Sugar shortage: ‘Rations are 5kg a month’

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Ethiopia is facing a chronic sugar shortage which has led to violent and lethal protests on the streets.

Tourists sexually assaulted in Senegal’s Casamance region

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Earlier this month, gunmen killed 14 people in the same restive region of Casamance.

Donald Trump meets Rwanda’s Kagame at the World Economic Forum

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The US president and the new head of the African Union both sang the praises of each others' countries.

Cocoa smuggling: ‘We have no choice’

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More and more cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast are smuggling their crop into Ghana.

Africa’s week in pictures: 19 – 25 January 2018

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A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week.

Cooper Robertson and OMA expand New Museum

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Expansion project set to double iconic New York museum’s footprint

2018 WAN AWARDS Launched

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Celebrating our 10 year anniversary, this years’ WAN AWARDS will be even bigger, better and further reaching...

Modern humans left Africa much earlier

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Researchers identify the remains of the earliest known modern humans to have left Africa.

Swede Thomas Dennerby to coach Nigeria’s women’s team

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Thomas Dennerby, who led Sweden to third place at the 2011 Women's World Cup, takes charge of Nigeria's Super Falcons on a three-year deal.

Zambian ‘sex drugs’ land men in cholera centre

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Three Zambians are admitted to a cholera centre after taking "sex enhancing" herbs which made them sick.