Kenya’s CBC education reform: How scarecrows are terrifying parents

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A new school curriculum means challenging tasks end up being performed by parents not their children.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s longest-serving president dies

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The former president, whose decades-long rule sparked massive protests, has died aged 84.

Sexual abuse scandal overshadows start of Women’s Afrobasket finals

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Africa's women's basketballers start the continental championships on Saturday under the shadow of a major sexual abuse scandal.

Turkana: The front line of climate change

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There are few places in the world where the consequences of a changing climate are as plain to see as in northern Kenya.

Africa’s week in pictures: 10-16 September 2021

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A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Kenyan blogger: ‘I thought I may never make it out of Qatar’

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A Kenyan blogger who wrote about working conditions in Qatar was thrown into solitary confinement, given a huge fine and deported.

Somalia political rift intensifies amid row over missing spy

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The president cuts the powers of the prime minister, who remains defiant.

Brussels to name street after Nigerian sex worker

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The city aims to draw attention to victims of sexual violence after Eunice Osayande's death in 2018.

Former Kenya sports minister pays fine to skip jail over Rio 2016 scandal

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Former sports minister Hassan Wario pays a fine to avoid a jail term after being found guilty of misusing public funds meant for Kenya's 2016 Olympic campaign.

Head of Islamic State in Sahara killed by French troops – Macron

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French President Emmanuel Macron calls the killing of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi a "major success".