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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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
Robert Kule
Three students abducted in deadly school attack rescued by Ugandan forces
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New killings reported in Darfur on second day of Sudan ceasefire
Robert Kule
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
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How faith turned deadly for Kenyan cult followers who chose starvation as path to salvation
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ISIS-linked rebel group attacks Ugandan school, killing dozens
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Kill, terrorize, expel: Testimonies detail atrocities by Wagner-backed militia in Sudan
Seun Kuti turned himself in to authorities on Monday.
Lagos State Police Command
Nigerian musician Seun Kuti in court after arrest for alleged police assault
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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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.
Kenya Wildlife Service
Ten lions killed in Kenya as conflict between humans and wild animals worsens
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African leaders greeted with explosions over Kyiv on peace mission to Ukraine
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Psychiatrists to assess starvation cult survivors as they continue to refuse food
More than 100 dead after wedding party as boat capsizes in Nigeria
Hundreds of people feared dead as boat capsizes in Nigeria
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Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey confirmed as new world record holder for longest cooking marathon
Why Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo is mentoring Ghanaian writer Ayesha Harruna Attah
At least 46, including children killed in DRC displacement camp
Three British tourists missing after Egypt boat catches fire with 27 people on board
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Al-Shabaab militants kill nine in hotel siege in Somalia’s capital
Old bomb kills at least 27 people, mostly children, in Somalia
Saudi Arabia and US announce Sudan 24-hour ceasefire
Hundreds of children evacuated from Sudanese orphanage amid intense fighting in Khartoum