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World Cup 2018: Leon Balogun says Nigeria need to be 'dirtier'

Wed, 04/07/2018 - 11:56
Leon Balogun says Nigeria need to play a bit "dirtier" and be more cold-blooded following the Super Eagles' World Cup exit.
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Deported from the US to a Somali danger zone

Wed, 04/07/2018 - 03:30
The US is deporting record numbers of Somalis - some of whom have lived in America almost all their lives.
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Discovering King Tutankhamun's tomb: Harry Burton's photographs

Wed, 04/07/2018 - 03:04
A new exhibition reappraises the work of Harry Burton, who photographed the decade-long Tutankhamun excavation.
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Yoga teacher aims to help Kenyan women behind bars

Wed, 04/07/2018 - 01:10
Yoga teacher Irene Auma wants to help rehabilitate female prisoners in Kenya.
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Lucy Ash: The crop that put women on top in Zanzibar

Tue, 03/07/2018 - 01:06
In Zanzibar, seaweed has become big business - and as it has been farmed principally by women, it has altered the sexual balance of power.
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Morocco's scavenger who now runs the dump

Tue, 03/07/2018 - 01:00
For eight years Yassine scavenged on a dump in Rabat, Morocco. But now he is the founder of the first cooperative for waste recycling in the country.
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Dooshima Abu on the imam who saved Christians from gunmen

Sun, 01/07/2018 - 01:47
Villagers say the imam risked his life to shelter them, after they fled an attack by cattle herders.
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Bringing Gay Pride to Africa's last absolute monarchy

Sat, 30/06/2018 - 02:39
The kingdom of Swaziland, now known as eSwatini, is holding its first gay pride march - despite homosexuality being illegal.
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DR Congo: Oil drilling allowed in wildlife parks

Sat, 30/06/2018 - 01:44
Virunga and Salonga national parks in DR Congo are home to threatened mountain gorillas and bonobo.
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Hillal Soudani: Nottingham Forest sign Algerian forward for undisclosed fee

Fri, 29/06/2018 - 21:00
Nottingham Forest sign Algerian international Hillal Soudani for an undisclosed fee from Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb.
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Fake news and Nigeria's herder crisis

Fri, 29/06/2018 - 19:09
How to spot what's real and what's fake in the wake of the herder's crisis
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'Abacha loot' to be given to poor Nigerians

Fri, 29/06/2018 - 18:54
Some $300m allegedly stolen by ex-military ruler Sani Abacha is to be distributed to poor Nigerians.
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World Cup 2018: Fifa defends fair play criteria to rank teams

Fri, 29/06/2018 - 17:49
Fifa defends the fair play criteria used to rank teams with equal records in the World Cup group stage.
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Piers Edwards: What went wrong for Africa at the World Cup?

Fri, 29/06/2018 - 16:45
All African teams are out of the World Cup. So what is to blame: bad luck, VAR or a lack of flair?
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Nigeria fuel truck blaze kills at least nine

Fri, 29/06/2018 - 14:24
Dozens of vehicles were engulfed in flames after a petrol tanker lost control in busy Lagos traffic.
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Africa's week in pictures: 22-28 June 2018

Fri, 29/06/2018 - 02:09
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week.
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Can paying girls to go to school help South Sudan?

Fri, 29/06/2018 - 01:13
A programme in the capital Juba aims to increase school attendance by giving pupils cash.
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World Cup 2018: Wahbi Khazri scores as Tunisia end with 2-1 win over Panama

Thu, 28/06/2018 - 22:43
A second-half strike from Wahbi Khazri ensures Tunisia end their World Cup Group G campaign with a victory, as Panama finish bottom.
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World Cup 2018: Senegal 0-1 Colombia

Thu, 28/06/2018 - 22:03
Yerry Mina's second-half header sends Colombia into a last-16 tie with England at the World Cup at the expense of Senegal.
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African football suffers 'step back' following worst World Cup showing for 36 years - Drogba

Thu, 28/06/2018 - 21:58
Didier Drogba says African football has suffered a "big step back" after Senegal's exit ensures the continent's worst World Cup showing for 36 years.
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