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Elizabeth Ohene: London’s coconut fad

Wed, 13/09/2017 - 01:53
Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene reflects on how London has changed and how it compares to Accra.
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Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: Nigeria's unpaid Ebola heroes

Thu, 07/09/2017 - 08:54
They "saved" Nigeria from the brink of an Ebola epidemic in 2014, so why are these doctors still waiting to be paid?
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Where 'spirits' come to life

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 17:34
Egungun - the festival where "spirits" come to life. Photographs by Charlie Northcott & Joshua Akinyemi.
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Huddersfield sign Moroccan Sabiri

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 12:12
Huddersfield Town sign Nurnberg forward Abdelhamid Sabiri for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.
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Angolans choose new leader to replace Jose Eduardo dos Santos

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 11:43
Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the world's second-longest serving president, is stepping down.
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Egypt criticises US decision to withhold military aid

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 11:40
Egypt's foreign ministry says the move - not yet announced by Washington - reflects "poor judgement".
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Ola Aina: England youth international earns Nigeria call-up

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 09:56
Former England youth international Ola Aina is named in Nigeria's squad for September's back-to-back 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon.
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The man who wants to sell rhino horns

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 02:04
Rhino breeder John Hume says open trade is the only way to raise funds for the species and stop poaching.
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Population boom

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 01:50
Alastair Leithead assesses the consequences for a country where women have an average 7.6 children each.
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How Niger is trying to slow the world's highest birth rate

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 01:50
Women in Niger have an average of more than seven children each - the highest birth rate in the world.
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'How I saved my siblings'

Wed, 23/08/2017 - 01:05
Five survivors of Sierra Leone mudslide give harrowing accounts of their loss and how they escaped death.
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Pumza Fihlani: Saving Grace

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 19:00
Diplomacy has triumphed over justice in the assault case against Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe in South Africa, writes the BBC's Pumza Fihlani.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram conflict: Huge rise in child 'human bombs'

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 18:33
There have been 83 cases so far this year - four times as many as all of last year, the UN says.
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Nigerian president to 'work from home' after rat infestation

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 18:04
Muhammadu Buhari has just returned from extended medical leave, but now has an office infestation.
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Jollof rice: West Africa’s culinary king?

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 17:09
Food lovers in Nigeria have been attending the inaugural Jollof festival in the commercial capital Lagos.
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Uganda police: Arrests over ritual serial killings

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 16:18
Police say most victims were sex workers who had been raped and strangled.
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Libya crisis: Benghazi shootings video mars 'victory'

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 01:40
Just weeks after the Libyan city was declared liberated from Islamists, footage shows more bloodshed.
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Can these super-crops feed Africa?

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 01:36
Africa's population is set to boom over the next few decades - reaching 2.5 billion people by 2050. Scientists in Kenya are trying to find ways of growing enough food for everyone.
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Clare Spencer: Dos Santos' long goodbye

Tue, 22/08/2017 - 01:27
Angolans go to the polls on Wednesday as President Dos Santos steps down after 38 years in power.
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Celtic: Ajax Cape Town announce that deal agreed to sell Rivaldo Coetzee

Mon, 21/08/2017 - 20:45
Ajax Cape Town announce they have reached a deal to sell Rivaldo Coetzee to Celtic, pending a medical and work permit application.
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