Covax vaccine-sharing scheme delivers first doses to Ghana

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The vaccine-sharing scheme aims to help poorer countries like Ghana get Covid-19 jabs.

Benjamin Acheampong: ‘They can’t treat us like animals,’ says player ‘duped’ out of $1m

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One of Africa's biggest clubs - Zamalek - is accused of 'immoral' and 'merciless' behaviour as it allegedly 'exploited' the contract of a player it no longer wanted.

Senegal’s teenage jockey races to fame

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Fallou Diop won the country's top racing prize when he was just 17.

Niger election: Mohamed Bazoum wins landmark vote amid protests

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The vote is being hailed as the first democratic transition in the history of the coup-prone state.

Rebels deny killing Italian ambassador to DR Congo

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The FDLR says the government is wrong to blame them for Luca Attanasio's "heinous assassination".

Covid infection in Lagos ‘may top Africa’s official total’

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An antibodies survey in Nigeria suggests millions, not thousands, have already had coronavirus.

Ebola vaccines arrive in Guinea after dust storm delay

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These are the first cases in West Africa, five years after the end of the world's deadliest outbreak.

Thousands dead but no prosecutions – why Liberia has not acted

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Horrific tales dominate the history of Liberia's civil war but no-one has been put on trial there.

Headies awards: Fireboy DML, Wizkid and Omah Lay win

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He bags four prizes at this year's Headies awards, live-streamed from Lagos amid lockdown.

Tshegofatso Pule murder: Boyfriend charged over death of pregnant 28-year-old

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Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba is accused of planning Tshegofatso Pule's murder and paying the killer.