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Kenya name Paul Put as new coach of Harambee Stars

BBC Africa - Sat, 18/11/2017 - 13:42
Kenya's Football Federation confirm the appointment of Belgian Paul Put as the new head coach of the Harambee Stars.
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Zimbabwe crisis: 'People sense Robert Mugabe is gone'

BBC Africa - Sat, 18/11/2017 - 11:13
Protests turn to celebrations on the streets of Zimbabwe's capital Harare.
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'That is amazing!' - ex-Afoty winner Kanu stuns Chelsea

BBC Africa - Sat, 18/11/2017 - 10:25
Archive footage of former African Footballer of the Year Nwankwo Kanu scoring a superb hat-trick for Arsenal against Chelsea in 1999.
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Trump puts elephant trophy imports on hold

BBC Africa - Sat, 18/11/2017 - 03:52
The US president's move comes a day after US hunters were told they could import elephant trophies.
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1 to 231 million

BBC Africa - Sat, 18/11/2017 - 02:07
The statistics that explain how things have got so bad in Zimbabwe.
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Gamer predicts that eSports is going to be 'bigger than soccer'

BBC Africa - Sat, 18/11/2017 - 02:04
A day in the life of Travis "Castaway" Waters, the South African who gets paid to play video games.
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Fire rips through Cameroon parliament

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 20:10
An investigation is under way into the blaze which began in the capital, Yaoundé, in the early hours of this morning.
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Kenya election: Five dead as Raila Odinga returns home

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 18:25
Police say violent mob stoned victims to death, but reports say at least two bodies were riddled with bullet holes.
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Visibility poor

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 18:01
A shortage of weather data is holding back many African economies. Some start-ups are changing this.
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Power cut

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 17:09
Where do world leaders go when they're cast out of power and need to find a safe haven fast?
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Respect your elders: Why cultural norms benefit Mugabe

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 17:08
Why political veterans like Robert Mugabe still command the respect and goodwill of their opponents.
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Robert and Grace Mugabe: What next for Zimbabwe?

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 15:25
We look at some of the options for Zimbabwe, its president, and his wife after the military takeover
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Africa's top shots: 10-16 November 2017

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 09:05
A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.
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Next generation

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 07:33
The shortlist for the 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year is a blend of youth and experience, but who might follow in their footsteps in future years?
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New UN funding to help sustain critical aid programmes for nearly 150,000 in Chad

UN News Centre - Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 06:00
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) &#8211 a pool of funding which supports critical relief operations in crises around the world &#8211 has allocated $11 million to help meet the life-saving needs of some 147,000 people in southern Chad, where aid operations are faltering in want of resources.
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Debunking Zimbabwe's fake news

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 02:08
Reality Check looks at the fake news shared online after the military takeover in Zimbabwe.
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Catherine Byaruhanga: Inside Uganda's abandoned hospitals

BBC Africa - Fri, 17/11/2017 - 02:06
The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga finds abandoned hospitals and desperate patients in Uganda.
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Leaders come and gone

BBC Africa - Thu, 16/11/2017 - 23:07
World leaders Robert Mugabe has seen come and go since he began his presidency 30 years ago.
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UN plan for post-conflict transition in Libya makes headway, Security Council told

UN News Centre - Africa - Thu, 16/11/2017 - 22:03
The political process for a successful post-conflict transition in Libya has made significant headway over the past two months, the United Nations envoy for the North African country said Thursday.
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Five things

BBC Africa - Thu, 16/11/2017 - 13:49
Five things you need to know about the background to Zimbabwe's political crisis.
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