Papa Shirandula: Much-loved Kenyan comedian buried

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"Papa Shirandula" helped transform acting from being a pauper's job to a lucrative career in Kenya

Why a Gambian football great is being mourned in Spain

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Spanish club Sevilla are among those paying tribute to Gambian football great Alhaji Momodu Njie - 'Biri Biri' following his death.

Why some Kenyans still deny coronavirus exists

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Kenya has had more than 11,000 cases of Covid-19 and 200 deaths, yet many don't take it seriously.

Coronavirus: Zimbabwe arrests 100,000 for ‘violations’ of measures

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Police say people violated the measures but critics say the government is targeting the opposition.

‘My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves’

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Colonial slave-traders are seeing their legacies reassessed, but what about the Africans who profited?

Nigeria’s Zamfara state offers repentant bandits cows for AK-47s

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Zamfara state's governor uses an original ploy to deal with a recent wave of bandit attacks.

Black South African cricketer on ‘lonely’ career

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South Africa cricket's first black African player Makhaya Ntini on feeling lonely during his career and ex-captain Faf du Plessis admits past mistakes on racism.

Zindzi Mandela’s family praised for revealing she had Covid-19

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says revealing Zindzi Mandela had the virus would encourage acceptance.

Why can’t Egypt and Ethiopia agree on the Nile dam?

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A look behind the fraught stand-off over a controversial new dam on the Blue Nile.

Why can’t Egypt and Ethiopia agree on the Nile dam?

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A look behind the fraught stand-off over a controversial new dam on the Blue Nile.