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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
Nigerians vote in governorship polls as ruling party scrambles to regain lost ground in key states
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Finding a brighter future for Tanzania’s child domestic workers
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Lagos governor pauses reelection campaign as bus crashes into train in Nigeria
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Uganda considers bill to criminalize identifying as LGBTQ
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Foreign students fled Ukraine as war broke out. Some remain in limbo, while others fear deportation
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Opposition vows challenge as Tinubu wins Nigerian presidency
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Who is Nigeria’s new President-elect Bola Tinubu?
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Opposition parties in Nigeria call for fresh elections as ruling party takes the lead
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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
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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
South Africa bus crash kills 20, dozens taken to hospital
Electric buses are driving a silent revolution in Nairobi
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Pope Francis pleads for peace as he meets South Sudanese people displaced by war
In photos: Pope Francis visits DRC and South Sudan
South Africa tourism in talks to sponsor Tottenham Hotspur amid energy crisis
Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan in historic trip