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BBC undercover filming exposes Indian pharma firm fuelling opioid crisis

Fri, 02/21/2025 - 01:53
An Indian drug maker tells a BBC undercover team its addictive cocktail drug is “very harmful” but “this is business”.
Categories: Africa

BBC undercover filming exposes Indian pharma firm fuelling opioid crisis

Fri, 02/21/2025 - 01:53
An Indian drug maker tells a BBC undercover team its addictive cocktail drug is “very harmful” but “this is business”.
Categories: Africa

South Africa opens G20 talks but US snubs meeting

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 17:28
President Ramaphosa urges multilateralism as US secretary of state boycotts the meeting of foreign ministers.
Categories: Africa

Eto'o claims victory in ethics breach case

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 15:52
Lawyers for Samuel Eto'o say the president of Cameroon's FA has won his appeal against a $200,000 fine handed out by the Confederation of African Football.
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Eto'o claims victory in ethics breach case

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 15:52
Lawyers for Samuel Eto'o say the president of Cameroon's FA has won his appeal against a $200,000 fine handed out by the Confederation of African Football.
Categories: Africa

Trailblazing African film-maker and Cannes winner dies

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 10:21
Souleymane Cissé has died aged 84 after a career that spanned more than 50 years.
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'Robbers stole the crosses from my daughter's and my mother's graves for scrap'

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 02:28
Graves in the Tanzanian city of Morogoro are being targeted as people steal metal crosses to sell on.
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'Robbers stole the crosses from my daughter's and my mother's graves for scrap'

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 02:28
Graves in the Tanzanian city of Morogoro are being targeted as people steal metal crosses to sell on.
Categories: Africa

'Grave robbers took my daughter's cross and my mother's - twice'

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 02:28
Graves in the Tanzanian city of Morogoro are being targeted as people steal metal crosses to sell on.
Categories: Africa

First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 23:06
It is the first royal tomb to be found since King Tutankhaman's over a century ago.
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Uganda discharges Ebola patients

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 18:50
The health minister says the patients have recovered, and should not be stigmatised.
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South Africa's finance minister fails to unveil budget after tax row

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 17:44
Coalition partners object to a hike in VAT, forcing Enoch Godongwana to postpone his budget speech.
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Lookman says penalty criticism by own coach 'deeply disrespectful'

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 16:45
Atalanta's Ademola Lookman says comments by his coach Gian Piero Gasperini describing him as "one of the worst penalty takers" were "deeply disrespectful".
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Netherlands to return stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 14:39
The Dutch Minister of Culture says he hopes this move will address the "historical injustice".
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'Nothing is impossible' says graduate refugee

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 11:18
Abdullahi Abdi said the achievement had made all his "difficulties and sacrifices" worthwhile.
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Even in his final seconds of life, first gay imam pushed boundaries

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 01:16
Peers and scholars reflect on the role Muhsin Hendricks played in the LGBTQ+ and Islamic communities.
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Even in his final seconds of life, first gay imam pushed boundaries

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 01:16
Peers and scholars reflect on the role Muhsin Hendricks played in the LGBTQ+ and Islamic communities.
Categories: Africa

Even in his final seconds of life, first gay imam pushed boundaries

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 01:16
Peers and scholars reflected on the role Hendricks played within the LGBTQ+ and Islamic communities.
Categories: Africa

Alleged slave 'excited about the pound' - UN judge

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 20:30
Lydia Mugambe told police her alleged victim had been "acting funny", Oxford Crown Court hears.
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Rebels leave families devastated in wake of DR Congo advance

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 18:52
The BBC meets residents of Goma following the rebel takeover and those being forced by the M23 to leave camps.
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