Portrait of Doreen Nyanjura, Deputy Mayor of Kampala, at the City Hall offices in Kampala, Uganda.
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‘People find us easy targets’: Women politicians face a torrent of online abuse but say they won’t stop their work
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Al-Shabaab militants kill nine in hotel siege in Somalia’s capital
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Old bomb kills at least 27 people, mostly children, in Somalia
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Saudi Arabia and US announce Sudan 24-hour ceasefire
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Why Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo is mentoring Ghanaian writer Ayesha Harruna Attah
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Hundreds of children evacuated from Sudanese orphanage amid intense fighting in Khartoum
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Senegal shuts consulates abroad amid attacks and political tensions
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UN court rules Rwandan genocide suspect mentally unfit to stand trial
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At least 16 dead in Senegal protests after opposition leader sentencing
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Gunmen kill dozens and kidnap children in northern Nigeria
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Bodies of 54 Uganda soldiers killed by al Shabaab discovered
Seun Kuti turned himself in to authorities on Monday.
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Nigerian musician Seun Kuti in court after arrest for alleged police assault
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US imposes visa bans on Nigerians who disrupted elections
The Kenya Wildlife Service meets with local residents to address human-wildlife conflict in Kajiado South Sub County.
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Ten lions killed in Kenya as conflict between humans and wild animals worsens
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‘Is my mum dead or not?’: Son fears mother may be among Kenya starvation cult victims
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Religious leader linked to Kenya starvation cult says court hearing is a ‘matter of intimidation’
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At least 9 killed in Senegal protests following opposition leader’s jail sentence
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Senegalese opposition leader jailed for two years for ‘corrupting youth’
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Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu sworn in as president, facing divided nation and economic woes
Ugandan president signs one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law
Nearly 1.4 million people displaced in Sudan since civil war erupted, UN report says
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Al-Shabaab militants launch deadly attack on African Union base in Somalia
Eritrean forces stop UN mission in Tigray, Ethiopia, aid workers tell CNN
US sanctions Wagner in Mali, confirms CNN investigation on support to Sudan paramilitaries
Most wanted Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in South Africa after decades on the run