point?
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Mane helps Liverpool thrash Barcelona

Sat, 06/08/2016 - 21:44
Sadio Mane scores his first goal for Liverpool as they thrash Barcelona 4-0 in the International Champions Cup at Wembley.
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South Africa local elections: ANC loses in capital Pretoria

Sat, 06/08/2016 - 21:34
South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance beats the African National Congress in local polls in Pretoria, in the ANC's worst election setback since 1994.
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Migrants rescued off Libyan coast tell their stories

Sat, 06/08/2016 - 11:42
The BBC hears from people rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
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South Sudan 'to get new peacekeeping force'

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 22:10
South Sudan's government agrees to let in a new international protection force to try to save a peace deal, the Igad regional body says.
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South Africa local election results explained

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 19:59
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has suffered its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994.
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Nigeria's under-17 squad wiped out as half are older than 17

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 19:49
Nigeria is in chaos after nearly half of its U-17 squad are found to be over age ahead of African Nations' Cup qualifier.
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Olympian competed while seven months pregnant

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 19:06
Olufunke Oshonaike is about to appear at her sixth Olympic Games - only the second African woman to do so.
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South Africa local elections: ANC suffers major setback

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 18:21
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) suffers its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994.
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Milton Nkosi: End of South Africa's racial politics?

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 16:32
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has gained its lowest share of the vote since apartheid ended in 1994 - the BBC's Milton Nkosi looks at four things the poll has shown.
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Tanzania's sugar imports ban

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 15:44
In Tanzania the government has banned sugar imports to protect the country's own sugar growers, but many food and drinks firms say this is affecting their production and profits.
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Sane, Obinna and Obasi on the move

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 12:19
Senegal's Lamine Sane and Nigerian duo Victor Obinna and Chinedu Obasi all sign for new clubs ahead of the new season in Europe.
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Africa's top shots: 29 July-4 August 2016

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 10:14
A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.
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SA hold Brazil, Nigeria win thriller

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 08:13
Brazil experience a frustrating start to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as they are held by 10-man South Africa in Brasilia.
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Tanzania's tongue typist dreams of screenwriting success

Fri, 05/08/2016 - 08:09
Wakonta Kapunda, 25, is paralysed from the neck down, so she uses her tongue to write film scripts as she pursues her dream of being a screenwriter.
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