Paying for prayer: I went into debt, trying to secure a miracle

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The cost-of-living crisis is prompting people to borrow, in order to pay pastors to pray for them.

Cyclone Freddy: Winds and rain lash Mozambique as storm arrives

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Freddy, which has caused at least 28 deaths over a month, has hit mainland Africa for a second time.

DR Congo’s M23 ceasefire: Angola to deploy troops after failed truce

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Angola's soldiers are to help secure M23 rebel areas after a ceasefire it brokered failed.

Nthenya Mwendwa: How the Oscars changed the life of a Kenyan designer

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Nthenya Mwendwa's fish leather and Maasai beaded bags are proving their red-carpet appeal.

Nigeria polo: The Kent University student with a mission

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Nigerian footballers are well known - one UK student thinks the same could happen with polo players.

Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide trial halted over dementia claims

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Judges in The Hague pause the trial of Félicien Kabuga, the alleged mastermind of Rwanda's genocide.

South Africa v West Indies: Hosts’ captain Temba Bavuma hits first century in seven years

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Temba Bavuma tried to "stay in the moment" before claiming his second Test century - and first in seven years.

Cyclone Freddy bears down on Mozambique

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Freddy, which may be the longest lived tropical storm, is due to make landfall in Mozambique on Saturday bringing more damaging winds and torrential rain as it moves inland.

Why Afro hair textures need to be represented

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Zimbabwean entrepreneur Tendai Moyo highlights the importance of texture representation in the hair industry.

BAL 2023: ‘Africa shouldn’t only export basketball talent’ – Amadou Gallo Fall

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Ahead of the new season, BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall says he wants to see the continent create its own star names.