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.

Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack

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Luca Attanasio and two other people die after his UN convoy is attacked near Goma.

Rwandan Seif Bamporiki killed in South Africa

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Seif Bamporiki was shot dead while delivering a bed in a township in Cape Town, his party says.

Kenya: Endangered giraffes killed by low power lines

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The three that died were Rothschild's giraffes, one of the animal's most endangered subspecies.

Africa’s data gap: Measuring the cost of not counting the dead

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Just eight countries in Africa have adequate death registration systems, a BBC investigation finds.

Tigray crisis: ‘Overwhelming’ humanitarian needs in Ethiopia’s region

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The Red Cross tells the BBC there are major food and medical care problems in the war-torn region.

Seven Niger election officials killed by landmine on poll day

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It is not known whether the seven electoral commission employees who died were deliberately targeted.

Seven die in Nigerian Air Force Abuja plane crash

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The military plane crashed short of the runway in the capital Abuja, after reporting engine failure.

Lloyd’s seeks archivist to investigate slave trade links

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The specialist insurance market has previously apologised for historical links to the slave trade.