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Libya crisis: Benghazi shootings video mars 'victory'

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 01:40
Just weeks after the Libyan city was declared liberated from Islamists, footage shows more bloodshed.
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Can these super-crops feed Africa?

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 01:36
Africa's population is set to boom over the next few decades - reaching 2.5 billion people by 2050. Scientists in Kenya are trying to find ways of growing enough food for everyone.
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Clare Spencer: Dos Santos' long goodbye

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 01:27
Angolans go to the polls on Wednesday as President Dos Santos steps down after 38 years in power.
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Celtic: Ajax Cape Town announce that deal agreed to sell Rivaldo Coetzee

Mon, 21/08/2017 - 20:45
Ajax Cape Town announce they have reached a deal to sell Rivaldo Coetzee to Celtic, pending a medical and work permit application.
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Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos steps down after 38 years

Mon, 21/08/2017 - 20:33
Jose Eduardo dos Santos is stepping down after 38 years as president of Angola but is he really giving up power?
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Olajumoke: 'Tinie Tempah photobomb transformed my life'

Mon, 21/08/2017 - 12:01
How a moment of pure chance turned a bread-seller into a national celebrity and model in Nigeria.
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Alastair Leithead: Lagos' growing pains

Sun, 20/08/2017 - 22:44
Thirty years from now the population of Nigeria will have doubled. How can Lagos - Africa's largest city - cope with its spiralling numbers?
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Cry Sierra Leone

Sat, 19/08/2017 - 02:30
Reporter Umaru Fofana reflects on a week that saw horrific mudslide and flooding in the capital, Freetown.
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Tailor-made

Fri, 18/08/2017 - 02:53
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans this week.
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Desperate straits

Thu, 17/08/2017 - 14:13
More migrants now head for Spain from the "Tangier Triangle" in Morocco, as Gavin Lee reports.
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Collecting corpses

Thu, 17/08/2017 - 05:41
Volunteers are working to prevent rotting human remains causing a health emergency.
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Distress calls

Thu, 17/08/2017 - 01:49
Italian prosecutors are investigating him and others for aiding and abetting illegal immigration.
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Elizabeth Ohene: Why I don't love dogs

Mon, 14/08/2017 - 01:32
In our series of letters from African journalists, veteran Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on her lack of passion for dogs.
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Kenya election 2017: Commission denies system was hacked

Thu, 10/08/2017 - 00:36
It comes after presidential candidate Raila Odinga rejected provisional results favouring the incumbent.
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Teenage migrants 'deliberately drowned' by smugglers in Yemen

Wed, 09/08/2017 - 23:32
The UN says the group were forced off a boat into the sea by a smuggler who feared being arrested.
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World Championships: Isaac Makwala and Wayde van Niekerk in 200m final

Wed, 09/08/2017 - 22:30
Botswana's Isaac Makwala joins South African favourite Wayde van Niekerk in qualifying for the World Championships 200m final.
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Alastair Leithead: 'Dangerous time' for Kenya

Wed, 09/08/2017 - 19:12
Kenya is in a dangerous limbo as it awaits official results of its presidential election, the BBC's Alastair Leithead says.
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Zimbabwe to build $1bn Robert Gabriel Mugabe university

Wed, 09/08/2017 - 18:23
The university will be dedicated to Robert Mugabe, the man accused of leading Zimbabwe to ruin.
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Algeria's Boudebouz moves to Real Betis from Montpellier

Wed, 09/08/2017 - 18:07
Spanish side Real Betis sign Algeria midfielder Ryad Boudebouz from Ligue 1 club Montpellier on a four year deal.
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Kenya Elections 2017: Odinga hacking claims spark protests

Wed, 09/08/2017 - 17:55
Protests erupted in Kisumu, western Kenya, after opposition candidate Raila Odinga alleged that the electoral commission's IT system has been hacked to manipulate results.
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