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Africa
Nigeria inflation hits highest rate in nearly 30 years
Nigeria's annual inflation rate has reached its highest level in nearly three decades.
Chibok girls feel let down 10 years after Nigeria kidnapping
We had to meet Lisu in secret as she says the local Nigerian authorities are trying...
Transgender celebrity sentenced to six months in male prison
One of Nigeria's most popular celebrities, a transgender woman known as Bobrisky,...
Sudan civil war: The children living between starvation...
The woman with sad eyes and a quiet voice is just one of the millions of people...
Mozambique ferry disaster: 'I survived - but lost 17 of...
"I don't know how I managed to escape - I can't swim," says Muaziza Ambaraje.
Russian troops arrive in Niger as military agreement begins
Dozens of Russian military instructors have arrived in Niger as part of a new agreement...
Cape Town's digital nomads: Where idyllic lifestyle clashes...
Digital nomads - the laptop-wielding new generation of remote workers - have found...
Zimbabwe declares state of disaster over drought sweeping...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa also called for two billion dollars (£1.6bn) in humanitarian...
Mozambique: At least 94 dead and 26 missing after makeshift...
The overcrowded vessel was carrying people who were fleeing a cholera outbreak that...
Rwanda: My return home 30 years after genocide
I left my home in Rwanda, the country of my birth, 30 years ago at the age of 12...
Hardest Geezer Russ Cook runs the entire length of Africa
Before he set off on the mammoth challenge to run the entire length of Africa, Russell...
Why scores of dogs will honour a Great Dane in Cape Town...
A quaint local festival celebrates the life of the first dog to receive a Royal...
Why mass kidnappings still plague Nigeria a decade after...
Nigeria, with one of the strongest armies in the region, is struggling to tackle...
Uganda’s Constitutional Court rejects petition against...
Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual...
Ethiopia’s army accused of committing war crimes in Amhara...
Human Rights Watch says Ethiopia’s army ‘summarily executed’ several dozen civilians...