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Africa
Kenyans get tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million...
Kenyans have been given a special holiday to plant 100 million trees as part of...
Ugandan army officers sacked for cowardice in attack on...
A Ugandan military court has found two officers guilty of cowardice as Islamist...
Burkina Faso: Rights groups slam conscription of critics
The Burkinabe junta has requisitioned critics, activists and journalists for its...
South African divisions exposed by Israel-Hamas conflict
The war between Israel and Hamas has exposed deep divisions in South Africa, with...
Ethiopian troops force armed group out of Orthodox holy...
Ethiopian defence forces have pushed out Fano fighters to regain control of Lalibela,...
Dream or mirage: Can South Africa’s white-led opposition...
South Africa’s largest opposition party believes it is the government in waiting,...
How One Small Statistic Became a Story That Spanned a Continent
Our chief Africa reporter was wary of journalism that made broad predictions about...
Dozens dead and thousands trapped in Somalia’s ‘worst floods...
People are losing their homes, livestock and farmland to the flooding in the Horn...
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed eyes Red Sea port, inflaming tensions
Ethiopia is abuzz with rumours of a new war - which would be Prime Minister Abiy...
Can Kenyan police end gang violence in Haiti?
Kenya's High Court is set to rule on the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers...
Israel-Gaza: Neighboring Egypt's tricky tightrope act
The Egyptian government is balancing the public's pro-Palestinian sentiment and...
Separatist gunmen kill at least 20 in Cameroon
Gunmen attacked before dawn, burning houses as people slept. No group has claimed...
DR Congo: Graduates grapple with jobless crisis
DR Congo's educated young people have been battling high unemployment levels and...
Guinea’s escaped ex-military leader recaptured, back in...
It was unclear if Camara escaped of his own free will, but the army described the...
Edgar Lungu - Zambian ex-president stripped of retirement...
Zambia's government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former...