Uganda: A factory provides accommodation for workers during Covid-19 lockdown

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A factory in Uganda is providing accommodation for workers so that they could keep working during lockdown.

The killing of Hachalu Hundessa and Ethiopia’s identity strife

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The killing of Hachalu Hundessa laid bare the deep-seated ethnic animosity in Ethiopia.

Africa declared free of wild polio in ‘milestone’

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Nigeria is now rid of wild polio having had more than half of global cases less than 10 years ago.

Coronavirus in Kenya: How it turned classrooms into chicken coops

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Some Kenyan private schools have found new sources of income after they were forced to close.

Mali coup: No deal on transitional government

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A regional delegation failed to convince the military leaders to reinstate the deposed president.

Mali coup: No deal on transitional government

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A regional delegation failed to convince the military leaders to reinstate the deposed president.

Sudan’s Jabal Maragha: Illegal gold diggers destroy ancient site

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The 2,000-year-old Jabal Maragha site was thought to have been a small settlement or a checkpoint.

Tito Mboweni: South Africa’s president lambasts minister over Zambia tweets

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Tito Mboweni caused a diplomatic incident by telling Zambia's president "hell is on its way".

Coronavirus in South Africa: Whistleblower questions winter tent deaths

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Suspected Covid-19 patients were routinely left in an open tent, in sub-zero temperatures, the BBC finds.

Why a Somali-born fighter is being honoured in Rome

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Some Italians are revaluating their colonial past in East Africa, writes Ismail Einashe.