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Covid: The countries worried they won't get the vaccine

Sat, 19/12/2020 - 01:06
Countries such as Zimbabwe, Mexico and Pakistan are likely to have to wait for the coronavirus vaccine.
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Coronavirus in South Africa: Unravelling the mystery

Sat, 19/12/2020 - 01:05
Antibody tests show that up to a third of South Africans may have contracted coronavirus during the first wave.
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Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys return home after kidnap ordeal

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 18:00
Pictures show the schoolboys arriving in Katsina city, a week after they were kidnapped by militants.
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Nigeria school attack: Was it really Boko Haram?

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 11:53
Militant activity is spreading across northern Nigeria with other groups expressing allegiance to Boko Haram
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Libya's Gen Haftar frees Italy fishermen held for months

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 11:50
Italy's PM wins the release of 18 fishermen based in Sicily who have been detained since September.
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Mozambique's Islamist insurgency: UN warns of rising violence in Cabo Delgado

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 09:00
The UN also blames a failure to distribute vast mineral and gas revenues to the local population.
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Sierra Leone: Sam Jalloh's got away from the civil war through tennis.

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 08:55
Sam Jalloh saw his best friend killed in front of him. He vowed to get away - and tennis was his way out.
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Africa's week in pictures: 11 - 17 December 2020

Fri, 18/12/2020 - 01:12
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.
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Meet South Africa's record-breaking skateboarder Jean-Marc Johannes

Thu, 17/12/2020 - 16:54
South Africa's record-breaking skateboarder Jean-Marc Johannes on what putting his sport into the Olympics will mean for the continent.
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Tunisia's revolution: 'Cage man' Wadih Jalasi remembers start of Arab Spring

Thu, 17/12/2020 - 15:34
Wadih Jalasi became known as "cage man" during the Arab Spring, after a photo of him went viral.
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Arab Spring: 10 moments, 10 years on

Thu, 17/12/2020 - 12:49
On the anniversary of the Arab Spring, the BBC looks at defining moments of the movement.
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Tigray crisis: How Ethiopian doctors fled militia attacks

Thu, 17/12/2020 - 01:19
Ethiopian doctors tell the BBC about their efforts to treat wounded civilians during fighting last month.
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In pictures: The beauty of toilets

Thu, 17/12/2020 - 01:11
Photographer Elena Heatherwick captures the stories behind them in villages in Rwanda and Madagascar.
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Covid-19 Vaccine: When are African countries getting it?

Wed, 16/12/2020 - 15:37
How and and when are African countries likely to get access to Covid-19 vaccines?
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Sudan's Darfur conflict: Why Abdullah has never seen his 'home'

Wed, 16/12/2020 - 07:06
Concerns grow for people's safety in Sudan's war-torn Darfur as peacekeepers prepare to leave.
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Nigeria's Katsina school abduction: 'I was very afraid' when the kidnappers came

Mon, 14/12/2020 - 22:24
Abdulhadi avoided the mass kidnapping in Nigeria's Katsina school but his twin brother Mustapha was lost in the chaos.
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Nigeria's Katsina school abduction: 'How I escaped my kidnappers'

Mon, 14/12/2020 - 19:26
A student who escaped after gunmen raided an all-boys school in Nigeria speaks to the BBC.
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Dakar Fashion Week: Catwalk moved into baobab forest to be Covid-secure

Sun, 13/12/2020 - 10:16
The catwalk in Dakar has been moved into a baobab forest due to Covid-19 restrictions.
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Ghana's election: Six things you should know

Mon, 07/12/2020 - 18:20
More than 17 million Ghanaians were eligible to vote in Monday's poll to elect a new president and parliament.
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Going undercover in the schools that chain boys

Mon, 07/12/2020 - 16:34
Reporter Fateh Al-Rahman Al-Hamdani writes about his experience of secretly filming inside Sudan's Islamic boarding schools to expose abuse, and reveals why the investigation was so personal to him.
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