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Zambia closes Tanzania border as COVID-19 cases surge

Over 80 new coronavirus cases have been discovered in Nakonde

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Lesotho records first coronavirus case

Lesotho became the last country in Africa to record a coronavirus case

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Burundi orders WHO officials to leave the country

Burundi gives World Health Organisation staffers 24 hours to leave the country.

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Global leaders call for free coronavirus vaccine

African leaders join call for a free coronavirus vaccine

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Ugandan Minister charged of attempted murder

Deputy Minister of Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana remanded in custody on murder charges.

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Cameroon army launches operation in North-West Region

Cameroon鈥檚 security forces have launched an operation to restore security in Bamenda.

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US sanction former Gambia first lady

The United States has slapped sanctions on former Gambia first lady Zineb Jammeh.

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Kenyan officials accused of Covid-19 corruption

Kenyan officials suspected of stealing money meant for medical supplies face prosecution.

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Africa Today: Highlights from 2020

Africa Today looks back at some of the inspiring stories that made us think and smile

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2020 Review: How has Africa handled the big challenges?

African specialists look back at the past year and express their hopes for 2021

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Tanzania鈥檚 new president charts new Covid-19 course for the country

Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan plans to set up a special COVID-19 taskforce

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Millions face hunger in Somalia

Low rainfall and destructive locusts leave Somalis facing acute hunger

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Burkina Faso: Compaore to be tried over Sankara assassination

Blaise Compaore faces a military trial, accused of involvement in his predecessor鈥檚 murder

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Uganda to host 2,000 Afghan refugees on US request

Many citizens are fleeing after the Taliban takeover

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Judges reject president's appeal to change Kenya constitution

It comes a year before the next presidential election

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Nigeria: Gunmen free kidnapped schoolchildren

The children were taken from an Islamic school in Tegina, Niger state

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Zambian President Hichilema inherits 'empty treasury'

President Hichilema's supporters are expecting him to make sweeping changes

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Guinea coup: opposition welcomes ousting of Cond茅

Guinea's main opposition leader has welcomed Sunday's ousting of President Alpha Cond茅

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Guinea: Civic society in talks with military junta

Guinea Coup leader Colonel Doumbouya holds meetings with religious and political groups

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South Africa's ex-President FW de Klerk dies at 85

He was head of state between September 1989 and May 1994

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Cop 26: fear of failure as climate talks enter final day

More positive engagement is needed to avoid a global climate catastrophe

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Gambia's truth commission recommends prosecutions

Some 250 Gambians and foreign nationals died because of human rights violations

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Thousands join Sudan protests against recent deal

Reports say the security forces near the presidential palace fired tear gas

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Omicron variant present in Nigeria health body says

The Nigerian health body says contact tracing is underway

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Covid: South Africa new cases double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads

South Africa's president urges everyone to get vaccinated

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Nigerian diplomat accuses UK of 'travel apartheid'

Nigeria has been placed on the UK's travel red list

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US Senator says civil war could see Ethiopia break apart

US senator says only dialogue could bring an end to the civil war

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Benin opposition leader in court on terror charges

The former justice minister has been detained for more than eight months

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The TPLF calls for a ceasefire in the Ethiopia conflict

The leader of the TPLF calls for a ceasefire in the Ethiopia conflict

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South Africa opens a new Covid vaccine plant

A new Covid vaccine plant opens in Cape Town, South Africa

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