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UN launches plan to promote peace, inclusive growth in Africa’s Sahel

UN News Centre - Africa - Sat, 30/06/2018 - 21:59
The United Nations has launched a major support plan to promote sustainable peace and inclusive growth as well as empower women and youth in Africa's vast Sahel region.
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Bringing Gay Pride to Africa's last absolute monarchy

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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?

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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?

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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

BBC Africa - 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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South Sudan ‘revitalized’ peace deal must be inclusive, Security Council hears

UN News Centre - Africa - Thu, 28/06/2018 - 21:39
Although recent engagement between the main political rivals in South Sudan is a welcome development, ending the country’s long-standing conflict will only be achieved by addressing its root causes and ensuring women, youth and other sectors contribute to peace efforts.
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UN chief welcomes ‘first concrete step’ in normalizing Eritrea-Ethiopia relationship

UN News Centre - Africa - Thu, 28/06/2018 - 18:23
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the high-level visit of a delegation from Eritrea to neighbouring Ethiopia which began on Tuesday, as “a first concrete step” in the process of normalizing relations between the two countries.
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Stanley Kwenda: The rise of Senegal's coach Aliou Cissé

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/06/2018 - 18:14
How a series of heartbreaks has inspired Senegal's coach, who has become a sex symbol after his touch-line antics.
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Action needed to end deadly clashes between African herders and farmers: UN chief

UN News Centre - Africa - Thu, 28/06/2018 - 17:22
The United Nations stands ready to support efforts to resolve deadly clashes between farmers and nomadic herders in areas of West and Central Africa, the head of the global organization said on Thursday.
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Tibebeselassie Tigabu: Is peace coming to the Horn of Africa?

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/06/2018 - 16:38
BBC Amharic's Tibebeselassie Tigabu explains the dramatic political changes which could see an end to one of Africa's bloodiest conflicts.
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From outcast to the youngest mayor of Namibia

BBC Africa - Thu, 28/06/2018 - 14:10
When Livey Van Wyk found out she was HIV positive she was 17 and pregnant. She was treated like an outcast, but she went on to become a leader in her community.
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