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  1. Search continues for Burkina Faso miners

    The rescue mission for missing Burkina Faso miners, still ongoing says mine CEO

  2. A case of wild polio is discovered in Mozambique

    Mozambique has confirmed a case of wild polio, the first in the country for 30 years

  3. Mozambique declares wild poliovirus outbreak

    Mozambican authorities confirm a wild polio case in the north-east of the country

  4. No-one found in Burkina Faso mine’s safe chamber

    Rescue crews reach a safe chamber in the Burkina Faso mine, but trapped miners not found

  5. Rescue workers reach mine refuge chamber but no-one inside

    It was hoped that the missing miners had made it to a safe room in the Burkina Faso mine

  6. Hope is fading for trapped Burkina Faso miners

    The eight miners have been trapped in the Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso for over one month

  7. US to redeploy soldiers to Somalia

    US soldiers are expected to work alongside Somali troops against terrorist groups

  8. New Somali President pledges to work 'for a brilliant tomorrow'

    President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud takes the top seat from outgoing Mohammed Farmajo

  9. Kenya Elections: Raila Odinga picks Martha Karua as running mate

    Martha Karua, who ran for president in 2013, has been dubbed the 'Iron Lady'

  10. Somalia's MPs get ready for presidential vote

    Somalia’s parliamentarians, and not citizens, will elect the next president on 15 May

  11. Christian student’s killing in Nigerian city condemned

    Religious and political leaders call for calm following killing of a Christian student

  12. Call for calm in Nigeria after Christian student’s killing

    The female student at a college in Sokoto city, was accused of 'blasphemy' against Islam

  13. Top DR Congo police officer found guilty of killing activist

    A DRC police commissioner has been sentenced to death for role in activist's murder

  14. Top DR Congo police officer sentenced to death for murder

    A Congolese police commissioner was found guilty of killing a human rights activist

  15. South Africa's Eskom ramps up power cuts

    South Africa's power utility Eskom has announced another phase of ‘scheduled blackouts’

  16. Google Translate adds 10 new African languages

    Google announces 24 more languages on its Translate platform, and 10 are from Africa

  17. Bomb blast in Mogadishu as presidential candidates give speeches

    Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, said it carried out the attack near the airport

  18. UN Goodwill Ambassador Sabrina Dhowre visits Kenya farmers

    Somalian-Canadian Sabrina Dhowre is helping to highlight the threats to rural communities

  19. Anger in South Sudan over oil deal

    South Sudan's Finance Minister, Agak Achuil admits a deal to sell crude oil at cheap rate

  20. Ghana re-builds its border with Togo

    Ghanaian and Togolese authorities begin the historic demarcation of the two nations

  21. Eight men trapped in a mine in Burkina Faso

    The wife of one of the miners says families feel abandoned with little information

  22. Somalia’s parliament prepares to choose next president

    Dozens of presidential hopefuls have announced their candidacy for Somalia’s May 15 vote

  23. Fuel crisis hitting households and industry sectors hard

    Flights are among services that have been disrupted as Africa faces worsening fuel crisis

  24. Africa’s fuel crisis

    Soaring prices mean Africa could be facing worst fuel crisis in decades, say analysts

  25. South Africa: Spike in Covid cases as fifth wave surges

    Infections have jumped from 6,000 to almost 10,000 cases a day

  26. Humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa

    Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are facing a large-scale food insecurity

  27. Freed Kenyan cleric refuses to leave jail

    Despite being acquitted of terrorism charges

  28. 05/05/2022 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  29. Somalia to hold much-delayed elections on 15th May

    The Somali Parliament announced the election date with less than two weeks' notice

  30. Senegal tries midwives over hospital death

    A mother and her unborn child died after allegedly being denied a caesarean section

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