Orchestra Baobab singer’s son replaces late father

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Orchestra Baobab, one of the world's best known Afro-Cuban bands, have just released their first album for a decade.

Concerns for man on Egypt hunger strike

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An Irishman on hunger strike in an Egyptian jail is so weak he is using a wheelchair, says his lawyer.

Reality Check

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Kenya's civil servants receive more tax revenue than those in other sub-Saharan African countries.

Cleaning up after Ghana waterfall accident

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At least 18 people, mainly high school students, have died after a large tree fell on them at a popular waterfall spot in Kintampo, Ghana, police say.

Fifa bans Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for life for ‘match manipulation’

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Fifa bans Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for life for "match manipulation" during a 2018 World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal.

Walter Mzembi: Mugabe should run again for presidency

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Zimbabwe's tourism minister says there is popular to support for 93-year-old Robert Mugabe to stay on as president.

Actress Noma Dumezweni reads Wordsworth’s Daffodils

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Noma Dumezweni, one of the stars of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the West End, helps mark spring equinox.

Many dead in Ghana waterfall accident

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High school students are killed at a popular waterfall in Ghana, after a tree falls on them in a storm.

Ndileka Mandela: ANC rejection ‘heart-wrenching’ – brother

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Ndileka Mandela is urged by her brother to reconsider her decision to no longer to vote for the ANC.

Protest in Angola against abortion criminalisation law

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A draft law criminalising all abortions will be voted on next week. Angola has one of the world's worst health care systems.