Africa Covid recovery role for UK’s Hancock withdrawn

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His appointment to the UN's economic commission for Africa was announced earlier this week.

Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia’s Tigray region is starving, but no famine declared

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Despite mass starvation in northern Ethiopia, aid officials are not calling the situation a famine.

Life at 50C: Fleeing Sahara’s shifting sands

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Rising temperatures and desertification are forcing many Mauritanians to leave their ancestral homes in search of a better life.

UK university to return looted cockerel to Nigeria

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The Benin bronze, known as an "okukor", was given to Jesus College in Cambridge in 1905.

Kenyan stars pay tribute to the late Agnes Tirop

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Several Kenyan stars, including Julius Yego, pay tribute to the late Agnes Tirop, who was found dead on Wednesday.

Masten Wanjala: Mob beats Kenyan child serial killer to death – police

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Police had launched a massive manhunt for Masten Wanjala, who confessed to killing several children.

Indian Wells: Ons Jabeur becomes first Arab player to reach tennis top 10

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Ons Jabeur will become the first Arab tennis player to reach the top 10 in the world rankings after reaching the Indian Wells semi-finals.

Can African tech giant Jumia deliver on its promise?

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Can Africa-focussed tech giant Jumia deliver on its promises to a new generation of consumers?

South Sudan: How to deliver Covid vaccines in a country with few roads

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Delivering vaccines around South Sudan is more expensive than the cost of the jab itself.

Agnes Tirop: Husband arrested in Kenya after athlete’s death

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Record-breaking long-distance runner Agnes Tirop was found stabbed to death at her home on Wednesday.