Ethiopia elections 2021: Abiy Ahmed faces first vote amid conflict

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Abiy Ahmed is hoping to secure a popular mandate, but polls are not being held in war-torn Tigray.

Birtukan Mideksa: Ethiopia’s electoral board chairperson

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Birtukan Mideksa, a former opposition leader who went into exile in the US, says "shortfalls are inevitable".

South Africa announces gems found are not diamonds

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Thousands of people rushed to KwaHlathi village after a man found what turns out to be quartz.

Birmingham Classic: Ons Jabeur beats Daria Kasatkina to win first title

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Tunisian second seed Ons Jabeur beats Russia's Daria Kasatkina to win her first singles title at the Birmingham Classic.

Tokyo Olympics: Inside the athletes’ village

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Rupert Wingfield-Hayes takes a look at how the athletes' village hopes to mitigate the risk of Covid.

Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan tests positive for Covid in Japan

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The Ugandan was part of a nine-member squad who were fully vaccinated, reports say.

Ethiopia elections: The misinformation circulating online

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As Ethiopians prepare to go to the polls, false and misleading content has been spreading online.

Ethiopia elections: The misinformation circulating online

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As Ethiopians prepare to go to the polls, false and misleading content has been spreading online.

‘War on Terror’: Are big military deployments over?

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Twenty years on from the "War on Terror", is it the end of big military deployments to warzones?

Why Ethiopia’s ‘alphabet generation’ feel betrayed by Abiy

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PM Abiy Ahmed swept to power after mass protests, but his Oromo community still feel like outsiders.