Uganda election: False claims about Joe Biden and others

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Claims about the US president-elect are among misinformation being widely shared during an election.

François Bozizé: CAR accuses former president of ‘attempted coup’

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The Central African Republic says forces loyal to François Bozizé plan to march on the capital Bangui.

Hot air ballooning: Joyce Beckwith flies over Maasai Mara in Kenya

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Captain Joyce Beckwith married into a ballooning family and has since become Kenya's first female pilot.

Covid: The countries worried they won’t get the vaccine

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Countries such as Zimbabwe, Mexico and Pakistan are likely to have to wait for the coronavirus vaccine.

Coronavirus in South Africa: Unravelling the mystery

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Antibody tests show that up to a third of South Africans may have contracted coronavirus during the first wave.

Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys return home after kidnap ordeal

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Pictures show the schoolboys arriving in Katsina city, a week after they were kidnapped by militants.

Nigeria school attack: Was it really Boko Haram?

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Hundreds of boys kidnapped from a school in northern Nigeria have been released - but questions remain about rising militant violence.

Libya’s Gen Haftar frees Italy fishermen held for months

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Italy's PM wins the release of 18 fishermen based in Sicily who have been detained since September.

Mozambique’s Islamist insurgency: UN warns of rising violence in Cabo Delgado

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The UN also blames a failure to distribute vast mineral and gas revenues to the local population.

Sierra Leone: Sam Jalloh’s got away from the civil war through tennis.

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Sam Jalloh saw his best friend killed in front of him. He vowed to get away - and tennis was his way out.