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Nigeria crackdown on cattle raiders
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Nigeria's president orders the security forces to crack down on cattle raiders accused of killing hundreds of people this year.
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Papa Wemba's body arrives home in Congo
Hundreds of mourners welcome the body of Papa Wemba, one Africa's best known singers, back to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Africa
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US presidential hopeful Donald Trump mocked for mispronouncing Tanzania, Kenya flash floods cause chaos, Mandela's ex-wife honoured and other stories.
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Blacklisted Libya oil tanker in limbo
- 28 April 2016
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UK suspends financial aid to Mozambique
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Equatorial Guinea's leader re-elected
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Egypt policeman suspended over shooting
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Middle East
Cape Verde 'shooter' found after manhunt
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Africa
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Ethiopian Jews' Israel migration hope
- 28 April 2016
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Kenya's elephant poaching problem
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Magazine
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'I'm 50 and I've never seen a car'
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Africa
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Zimbabwe's answer to heavy metal
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Magazine
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Rescued circus lions to fly to South Africa
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
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'Upsurge' in East African drug traffickers
- 26 April 2016
- From the section World
African football
Sport Nigerian Balogun given three-match ban
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Football
Rape accuser 'in bed with other players'
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Tyne & Wear
Our reporters
Piers Edwards: Africa's shambolic sports management
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Nkem Ifejika: Learning to say my Igbo name
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Magazine
Jonathan Paye-Layleh: Liberia's classroom experiment
- 26 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Features & Analysis
Peace - and ice cream
What South Sudanese want now that war has ended
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Ritual killing riots
Anger, fear and "Afrophobia" stalk Zambia
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Facebook blackout
The days some Africans are banned from tweeting
- 25 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Letter from Africa
Adaobi Nwaubani: Uneven playing field
Should Nigeria pay women footballers as much as men?
- 20 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Elizabeth Ohene: Ghana's exam cheats
- 18 April 2016
- From the section Africa
Adaobi Nwaubani: Legacy of hate
- 31 March 2016
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Farai Sevenzo: Flight risk
- 30 March 2016
- From the section Africa
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Ethiopian Jews' Israel migration hope
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Africa
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Kenya's elephant poaching problem
- 28 April 2016
- From the section Magazine
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'I'm 50 and I've never seen a car'
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Africa
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Zimbabwe's answer to heavy metal
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Magazine
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Rescued circus lions to fly to South Africa
- 27 April 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
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'Upsurge' in East African drug traffickers
- 26 April 2016
- From the section World
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