Portrait of Doreen Nyanjura, Deputy Mayor of Kampala, at the City Hall offices in Kampala, Uganda.
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‘People find us easy targets’: Women politicians face a torrent of online abuse but say they won’t stop their work
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At least 13 children killed by suspected measles outbreak in Sudan’s displacement camps, NGO says
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At least 48 dead in road accident in western Kenya, officials say
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Sierra Leone election observers flag ‘statistical inconsistencies’
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Ethiopia seeks to join BRICS bloc of emerging economies
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One of the world’s largest festivals of Black culture is devoting a day to Nollywood for the first time
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Uganda passed one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws. LGBTQ people describe living there as ‘hell’
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Steep rise in numbers of Sudanese refugees fleeing violence
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Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio sworn in hours after election win
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Child among five killed in Egyptian building collapse
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Nigeria investigates a dayslong oil spill from a Shell pipeline in a region already blighted by pollution
Seun Kuti turned himself in to authorities on Monday.
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Nigerian musician Seun Kuti in court after arrest for alleged police assault
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US imposes visa bans on Nigerians who disrupted elections
The Kenya Wildlife Service meets with local residents to address human-wildlife conflict in Kajiado South Sub County.
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Ten lions killed in Kenya as conflict between humans and wild animals worsens
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‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ brings Afro-futurism to Disney+
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Sierra Leone’s president takes early lead in tense election race
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Tensions mount as Sierra Leone prepares for high-stakes elections
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Activists say they’ve identified hundreds of bodies left in the streets of West Darfur
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Kenyan starvation cult suspect dies in custody after hunger strike
Three students abducted in deadly school attack rescued by Ugandan forces
New killings reported in Darfur on second day of Sudan ceasefire
Twenty people arrested on suspicion of collaborating in Uganda school massacre
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Children die daily at a South Sudan border camp while they wait for international aid
How faith turned deadly for Kenyan cult followers who chose starvation as path to salvation
ISIS-linked rebel group attacks Ugandan school, killing dozens
Kill, terrorize, expel: Testimonies detail atrocities by Wagner-backed militia in Sudan