Somalia ship hijack: ‘Pirates’ demand ransom

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EU anti-piracy naval force says the hijackers are demanding money for the release of an oil tanker.

UK launches East Africa emergency appeal

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Announcement as Sir Mo Farah appeals to help drought-hit region and foreign secretary visits Somalia.

UK launches East Africa emergency appeal

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More than 16 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan need food and water.

Living with volcanoes

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The archipelago where the landscape is idyllic but life tough.

The South Africa township women learning tech

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In Cape Town a new scheme is helping women develop web literacy.

Inside emergency feeding centre for children in Nigeria

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Time is running out to save 20 million people facing famine in Africa and the Middle East, says the UN.

Inside emergency feeding centre for children in Nigeria

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Time is running out to save 20 million people facing famine in Africa and the Middle East, says the UN.

Kenya doctors end strike after signing government deal

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Doctors will receive increased allowances as negotiations on other issues continue.

Letter from Africa: How Nigerians obsess about life in the US

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Not even Trump can stop a Nigerian's quest for a better life, says novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.

Libya’s Khalifa Haftar ‘retakes oil ports from Islamist militia’

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Gen Haftar's forces say they have recaptured oil terminals as Russia denies special forces support.