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A cup of tea can solve everything, including the puzzle of how one more African nation can still reach next year’s World Cup. Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, and Nigeria are set to face off in African play-offs over the next few days, but that won’t be the end of it… Watch on as BBC Sport Africa’s Ian Williams boils it down for you. Edited by @bushra_nuur | BBC News Africa
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A cup of tea can solve everything, including the puzzle of how one more African nation can still reach next year’s World Cup. Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, and Nigeria are set to face off in African play-offs over the next few days, but that won’t be the end of it… Watch on as BBC Sport Africa’s Ian Williams boils it down for you. Edited by @bushra_nuur | BBC News Africa
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Major world powers including the US, China and Russia are jostling for military, political and economic influence in Africa. What does this all mean for the continent and its people? Anne Soy has been finding out. | BBC News Africa
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Major world powers including the US, China and Russia are jostling for military, political and economic influence in Africa. What does this all mean for the continent and its people? Anne Soy has been finding out. | BBC News Africa
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As the conflict deepens between the US and Israel against Iran, governments in Africa will be watching closely. There have been economic and diplomatic ties between the continent and Iran for decades, so many will be asking, what now? | BBC News Africa
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As 21 million Ugandans are expected to head to the polls for the upcoming elections, they are faced with a choice from the two main presidential candidates: Continuity with current President Museveni, or change in the form of main opposition candidate Bobi Wine. The BBC spoke to Emmanuel Dombo, spokesperson for Museveni’s NRM Party about what the party would offer if the president were to win a seventh term in power. | BBC News Africa
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As the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continues and rebels gain more ground, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in neighbouring Burundi. A local stadium has been turned into a temporary camp to cater for the influx of thousands of refugees fleeing the violence in DRC. Our correspondent Nomsa Maseko reports from Burundi’s economic capital Bujumbura. | BBC News Africa
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🚀 We’ve moved! Focus on Africa is now broadcasting from Nairobi. We’ve brought the show closer to the people who inspire it - sharing African stories through African voices. 🎧 Catch our daily audio episodes on your favourite podcast apps. 📺 And don’t miss our weekly visual edition on YouTube! | BBC News Africa
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The new leader of South Africa's ANC - Cyril Ramaphosa - talks to the BBC about corruption, managing President Zuma's departure and the upcoming elections: | BBC News Africa
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What’s keeping Africa from getting a seat at the United Nations Security Council? There are calls for Africa to be given permanent representation on the UN Security Council. But is this likely to happen soon? BBC's Waihiga Mwaura is at the UN General Assembly to find out. | BBC News Africa
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In a sit-down with the BBC, US Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, weighs in on the agreement’s security framework and defends the controversial mineral processing arrangement between the two nations. He also confirms Rwanda’s influence over M23 rebels. | BBC News Africa
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"They ransacked my home and left my town in ruins." Sudan is experiencing the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with millions displaced and many facing famine, as a result of the civil war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia that erupted in April last year. The capital, Khartoum, was where the fighting started all those months ago and in recent weeks intense clashes have returned. The BBC’s Mohanad Hashim returns to Sudan for the first time since the war began, to find w
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Warning: This video contains details of graphic violence that some people may find upsetting Fresh trauma arrives with every election season in Tanzania for 42-year-old Mariam Staford. For most, the fiesta-like rallies and songs, along with the campaign messages, signal a chance for people to make their voice heard. But for those with albinism, they bring terror. Albinism, which affects an estimated 30,000 people in Tanzania, is a rare genetic condition that reduces melanin - the pigment that gi
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South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is due to meet Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday in an attempt to reset relations between the two countries. Tensions have been growing since Trump claimed the South African government was doing ‘terrible things’, saying its land reform policy discriminates against white Afrikaners, a claim that has been widely discredited. Mr Trump has also been angered by South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Criminal Court. Trump
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Aid agencies say they’re at breaking point. Life-saving programmes are shutting down whilst more families are being displaced. The risk of cholera and famine is rising. Now there are renewed calls for the international community to step in and push for real peace in South Sudan. Focus on Africa's Daniel Dadzie has interviewed Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA), who has been in Juba, South Sudan. | BBC News Africa
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We meet Kenyans hoping to escape poverty by becoming the next household name in running | BBC News Africa
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The moment Morocco became the first African and Arab country to reach the World Cup semi finals. Scenes in Rabat! | BBC News Africa
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'We'd rather go back home and die from the war, than stay here and die from starvation.' Humanitarian conditions at refugee camps in Burundi are deteriorating following a surge of refugees fleeing fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations says over one hundred thousand refugees have entered the country since early December, overwhelming local resources. Many camps and transit centres are struggling with overstretched health, water, and sanitation systems. | BBC News Africa
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More than 40 people are now known to have died after multiple landslides struck Kenya and Uganda's mountainous border region last week. "I lost a grandmother, a maternal aunt, an uncle, two sisters, a family friend and a cousin. They were staying together in Kaptul village," Felix Kemboi told the BBC on the Kenyan side. So distressed was the 30-year-old Felix that he struggled to put the experience into words. On both sides of the border, many people are still missing and search and rescue teams
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'Worse than anything in the world'. A brief background to the two-year civil war raging in Ethiopia. | BBC News Africa
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A breakthrough HIV prevention drug, Lenacapavir, will be rolled out in 120 low- and middle-income countries by 2027 at just $40 a year - down from $28,000 - bringing millions closer to life-saving treatment. | BBC News Africa
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Severe floods caused by heavy rains hit parts of Mozambique killing more than 100 people and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. A red alert has been issued across some parts of the country as more rains are expected. | BBC News Africa
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What are schoolchildren being told about coronavirus and how to stop it spreading? Before the closure of schools was announced, BBC What's New? went to a school in Nairobi, Kenya to talk to pupils and teachers about COVID19. | BBC News Africa
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The family of 19-year-old David Mwangi has spoken out after the teenager was shot dead during anti-government protests in Kenya. The UN has called for an independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of protestors. At least 16 people were killed by police the demonstrations, according to human rights group Amnesty International. The government denies using excessive force. | BBC News Africa
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