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Angélique Kidjo becomes the third artist from Africa to be awarded prestigious music prize
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‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero to be freed after 25-year terrorism sentence commuted
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Uganda parliament passes bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, imposes death penalty for some offenses
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UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda’s hardline anti-LGBT bill
Batteries for hire could help Nigerians ditch their generators
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How an underwater film inspired a marine protected area off Kenya’s coast
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Kenya opposition leader calls for weekly protests after being tear-gassed by police
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South African rapper Costa Titch dies after video surfaces of him collapsing on stage
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The US helped prevent AIDS from being a death sentence in Africa. Now the epidemic is at a crossroads
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Lagos governor pauses reelection campaign as bus crashes into train in Nigeria
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Freddy set to be world’s longest-lasting tropical cyclone as it threatens to hit Mozambique a second time
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Peter Obi vows to challenge Nigerian election result: ‘We won and we will prove it’
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Opposition vows challenge as Tinubu wins Nigerian presidency
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Many talented young Nigerians are leaving. Halting the exodus will be a task for the next president
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Widespread voting delays hinder tense Nigerian election as millions go to the polls
African Penguin Nest Project
These little ceramic huts are helping endangered penguins and their chicks
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‘This is a dream’: Burna Boy, Afrobeats stars take center stage at the NBA All-Star game
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Body of soccer star Christian Atsu returns to Ghana from Turkey
South Africa risks backlash for Russian naval exercises, but its history with Moscow runs deep
Cameroon finds suspected cases of Marburg virus, an illness similar to Ebola
Russian frigate docks in South Africa ahead of joint naval drills with China and Russia
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Eritrea persecuted relatives of military draft dodgers, rights group says
Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu found alive in Turkey earthquake rubble
Pope Francis pleads for peace as he meets South Sudanese people displaced by war
In photos: Pope Francis visits DRC and South Sudan