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Kenya policeman charged with murder after curfew killing of teenager
Kenya policeman charged with murder after curfew killing of teenager A Kenyan policeman has been charged with the murder of 13-year-old Yasin Moyo, who was shot as he stood on a balcony in March watching police enforce a night-time curfew. Duncan Ndiema pleaded not guilty. Outside court, his lawyer said the state would...
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South Africa jailbreak: Malmesbury prison inmates rearrested
South Africa jailbreak: Malmesbury prison inmates rearrested All 68 inmates who escaped from a jail in South Africa's Western Cape on Friday have been rearrested, the government says. Prison officials were praised for "restoring stability" following a two-day manhunt. The break-out happened after inmates at Malmesbury ...
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Glen Snyman: South African accused of fraud for saying he's 'African'
Glen Snyman: South African accused of fraud for saying he's 'African' A South African teacher has been summoned to a disciplinary hearing, accused of fraud, for identifying as "African" in a job application. Glen Snyman is "coloured" - as people of mixed race have been known since the country was under white-minority r...
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Libya rivals sign ceasefire deal in Geneva
Libya rivals sign ceasefire deal in Geneva Libya's warring factions have signed an agreement on a permanent ceasefire, after five days of talks in Geneva. The deal between military leaders from Libya's government, and those from opposition forces lead by General Khalifa Haftar, was brokered by the UN. Its Libya envoy S...
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Tanzania elections: Chadema's Freeman Mbowe arrested
Tanzania elections: Chadema's Freeman Mbowe arrested Police in Tanzania have arrested the chairman of the main opposition party in the wake of a disputed election. Freeman Mbowe was detained, along with two other Chadema leaders, for planning violent protests, police said. Chadema presidential candidate Tundu Lissu was...
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Sudan's listing as sponsor of terrorism ended by US
Sudan's listing as sponsor of terrorism ended by US The US has officially removed Sudan from its state sponsors of terror list. President Donald Trump gave Congress the statutory 45-day notice of this move in October as part of a deal that involved Sudan paying $335m (£250m) to US victims of terror attacks. At the same...
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East Africa fears second wave - of locust swarms
East Africa fears second wave - of locust swarms New swarms of desert locusts are threatening the livelihoods of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite a year of control efforts, the United Nations has warned. The UN says there have been good breeding conditions in eastern Ethiopia and Somalia, with...
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'Kenyan police asked if my husband was a sorcerer'
'Kenyan police asked if my husband was a sorcerer' While Chirindo Chisubi was still mourning her husband, she was shocked by a question asked by the police investigating his death in Kenya's Kilifi County on the Indian Ocean coast. "This man, your husband, was he a sorcerer?" they asked the 63-year-old newly widowed wo...
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Benishangul-Gumuz: Attackers kill dozens in western Ethiopia
Benishangul-Gumuz: Attackers kill dozens in western Ethiopia More than 100 people have been killed by unknown attackers in a village in western Ethiopia, the country's human rights commission has said. A nurse at a local clinic told the BBC that more than 30 people had been admitted to the facility, including some in a...
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Coronavirus in Algeria: 'No-one could travel to say goodbye to grandpa'
Coronavirus in Algeria: 'No-one could travel to say goodbye to grandpa' In our series of letters from African journalists, Algerian-Canadian journalist Maher Mezahi reflects on how coronavirus has increased the separation between families around the world. Funerals are incongruous events - an act of both separation fro...
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Rhino poaching in South Africa falls during Covid-19 lockdown
Rhino poaching in South Africa falls during Covid-19 lockdown South Africa has reported a decline in the number of rhinos killed by poachers, which officials say is partly the result of Covid-19 lockdowns. Last year, 394 rhinos were killed for their horns in the country, a fall of 33% from the 594 recorded in 2019, the...
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Covid-19: Tanzania has no vaccination plan, minister says
Covid-19: Tanzania has no vaccination plan, minister says Tanzania, which has been criticised for its handling of the pandemic, has no plans to roll out Covid vaccines, the health minister says. The comments come days after President John Magufuli warned officials against acquiring vaccines saying they could harm peopl...
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Dominic Ongwen convicted of war crimes for Uganda's LRA rebels
Dominic Ongwen convicted of war crimes for Uganda's LRA rebels Ex-Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen has been convicted of war crimes at the International Criminal Court. Thursday's historic ruling also saw him convicted of forced pregnancy - a legal first in an international court. Ongwen, a feared commander of th...
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Letter from Africa: How a text book exposed a rift in Sudan's new government
Letter from Africa: How a text book exposed a rift in Sudan's new government In our series of letters from African journalists, Sudanese writer Zeinab Mohammed Salih looks at the clash over what children should be taught in school in the post-revolution era. The euphoria following the ousting of Sudan's long-serving Pr...
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Gregory Dow: US missionary jailed for sex crimes in Kenya orphanage
Gregory Dow: US missionary jailed for sex crimes in Kenya orphanage A US man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for abusing underage girls in an orphanage in Kenya. Christian missionary Gregory Dow set up the orphanage with his wife in 2008. "Gregory Dow was the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing," sai...
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Libya crisis: Vote to unite splintered nation
Libya crisis: Vote to unite splintered nation A Libyan interim unity government has been chosen to replace the war-torn country's rival administrations and oversee elections in December. Delegates at a UN-led forum voted for a three-member presidential council and a prime minister at the end of five days of talks in Ge...
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South Africa may swap or sell AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine
South Africa may swap or sell AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine South Africa is considering swapping or selling the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus, the health minister says. The country has one and half million doses of the AstraZeneca jab. But plans to use it to vaccinate health workers have been put on h...
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Shell in Nigeria: Polluted communities 'can sue in English courts'
Shell in Nigeria: Polluted communities 'can sue in English courts' The UK Supreme Court has ruled that oil-polluted Nigerian communities can sue Shell in English courts. The decision is a victory for the communities after a five-year battle, and overturns a Court of Appeal ruling. The Niger Delta communities of more th...
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Cape Town: Pictures of how Muslim worship helps quell South African ganglands
Cape Town: Pictures of how Muslim worship helps quell South African ganglands A team of Islamic scholars in South Africa has been on a mission for the past three years to bring peace to Manenberg and other areas of Cape Town with gang and drug problems. Photographer Shiraaz Mohamed accompanied them on one of their week...
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Ebola: DR Congo launches Butembo vaccination campaign
Ebola: DR Congo launches Butembo vaccination campaign An Ebola vaccination campaign has been launched in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo after an outbreak earlier this month, the WHO has said. DR Congo has confirmed four cases of Ebola since a resurgence of the virus was announced on 7 February in Butembo....
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John F Kennedy: When the US president met Africa's independence heroes
John F Kennedy: When the US president met Africa's independence heroes In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy mines an archive of photos featuring US President John F Kennedy, who set the template for US relations with Africa. Before Kennedy became president in 1961,...
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Dozens of dolphins found dead on Mozambique beach
Dozens of dolphins found dead on Mozambique beach The bodies of about 100 dead dolphins have been found on an island off the coast of Mozambique. Eighty-six more carcasses were found on Bazaruto Island, north of the capital Maputo, on Tuesday, after a first group was washed ashore on Sunday. The cause of the deaths is ...
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South African city of Port Elizabeth becomes Gqeberha
South African city of Port Elizabeth becomes Gqeberha Many South Africans are learning how to pronounce Gqeberha, the new name for the city of Port Elizabeth. It is the Xhosa name for the Baakens River, which flows through the city. Xhosa is one of South Africa's 11 official languages and one of the few in the world th...
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Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 February 2021
Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 February 2021 A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond: All pictures subject to copyright.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How a massacre in the sacred city of Aksum unfolded
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How a massacre in the sacred city of Aksum unfolded Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray killed hundreds of people in Aksum mainly over two days in November, witnesses say. The mass killings on 28 and 29 November may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty Inter...
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Nigeria's school abductions: Why children are being targeted
Nigeria's school abductions: Why children are being targeted Since December, more than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria, highlighting a worrying development in the country's kidnap-for-ransom crisis. Friday's kidnapping of nearly 300 students from the Government Girls Science Secondary...
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Nigeria kidnappings: Hunt for 300 girls as second abducted school group freed
Nigeria kidnappings: Hunt for 300 girls as second abducted school group freed Police in Nigeria have launched a search and rescue operation for 317 girls kidnapped from a school in the state of Zamfara. The operation comes as 42 people kidnapped from a boarding school in a similar incident last week in Niger state were...
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Blinken says US concerned about atrocities
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Blinken says US concerned about atrocities The US has condemned reported atrocities in Ethiopia's conflict-hit northern region of Tigray, urging the African Union to help resolve the "deteriorating situation." "We are deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian crisis," Secretary of State A...
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Nigeria kidnapped girls: Shots fired at Zamfara reunion ceremony
Nigeria kidnapped girls: Shots fired at Zamfara reunion ceremony A reunion of kidnapped daughters and their parents in Jangebe, Nigeria, turned violent on Wednesday when armed forces reportedly opened fire. At least three people were reportedly shot at the official handover ceremony. It is unclear if there were any dea...
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Covax: Ivory Coast and Ghana begin mass Covid vaccination rollouts
Covax: Ivory Coast and Ghana begin mass Covid vaccination rollouts African countries are starting mass Covid inoculation drives using vaccines supplied through a scheme set up to share doses fairly with poorer nations. Ivory Coast is one of the first to benefit from the UN-backed Covax distribution initiative, with inj...
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Love Island: South Africa's reality show is 'too white'
Love Island: South Africa's reality show is 'too white' As the Love Island reality TV franchise launches in South Africa, the show has come under fire from viewers who say it fails to reflect the racial make-up of the majority-black nation. South African media say just two contestants are black, and two are coloured - ...
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Nigeria school abduction: Hundreds of girls released by gunmen
Nigeria school abduction: Hundreds of girls released by gunmen Girls among the nearly 300 who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Nigeria have been describing their ordeal following their release. "Most of us got injured," one of the schoolgirls told the BBC, adding that gunmen threatened to shoot them. The g...
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HIV findings in DR Congo 'give hope for cure'
HIV findings in DR Congo 'give hope for cure' The discovery of a large group of people whose bodies naturally control HIV without taking medication is leading to hopes of an eventual cure, scientists say. The study found as many as 4% of HIV carriers in the Democratic Republic of Congo were able to suppress the virus. ...
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: BBC reporter Girmay Gebru freed by military
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: BBC reporter Girmay Gebru freed by military The BBC reporter in Ethiopia's conflict-hit region of Tigray has been released without charge. Girmay Gebru was taken from a café in the regional capital, Mekelle, on Monday, and detained by the military. A local journalist, Tamirat Yemane, and two t...
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Covid: Police break up 'fake vaccine network' in China and South Africa
Covid: Police break up 'fake vaccine network' in China and South Africa Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of doses of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccine and made dozens of arrests, Interpol says. In China, police made 80 arrests at a factory allegedly making fake vaccine, where at least 3,000 doses were ...
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Africa's week in pictures: 26 February - 4 March 2021
Africa's week in pictures: 26 February - 4 March 2021 A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent: All pictures subject to copyright.
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Nigeria kidnapping: Freed Zamfara schoolgirl keen to return to school
Nigeria kidnapping: Freed Zamfara schoolgirl keen to return to school A girl abducted from a secondary school in Nigeria's Zamfara state says that despite her horrific ordeal, she is keen to return to school - but not until the security situation improves. Speaking to BBC Hausa, the girl, who we have not identified for...
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'We're the government and we know what you're doing'
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'We're the government and we know what you're doing' The BBC's Girmay Gebru, who was one of several media workers detained recently in Mekelle, capital of Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region, describes what happened to him: I was arrested on the evening of my birthday. I thought the soldiers...
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South Africa crocodiles: Hunt on after mass escape in Western Cape
South Africa crocodiles: Hunt on after mass escape in Western Cape An unknown number of young crocodiles are being hunted after they escaped from a breeding farm in South Africa's Western Cape province. Some 27 reptiles have been recaptured but officials have admitted they do not know how many more they need to find. T...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56292809
The art dealer, the £10m Benin Bronze and the Holocaust
The art dealer, the £10m Benin Bronze and the Holocaust Countless historic artefacts were looted from around the world during the colonial era and taken to Europe but there is now a growing campaign to return them. Among the most famous are the Benin Bronzes seized from modern-day Nigeria. Barnaby Phillips finds out ab...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56298756
Senegal protests after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko arrested
Senegal protests after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko arrested Violent protests have hit Senegal for a third day as demonstrators burnt cars and clashed with police after the arrest of an opposition leader on Wednesday. Four people have died in the rare unrest, the interior minister said. Ousmane Sonko appeared in cou...
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Bata explosion: Equatorial Guinea death toll rises to 98
Bata explosion: Equatorial Guinea death toll rises to 98 The death toll from a series of explosions in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday has risen to 98, officials say. Another 615 people were injured, with 299 still in hospital. The blasts hit a military base in the country's main city, Bata. Officials blame badly stored dy...
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Senegal protests: The country is ‘on the verge of an apocalypse’
Senegal protests: The country is ‘on the verge of an apocalypse’ A top Senegalese official whose job is to settle conflicts has said the country is on a dangerous precipice after four days of protests left at least five young people dead. Alioune Badara Cissé, known as the mediator of the republic, urged the authoritie...
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Bata explosion: Equatorial Guinea blasts kill 31
Bata explosion: Equatorial Guinea blasts kill 31 A series of explosions on Sunday in Equatorial Guinea is now known to have killed 31 people, officials say. The number of those injured rose to 600. The blasts hit a military base in the country's main city, Bata. Officials blame badly stored dynamite along with stubble ...
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Viewpoint: France's President Macron doesn't get the impact of colonialism on Algeria
Viewpoint: France's President Macron doesn't get the impact of colonialism on Algeria In our series of letters from African journalists, Algerian-Canadian journalist Maher Mezahi reflects on the recent moves by France to repair relations with its former colony Algeria, especially concerning the bitter war of independen...
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Goodwill Zwelithini: South Africa's straight-talking Zulu king
Goodwill Zwelithini: South Africa's straight-talking Zulu king King Goodwill Zwelithini, the leader of the Zulu nation in South Africa has died at the age of 72. Pumza Fihlani looks back at his life. "Bayede" rings out the salute to the king as South Africans, young and old, use the phrase on social media to mourn his ...
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Niger attacks: More than 50 killed in attacks near Malian border
Niger attacks: More than 50 killed in attacks near Malian border At least 58 people have been killed in Niger after attacks near the border with Mali, the government has said. Gunmen opened fire on four vehicles that were bringing people back from a market in the Tillabéri region. No group has claimed the attacks, whic...
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John Magufuli: Tanzania's president dies aged 61 after Covid rumours
John Magufuli: Tanzania's president dies aged 61 after Covid rumours Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country's vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television. Mr Magufuli had ...
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Mozambique conflict: What's behind the unrest?
Mozambique conflict: What's behind the unrest? A sharp increase in militant attacks in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado has forced the government to reassess its strategy against the Islamist insurgency. The region has long experienced instability, but the insurgency involving Islamist militants began in ...
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: A rare view inside the conflict zone
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: A rare view inside the conflict zone Since a conflict broke out in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region last year, access has been severely limited to journalists and aid agencies alike. The BBC's Kalkidan Yibeltal has finally been allowed in to the region, where he witnessed a dire humanitarian ...
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Letter from Africa: Kente - the Ghanaian cloth that's on the catwalk
Letter from Africa: Kente - the Ghanaian cloth that's on the catwalk In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene considers the global popularity of her country's fabric in the wake of it appearing in a Louis Vuitton fashion show. We in Ghana have absolute confidence in our fashion...
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Somalia photography: 'I want it to be normal for women to take photos'
Somalia photography: 'I want it to be normal for women to take photos' Somalia often conjures up images of violence and destruction but a photography exhibition in the capital, Mogadishu, sets out not only to challenge that perception but also to recast who is defining those images in the first place, as the BBC's Mary...
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Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini's death: Queen chosen as regent
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini's death: Queen chosen as regent The Zulu royal family in South Africa has appointed the third wife of the late King Goodwill Zwelithini as regent until a new monarch takes the throne. Queen Mantfombi MaDlamini Zulu held the status of "Great Wife" since her marriage to the king in 1977. Her...
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Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: MSF 'witnessed soldiers killing civilians'
Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: MSF 'witnessed soldiers killing civilians' Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff say they witnessed the extrajudicial killing of four civilians by Ethiopian soldiers in Tigray earlier this week. An MSF team and two public minibuses were stopped by soldiers in the aftermath of an apparent ambu...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56526627
Covid in Kenya: The woman who refuses to be defeated by the virus
Covid in Kenya: The woman who refuses to be defeated by the virus At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Josephine Muchilwa was working as a cook, but like many others in Kenya and around the world, she lost her job. Over the past year, BBC World Service Business Daily presenter Ed Butler has been hearing how sh...
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Uganda climate change: The people under threat from a melting glacier
Uganda climate change: The people under threat from a melting glacier Ronah Masika remembers when she could still see the snowy caps of the Rwenzori mountains, a Unesco World Heritage site on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The view was stunning every time she travelled from her home in ...
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Nigeria's Efik queen wants to take royal meetings online
Nigeria's Efik queen wants to take royal meetings online In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on the role of traditional rulers in the 21st Century. With low expectations of elected politicians in Nigeria, Barbara Etim James is convinced that th...
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South African Adrian Nel killed in Mozambique jihadist attack
South African Adrian Nel killed in Mozambique jihadist attack South African Adrian Nel is one of the victims of a brutal insurgency being waged by militant Islamists in northern Mozambique. Dozens of bodies have been seen but few details have emerged about the other casualties. Mr Nel would have celebrated his 41st bir...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56597861
Mozambique: Why IS is so hard to defeat in Mozambique
Mozambique: Why IS is so hard to defeat in Mozambique The recent bloodthirsty raid by jihadist militants from the Islamic State group (IS) in northern Mozambique has shocked the world. Hundreds of well-armed fighters were able to overrun a town close to Africa's largest gas project. They massacred dozens of people , lo...
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Africa's week in pictures: 26 March-1 April 2021
Africa's week in pictures: 26 March-1 April 2021 A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond: All photos subject to copyright.
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Oxfam suspends two aid workers amid sex exploitation claims in DR Congo
Oxfam suspends two aid workers amid sex exploitation claims in DR Congo UK charity Oxfam says it has suspended two members of staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo over allegations of sexual exploitation and bullying. The charity said the suspensions were part of an "external investigation" set up last November int...
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Tigray crisis: The Weeknd donates $1m to Ethiopians in conflict
Tigray crisis: The Weeknd donates $1m to Ethiopians in conflict R&B singer The Weeknd has promised to donate $1m (£700,000) to Ethiopians caught up in the conflict in Tigray. The star, born Abel Tesfaye in Canada, is the son of Ethiopian immigrants. "My heart breaks for my people of Ethiopia as innocent civilians rangi...
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Letter from Africa: Kenyans protest over growing debt
Letter from Africa: Kenyans protest over growing debt In our series of letters from African journalists, Kenyan broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura looks at the anxiety in his country over its growing debt levels. In many countries the willingness of global institutions, like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to beef up th...
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Kenya Lamu mosque: Anger over T-shirt worn by Jay-Z
Kenya Lamu mosque: Anger over T-shirt worn by Jay-Z A US-based designer has apologised for using a portrait of a historic mosque in Kenya's island of Lamu on a T-shirt worn by celebrity Jay-Z, an official in charge of the site has told the BBC. Riyadha Mosque's leaders had objected to the T-shirt as it could be worn to...
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Philippines profile - Timeline
Philippines profile - Timeline A chronology of key events: 1542 - Spanish expedition claims the islands and names them the Philippines after the heir to the Spanish throne. 1896 - Civil and armed campaign for independence from Spanish rule begins. 1898 - Revolutionary forces under Emilio Aguinaldo proclaim independenc...
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Australia country profile
Australia country profile Australia ranks as one of the best countries to live in the world by international comparisons of wealth, education, health and quality of life. The sixth-largest country by land mass, its population is comparatively small with most people living around the eastern and south-eastern coastlines...
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Kazakhstan: Taraz city attack kills seven
Kazakhstan: Taraz city attack kills seven A suspected Islamist militant has killed seven people in the city of Taraz in southern Kazakhstan - one of the worst attacks the country has seen. The man shot dead four members of the security forces and two civilians before blowing himself up, killing another police officer, ...
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Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime
Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime The Khmer Rouge was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, but during this short time it was responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th Century. The brutal regime claimed the lives of more than a million people - and some estimates say up to 2.5 million peri...
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Tokyo 1995 sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult trials end
Tokyo 1995 sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult trials end Japanese judges have upheld the death sentence against the final member of a doomsday cult to be charged over the 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo's metro. The ruling brings to an end 16 years of prosecutions, and leaves 13 members of Aum Shinrikyo facing execution. ...
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Pakistan outrage after 'Nato attack kills soldiers'
Pakistan outrage after 'Nato attack kills soldiers' Pakistani officials have responded with fury to an apparent attack by Nato helicopters on a border checkpoint they say killed at least 24 soldiers. The "unprovoked and indiscriminate" attack took place in Mohmand tribal region, the Pakistani military said. Prime Minis...
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Luxury sports cars in costly Japan pile-up
Luxury sports cars in costly Japan pile-up A luxury sports car outing in Japan has ended in what may be one of the most expensive car crashes in history. Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes, a Lamborghini and two other vehicles were involved in the pile-up in the southern prefecture of Yamaguchi. No-one was seriously...
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Sri Lanka under fire over PR firm Bell Pottinger speech
Sri Lanka under fire over PR firm Bell Pottinger speech Sri Lanka has strongly denounced a report in a UK newspaper which said a leading lobbying company wrote a speech on behalf of the president. In a report on Tuesday, the Independent quoted a Bell Pottinger company spokesman as saying it wrote a speech the president...
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Pakistan: Karachi police free chained students
Pakistan: Karachi police free chained students About 50 students have been freed from a religious school in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, where some were being kept in chains, officials say. The male students, some as young as 12, were reportedly beaten, deprived of food and kept in what police say amounted to a ...
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Tajikistan profile - Timeline
Tajikistan profile - Timeline 8th century - Tajiks emerge as distinct ethnic group; Arab invaders conquer Central Asia, including what is now Tajikistan, and introduce Islam. 9th/10th century - Persian Samanid dynasty gains control of Central Asia and, in alliance with the caliph of Baghdad, develops Bukhara as centre ...
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Peter O'Neill asserts control in Papua New Guinea
Peter O'Neill asserts control in Papua New Guinea Peter O'Neill, one of two rival prime ministers in Papua New Guinea, says he is now in charge of the strife-torn country. Dozens of police loyal to Mr O'Neill have been flown to the capital from elsewhere in the country to secure government buildings. Mr O'Neill's rival...
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Uzbekistan country profile
Uzbekistan country profile The land that is now Uzbekistan was once at the heart of the ancient Silk Road trade route connecting China with the Middle East and Rome. The country spent most of the past 200 years as part of the Russian Empire, and then of the Soviet Union, before emerging as an independent state when Sov...
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Pakistan politics: Key players
Pakistan politics: Key players Pakistan's civilian governments have often been at loggerheads with the judiciary and military, who are frequently accused of meddling in a country with a history of coups. Here are the main players in the country's politics. Nawaz Sharif is back in office for a record-breaking third term...
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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou wins second term
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou wins second term Taiwan's incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou has won a second term in office, promising to further improve ties with neighbouring China. His main opponent, Tsai Ing-wen, said she took responsibility for the defeat and resigned as leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (...
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Arfa Randhawa death: Pakistan mourns IT girl genius
Arfa Randhawa death: Pakistan mourns IT girl genius The tragic death of a 16-year-old Pakistani girl who was also a computer genius has cast a spotlight on an industry with huge potential for the country's youth. Arfa Karim Randhawa, who became the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of nine, d...
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Gunmen in southern Philippines kill 15 fishermen
Gunmen in southern Philippines kill 15 fishermen At least 15 men were killed in the southern Philippines when gunmen opened fire on three boats, in what military officials say was fishing turf rivalry. The incident happened on Monday off Basilan province, a stronghold of Muslim rebels. Three other men were wounded in t...
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Deadly landslide hits Papua New Guinea villages
Deadly landslide hits Papua New Guinea villages At least 40 people are feared dead after a landslide struck two villages in mountainous central Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, reports say. The landslide occurred near the town of Mendi, National Disaster Centre director Martin Mosi said. Officials were heading to the area ...
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Papua New Guinea soldiers' mutiny stopped - Peter O'Neill
Papua New Guinea soldiers' mutiny stopped - Peter O'Neill Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says an attempted mutiny in Port Moresby by up to 20 soldiers has been put down. The soldiers said they had taken control of the country's military HQ, and demanded the reinstatement of ousted PM Sir Michael Somare. ...
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Ex Tamil Tiger rebels 'free to join Sri Lanka police'
Ex Tamil Tiger rebels 'free to join Sri Lanka police' Police in Sri Lanka say that former Tamil Tiger fighters are free to apply to join the police force. They say more general efforts are also under way to recruit Tamil-speaking police from the areas affected by decades of war. However there has not been any formal an...
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Philippines seeks US muscle on South China Sea
Philippines seeks US muscle on South China Sea Sarah Osorio is bubbly and beautiful, and she is enjoying her reign as both Miss Palawan and Miss Kalayaan - the name of a contested chain of tiny islands in the South China Sea. "That's me!" said the 18-year-old, showing a video of the beauty contest, where she struts dow...
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China Premier Wen Jiabao vows to help on eurozone debt
China Premier Wen Jiabao vows to help on eurozone debt China has promised to help resolve the eurozone's debt crisis, after talks with EU leaders in Beijing. Premier Wen Jiabao offered co-operation to help stabilise debt-ridden EU nations, but made no specific promise to invest in a European bailout fund. EU leaders ha...
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Papua New Guinea names 183 missing from sunk ferry
Papua New Guinea names 183 missing from sunk ferry Papua New Guinea authorities have released a name list of 183 people still missing from the ferry disaster two weeks ago. Officials say the list, published in a national newspaper on Tuesday, is a "draft" and asked relatives to step forward to help verify the names. It...
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Three Iranian suspects arrested over Thai blasts
Three Iranian suspects arrested over Thai blasts Four people, all believed to be Iranian, are suspected of being connected to explosions in Bangkok on Tuesday, Thai police say. Two are held in the Thai capital while a third man was arrested in Malaysia. The fourth suspect, a woman, is still at large. Police say she lef...
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Suu Kyi party says Burma campaign restrictions lifted
Suu Kyi party says Burma campaign restrictions lifted Officials in Burma have lifted restrictions on election campaigning, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party said late on Monday. This came just hours after the National League for Democracy (NLD) complained at a press conference that it was being de...
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Thailand names sixth Bangkok bomb suspect
Thailand names sixth Bangkok bomb suspect Thai police have named a sixth suspect over an alleged Iranian bomb plot to attack Israeli diplomats in Bangkok. The man was named as Norouzi Shaya Ali Akbar, 57, wanted on suspicion of possessing and making explosives. Three men are in custody in Thailand and Malaysia and two ...
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Barack Obama apology to Afghanistan over Koran burning
Barack Obama apology to Afghanistan over Koran burning President Barack Obama has apologised to the Afghan people for the burning of Korans by American troops at a US base. In a letter to President Hamid Karzai, Mr Obama expressed his "deep regret" and said the incident earlier this week was a genuine mistake. Demonstr...
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Tonga King George Tupou V dies in Hong Kong, aged 63
Tonga King George Tupou V dies in Hong Kong, aged 63 King George Tupou V of the South Pacific nation of Tonga has died at the age of 63. He died at a hospital in Hong Kong with his brother, Crown Prince Tupouto'a Lavaka, at his side. The BBC's Siobhann Tighe in Tonga says a period of mourning has begun and a state fune...
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Obama in push for 'world without nuclear weapons'
Obama in push for 'world without nuclear weapons' US President Barack Obama says he is pushing for "a world without nuclear weapons", making direct appeals to North Korea and Iran. He also pledged to work with Russia and China, speaking ahead of a summit in Seoul aimed at reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism. He emph...
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Crowds mourn king at traditional funeral
Crowds mourn king at traditional funeral Over 1,000 pall bearers dressed in black with mat and straw skirts around their waists carried King George Tupou V on their shoulders. They brought him from the royal palace, where he was lying in state all night, to the site of the Royal Tombs. There was a 21-gun salute and the...
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North Korea launch casts doubt on improving relations
North Korea launch casts doubt on improving relations North Korea's planned rocket launch over the next few days casts doubt on hopes for an agreement on its nuclear programme, but there is little chance it will back down. In Japan surface-to-air missile batteries are on alert. Japanese, South Korean and Philippine Air...
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Australian billionaire Clive Palmer to build Titanic II
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer to build Titanic II Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic. The mining billionaire told Australian media that construction would start at the end of next year. It would be ready to se...
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Gambling row hits South Korea monks
Gambling row hits South Korea monks The leader of South Korea's biggest Buddhist order has apologised after monks were filmed apparently gambling illegally. Six leaders of the Jogye order offered to resign on Thursday after the secretly-filmed footage emerged. Film apparently showing monks playing poker at a luxury hot...
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Pakistan jails doctor who helped CIA find Bin Laden
Pakistan jails doctor who helped CIA find Bin Laden A Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden has been jailed for at least 30 years, officials say. Shakil Afridi was charged with treason and tried under the tribal justice system for running a fake vaccination programme to gather information. The US sta...
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US drone 'kills 8' in Pakistan
US drone 'kills 8' in Pakistan A US drone strike has killed at least eight people in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, officials say. The strike targeted suspected militants of Turkmen origin in the North Waziristan tribal area, they said. This is the second strike in the area in 24 hours. At least four su...
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Detentions reported in Tibet capital after immolations
Detentions reported in Tibet capital after immolations Reports from Tibet say Chinese security forces have launched a wave of detentions in Lhasa following two self-immolations there on Sunday. Witnesses to the immolations had been arrested and Tibetans from outside Lhasa sent home, the reports said. The two Tibetan me...
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Mongolia ex-leader Nambar Enkhbayar condemns trial
Mongolia ex-leader Nambar Enkhbayar condemns trial Former president of Mongolia Nambar Enkhbayar has accused the authorities in his country of waging a politically motivated legal campaign against him. Mr Enkhbayar was arrested in April and is due to stand trial on Monday on charges of corruption and of misusing proper...