Why Kenyan music is drowned out by Nigerian sounds

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A Kenyan proposal hopes to cut the airplay time for foreign music to allow local artists to thrive.

Kenyan food prices: Why have they gone up so much?

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As Kenyans take to social media to lament rising costs, we look at what is behind the rising cost of living.

Burkina Faso gold mine blast kills 60

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Dozens more are injured after sticks of dynamite in a market near the mine blew up, officials say.

Nigeria rice: Is the government exaggerating production figures?

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President Buhari says the success of local rice production means prices will drop - but they haven't.

Abba Kyari: Why has Nigeria’s ‘supercop’ been arrested?

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Why suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has fallen out of favour in Nigeria.

Charles Yohane: From Zimbabwe star to taxi driver

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The ex-footballer was shot dead in his taxi - a job that highlighted post-retirement challenges.

Somalia, sexism and me: Being a camerawoman in Mogadishu

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What it is like trying to do a job in a culture where women traditionally take second place to men.

Seven children killed in Niger ‘by Nigerian air strike’

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The children were killed by accident in an air strike by neighbouring Nigeria, local officials said.

Fehintoluwa Okegbenie: ‘I rode through 22 states across Nigeria in seven days’

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Motorcyclist Fehintoluwa Okegbenie jumped on her beloved motorcycle and rode through 22 states in Nigeria in just seven days.

Funeral trip marred by Covid, Malaria and an expired passport

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Rita Eze's trip back to Nigeria turned into an odyssey of bad luck, bureaucracy and bewilderment.