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Mercy Baguma's family cancels memorial service

Sat, 08/29/2020 - 13:43
The father of a Ugandan woman found dead in Glasgow says the family is awaiting more information about her death.
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Tito Mboweni: South Africa's finance minster known for a Twitter roast chicken fail

Sat, 08/29/2020 - 09:06
South Africa's Tito Mboweni is fearless on Twitter, rowing with officials and sharing cooking skills.
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A clever way to provide life-saving oxygen

Sat, 08/29/2020 - 00:58
An invention is saving children’s lives, providing oxygen in hospitals without reliable electricity.
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Uganda lightning strike kills 10 children playing football in Arua

Fri, 08/28/2020 - 12:44
The children were playing football when heavy rains forced them to take shelter in a grass-thatched hut.
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Could Didier Drogba be getting a Fifa lifeline for Ivory Coast polls?

Fri, 08/28/2020 - 12:05
Didier Drogba's hopes of becoming the next president of Ivory Coast's football federation (FIF) could be restored by Fifa.
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UAE implicated in lethal drone strike in Libya

Fri, 08/28/2020 - 06:03
BBC finds evidence that a UAE drone killed 26 unarmed cadets in Libya’s capital Tripoli.
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Africa's week in pictures: 21-27 August 2020

Fri, 08/28/2020 - 01:05
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
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MLK, Malcolm X and Kwame Nkrumah’s daughters discuss racial justice

Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:11
The daughters of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Kwame Nkrumah discuss Black Lives Matter.
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Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba rejected for Ivory Coast Federation polls

Thu, 08/27/2020 - 15:38
Ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is not eligible to stand for the presidency of the Ivory Coast Football Federation.
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Man arrested in London on suspicion of Liberia war crimes

Thu, 08/27/2020 - 13:33
A 45-year-old man is accused of war crimes during the first and second Liberian civil wars.
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West Mathewson: South African conservationist killed by white lions

Thu, 08/27/2020 - 11:36
Police say two lions attacked the lodge owner as he was taking them for a walk, in front of his wife.
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Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara: 'Not about sport right now'

Thu, 08/27/2020 - 10:54
Colorado Rapids' Kei Kamara backs his team's decision not play against FC Dallas in protest over the shooting of Jacob Blake.
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Caged Congolese man: Why a zoo took 114 years to apologise

Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:13
Ota Benga was kidnapped from what is now DR Congo in 1904 and taken to the US to be exhibited.
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Ntando Mahlangu, South Africa's new blade runner

Wed, 08/26/2020 - 15:49
Ntando Mahlangu went from not being able to walk to Paralympian in just four years.
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Mauritius oil spill: Dead dolphins found after shipwreck

Wed, 08/26/2020 - 13:35
The discovery of 13 dead dolphins causes much sadness and anger among locals.
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World Trade Organization: Could there be an African director-general?

Wed, 08/26/2020 - 09:54
The World Trade Organization is currently looking for a new director-general and three of the candidates are African.
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South Africa's sugar cane murders: Living in fear of serial killings

Wed, 08/26/2020 - 02:37
A farming community in South Africa is reeling after the bodies of five women were recently discovered.
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Chinese phones with built-in malware sold in Africa

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 18:53
The malicious code could sign owners up to subscription services without permission.
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Uganda-born woman found dead in UK next to 'starving baby'

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 17:13
The death of a woman whose one-year-old child was reportedly found malnourished beside her body is being investigated.
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Sudan and Pompeo 'discuss removal from terror list'

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 14:25
Sudan is on the US' list of state sponsors of terror as al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden lived there.
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