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Kora: The 'sacred' instrument of storytellers

Mon, 03/01/2022 - 12:43
Kadialy Kouyate is a Senegalese kora player teaching the only university-led course in the UK.
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Desmond Tutu funeral: Anti-apartheid campaigner remembered in Cape Town

Sat, 01/01/2022 - 13:17
The anti-apartheid campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner died last Sunday, aged 90.
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Cape Verde: Drone delivers medical supplies to remote islands

Fri, 31/12/2021 - 01:15
Computer scientist Erico Pinheiro has invented a drone system to deliver medical supplies to the remote communities of his island nation Cape Verde.
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Desmond Tutu: Mourners queue to pay respects as body lies in state

Thu, 30/12/2021 - 20:51
The Nobel Peace Prize winner's body will lie in state in a simple coffin for two days.
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Isabel dos Santos: Angolan billionaire hit with US visa restrictions

Fri, 10/12/2021 - 20:10
Isabel dos Santos, daughter of a former Angolan president, is accused of "significant corruption".
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Ghana's Covid restrictions: Unvaccinated must get jabs on arrival

Fri, 10/12/2021 - 17:35
The restrictions appear to be some of the strictest in the world, with no option to self-isolate.
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Basketball Africa League: Senegal, Egypt and Rwanda to host second season

Fri, 10/12/2021 - 13:49
The Basketball Africa League hopes to expand further in the future, with the second season in 2022 set to see 38 games in Senegal, Egypt and Rwanda.
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Meet Edouard Mendy - BBC African Sports Personality of the Year 2021 nominee

Fri, 10/12/2021 - 08:59
Chelsea's Senegalese Edouard Mendy became the first African goalkeeper to win the Uefa Champions League this year.
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Madagascar food crisis: How a woman helped save her village from starvation

Fri, 10/12/2021 - 01:38
Loharano has avoided the fate of many in southern Madagascar through the use of new farming methods.
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Africa's week in pictures: 3 - 9 December 2021

Fri, 10/12/2021 - 01:21
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina: Three key predictions for Africa's economies in 2022

Thu, 09/12/2021 - 12:36
Why fintech, healthcare and green economy hold the key for African economies in 2022.
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Covid vaccines: Why is Nigeria unable to use its supply?

Thu, 09/12/2021 - 11:26
It's reported that up to one million doses of Covid vaccine in Nigeria have expired and are to be destroyed.
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Africa needs China and the US to work together

Thu, 09/12/2021 - 01:23
The US promotes democracy and China builds infrastructure but people in Africa want both.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘I want to say what I think’

Thu, 09/12/2021 - 01:05
The Nigerian writer shares her experience of grief and her thoughts on "cancel culture" and trans rights.
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Nigeria's all-women lawyers offering free legal advice

Wed, 08/12/2021 - 16:23
Nigeria's all-women lawyers offering free services to those unable to get bail and people facing long pre-trial detentions.
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How Bangladeshis are lured into slavery in Libya

Wed, 08/12/2021 - 01:40
A young man tells of his harrowing ordeal at the hands of traffickers who tricked him and his parents.
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Kenya: Landmark ruling in divorce proceedings acknowledges that housework is work

Tue, 07/12/2021 - 16:22
A landmark ruling during a matrimonial case in Kenya acknowledged that housework is work.
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Crocodile attack: British teen speaks of relief

Mon, 06/12/2021 - 20:12
Watch Amelie Osborn-Smith describe the moment she was bitten and her relief that she won't lose her foot.
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Omicron: Why is Nigeria on the travel red list?

Mon, 06/12/2021 - 18:56
The UK has placed travel restrictions on arrivals from Nigeria and several other African countries - are they fair?
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Covid-19: What do we know about the Omicron variant?

Mon, 06/12/2021 - 16:58
Professor Willem Hanekom says that the Omicron variant "is spreading extraordinarily fast in South Africa".
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