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The Kenyan capital Nairobi is suffering the worst impact from the downpours and floods with 32 dead and nearly 17,000 households displaced.  By LUIS TATO AFP

Kenya flood death toll hits 76

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Seventy-six people in Kenya have lost their lives to floods triggered by torrential monsoon downpours since March, the g ...


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South Africa on Saturday marks Freedom Day 30 years since the first multiracial elections and the emergence of democra ...

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President Cyril Ramaphosa touted South Africa's achievements under his party's leadership on Saturday as the country cel ...

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Dakar, 26 April 2024 ndash; The Burkinabe authorities should immediately lift the suspension of BBC Africa and Voice of ...

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Benin police on Saturday fired tear gas to break up a protest organised by labour unions in the economic capital Cotonou ...

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Desperate to have her five-month-old daughter treated for a skin infection in Kenya, Celine Nyaga rode for an hour on th ...

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A British law to send unwanted migrants to Rwanda, which passed this week after months of wrangling, has generated fierc ...

Apr 26, 2024 | Africa Stories

A British law to send unwanted migrants to Rwanda, which passed this week after months of wrangling, has generated fierc ...

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Herds of endangered hippos stuck in the mud of dried-up ponds are in danger of dying in drought-struck Botswana, conserv ...

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The number of people killed in floods in Kenya due to heavier than usual rainfall since the start of the monsoon in Marc ...

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Armed groups in the Middle East and North Africa have little difficulty getting their hands on portable surface-to-air m ...

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Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting for airing a rights report accu ...