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21.10.2024 05:51 Despite the dangers, the transporters of the illicit brew see it as a way out of poverty.

21.10.2024 00:51 The World Health Organization says the disease "that plagued pharaohs" now belongs to Egypt's history.

20.10.2024 05:20 Rivers have been polluted and forests destroyed on a shocking scale by illegal gold miners.

20.10.2024 00:50 Lawyer Elvino Dias and opposition party official Paulo Guambe were gunned down in broad daylight.

19.10.2024 15:01 Necdet Seyitoğlu, 49, said he and others were abducted in the capital city of Nairobi.

19.10.2024 10:30 Just 22 months after leaving the UFC, Francis Ngannou returns to MMA as one of the biggest combat sports stars in the world when he faces Renan Ferreira in the PFL in Riyadh on Saturday.

19.10.2024 05:30 There is a long history of African leaders hiding or lying about their health to keep rivals at bay.

18.10.2024 19:50 The unprecedented impeachment of his deputy leaves President Ruto holding all the cards - for now.

18.10.2024 19:50 Ex-law professor and Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki has been a loyal ally to President Ruto.

18.10.2024 19:50 A farming community is in shock after more than 150 people are killed in an inferno after a tanker crash.

18.10.2024 19:50 All student unions are banned after the authorities accuse one of murder, torture and running a brothel.

18.10.2024 19:50 Esports is on the rise in Africa, led by a tech-savvy youthful population and female pioneers, and life as a professional gamer is now possible.

18.10.2024 09:40 A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

18.10.2024 09:40 With Ghana in danger of missing out on the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2004, how can the fortunes of the Black Stars be improved?

18.10.2024 09:40 South Africa produce a stunning performance to knock Australia out of the Women's T20 World Cup in the semi-finals.