Primitive human ‘lived much more recently’

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Homo naledi could be from just 200,000 years ago, not three million, a study suggests.

Tanzania expels UNDP head Awa Dabo

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The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was given 24 hours to leave the country.

Oumar Niasse: Hull City striker has three-match ban overturned

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Hull City striker Oumar Niasse will be available for the club's Premier League run-in after his three-game ban was overturned.

The park ranger kidnapped and tortured for protecting wildlife

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Park ranger Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, explains how he lives in constant fear of attack for protecting wildlife in Virunga National Park.

Somali-American Ilhan Omar on historic US election win

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Ilhan Omar explains how she made history to become the first Somali-American legislator in the US.

Why does this rhino need 24-hour security?

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Sudan is a VIR (Very Important Rhino). Find out why

Tradesmen of Kumasi

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Documenting the workplaces of a generation of Ghanaians.

Uganda inspires cheap malaria tool

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A toy-inspired device for malaria detection that costs 20 cents is shown off at the Ted conference

Row over Egyptian woman weight loss

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The sister of an Egyptian woman who went to India for weight loss surgery lashes out at her doctors.

Ill-gotten gains?

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In our series of letters from African journalists, writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at the discovery of mystery cash piles in Nigeria.