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Seventeen people were killed in mass shootings at two homes in a village in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province on Saturday, September 28.

Manhunt underway after 17 people killed in South Africa mass shooting

Plumes of smoke rise from Khartoum, Sudan on Thursday.

Sudan’s army launches push to retake ground in capital

An American woman who went missing while on a hike on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, has died and her body has been recovered, authorities said on Monday. The woman has been identified as a 20-year-old student from North Carolina named Brook Cheuvront.

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American hiker found dead on South Africa’s Table Mountain

People living near a chimpanzee research center in Guinea attacked the facility on Friday after a woman said one of the animals had killed her infant, the center’s managers said.

Residents ransack chimpanzee center in Guinea after animal kills infant

The sword is engraved with the name of Ramses II in hieroglyphics.

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Ancient remains of Egyptian army barracks and a bronze sword unearthed by archaeologists

Mana Pools National Park. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking in water. Zimbabwe. (Photo by: Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed citizens left hungry by drought

Residents leave the flooded areas with their belongings in Maiduguri, northern Borno state, Nigeria September 15, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Kingimi

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More than 200 inmates escape as Nigerian prison wall collapses in floods

At least 64 people were feared dead following a boat accident on a river in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, local officials said on Saturday.

At least 64 feared dead in Nigeria boat accident

People surround two passenger trains which collided in the Egyptian city of Zagazig on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024.

At least three killed as trains collide in Egypt

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Cars drive past by the newly planted trees and light installations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 27, 2024. Addis Ababa's urban renewal brings modern infrastructure and new challenges, with steep fines for traffic violations and new regulations. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP) (Photo by AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

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EVs are starting to overtake gas-powered cars in a surprising place

African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as growing youth anger fuels unrest

The British Army trains in Kenya. Many women say soldiers raped them and abandoned children they fathered

Against the backdrop of rising anti-LGBTQ sentiment, these Nigerian fashion labels feel forced to show in private

Jacob Zuma has made a dramatic comeback in South Africa’s elections. Will he have the last laugh over Ramaphosa?

Nelson Mandela’s party has been dealt a seismic election blow. Where does it leave South Africa?

Nelson Mandela’s party has ruled South Africa for three decades – it now faces a critical moment of truth

South Africa has failed its Black majority. Nelson Mandela’s political heirs may pay the price

Forced to pay bribes at every step. How trans and intersex people say they survive in Kenya

South Africa’s democracy is turning 30 – but a silent crisis threatens its hard-fought gains

A life in fear: The dangers of finding love online as a queer woman in Nigeria

How the Chibok abductions continue to cast a long shadow over girls’ education in Nigeria

African Voices Changemakers

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‘Turning my life into something people can watch, pains me’: Wole Soyinka on having his memoir made into a movie

Video There’s more to African music than Afrobeats – just listen to these artists 23:00

Dusty & Stones want the world to lend an ear to African country music

Video How South Africa got its first UFC middleweight champ 23:04

As Olympic breaking debuts in Paris, a Moroccan duo is head over heels about the Games

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

How rock icon Jimi Hendrix inspired one of Africa’s greatest guitarists

Video These African playmakers are making a splash in this year’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games 23:00

Video How Mandla Mlangeni and Louis Mhlanga are redefining African Jazz 22:57

Inside Africa

F0W4C8 Mother and sons sitting on sand dune, Dune 7, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Africa

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The gigantic dunes rising up out of the world’s oldest desert

Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital

A South African vineyard is dropping predatory wasps from drones to keep its grapes free from bugs

Huge 2,492-carat diamond, believed to be world’s second-largest, unearthed in Botswana

Grand Stade Hassan II: Design revealed for one of the world’s largest stadiums ahead of 2030 World Cup

Revealed: The world’s most welcoming hotel for 2024

Connecting Africa

ALXA, CHINA - DECEMBER 04: A Long March 2C carrier rocket carrying three satellites, including Egypt's remote-sensing satellite MISRSAT-2, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on December 4, 2023 in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

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Why Africa is doubling down on its space ambitions

Video How African aviation could be set to soar 23:07

‘I don’t get scared of anything’: Aliko Dangote’s mission to build Africa’s largest oil refinery

Video A rare look inside Africa’s largest oil refinery 23:00

‘We’re constructing an ecosystem’: How a small, windy city could become a gateway for trade

South Africa has one of the world’s largest manganese reserves. So why does it outsource for processing?

African start-up

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This Nigerian company wants to be the Airbnb of car rentals

Video Chowdeck takes a bite out of Nigeria’s food delivery market 1:58

From Nigeria to London: Nelly Agbogu is on a mission to elevate African small businesses

This start-up is making artificial hair from bananas

Africa Avant Garde

Tara Shakti will be the first Malagasy artist among the Lunar Codex artists to have her work sent to the moon. Shakti hopes to empower other women through her vibrant paintings.

This Madagascan artist is sending her paintings to the moon

A stunning metal sculpture shows ‘the beauty of Black women all over the world’

‘I’m amazed I lived to tell the tale’: Award-winning photographer on a life spent in the wild

‘Westernization is not the answer’: Artist Àsìkò explores Yoruba culture through mythology

Call to earth

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Angola nearly lost its national animal to poaching. Here’s how a team of dedicated conservationists brought it back

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Michaela DePrince performs 'Giselle' with the English National ballet at the Coliseum in London, England on January 13, 2017.

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Sierra Leone ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in Beyoncé video, dies aged 29

FILE - From left Tyler Thompson Jr, Marcel Malanga and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, all American citizens, face the court in Kinshasa with 52 other defendants on June 7, 2024, accused of a role in last month's attempted coup in Congo led by little-known opposition figure Christian Malanga in which six people were killed. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)

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Three Americans and 34 others sentenced to death over coup attempt in Congo

This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024.

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Floods gush through Nigerian zoo, sweeping snakes and crocodiles into neighborhoods

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's Marathon - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 26, 2023 Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei in action during the women's marathon final REUTERS/Dylan Martinez//File Photo

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Alleged killer of Ugandan Olympian dies from burns, hospital says

TOPSHOT - This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 20, 2023, shows an aerial view of black smoke rising above the Khartoum International Airport amid ongoing battles between the forces of two rival generals. - Hundreds of people have been killed since the fighting erupted on April 15 between forces loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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At least 21 killed in airstrike on Sudanese market as civil war rages

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Explosion kills at least 48 people as fuel tanker collides with truck in Nigeria

This handout image supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA), shows an aerial view of Sinai and the Syrian desert from the International Space Station, on May 12, 2016.

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The controversial plan to turn a desert green

Rebecca Cheptegei competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda on January 20, 2023.

Paris pays tribute to Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei who died after allegedly being set on fire by her boyfriend

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Fire contained at girls’ school in Kenya a day after blaze at boys’ dormitory that killed 21

An ambulance arrives at the Hillside Endarasha Primary school following the deadly fire on Friday, Sep. 6, 2024.

17 students killed in Kenya elementary school fire as officials say 70 remain unaccounted for

Rebecca Cheptegei, competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda on January 20, 2023.

An Olympic athlete was set ablaze by her partner, police say. It’s the latest killing of an elite female runner in Kenya

Mount Gahinga Lodge gorilla tracking

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