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China's President Xi Jinping has defended the country's investments in Africa, saying they are not for "vanity projects" but are aimed at building infrastructure that would promote development on the continent. Mr Xi made the remarks…
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A suicide bomber has attacked a government office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, causing a nearby school to collapse, police say. The car bomb in Howlwadag district killed three soldiers and injured 14 people, including six children,…
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Immigrants have fled South Africa's main township, Soweto, following xenophobic attacks which killed three people on Wednesday, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports from Johannesburg. Violence broke out after locals accused a Somali shop owner…
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Immigrants have fled South Africa's main township, Soweto, following xenophobic attacks which killed three people on Wednesday, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports from Johannesburg. Violence broke out after locals accused a Somali shop owner…
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igeria’s central bank has fined four leading banks a combined sum of $16m (£12.3m) after they were accused of helping the country’s largest mobile phone operator, MTN, to illegally transfer $8bn abroad, reports BBC Africa business…
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The outgoing UN human rights chief says Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned over the military's violent campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority last year. Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein told the BBC the Nobel Peace…
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Schoolgirl Tomisin Ogunnubi is a teenager with a passion for programming. Three years ago she created My Locator, an app which helps children who are lost. The mobile app, which is available on the Google Play Store, has already been…
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The father of a Christian girl being held by Boko Haram Islamist militants since February has told the BBC he is relieved to have heard her voice in a recently released audio recording. Leah Sharibu was one of more than 100 girls…
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Theresa May has announced plans to boost Britain's investment in Africa after Brexit, during her first trip to the continent as prime minister. In a speech in Cape Town, she pledged £4bn in support for African economies, to create jobs for…
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Chronic exposure to air pollution could be linked to cognitive performance, a new study in China suggests. Researchers believe that the negative impact increases with age, and affects men with less education the worst. Over four years,…
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