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    Video Protesters outraged over demolition of Nigeria slum 2:03
  • TOPSHOT - Senegal and Morocco players clash during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match between Senegal and Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on January 18, 2026. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Suspensions and hefty fines handed to Senegal and Morocco after chaotic AFCON final
  • RABAT, MOROCCO - JANUARY 19: Senegalese players raise the trophy after winning the 35th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) final match against Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in the capital Rabat, Morocco on January 19, 2026. Senegal won the 35th Africa Cup of Nations title on Sunday, defeating hosts Morocco 1-0 after extra time in a dramatic final marked by lengthy stoppage-time scenes. (Photo by Samah Zidan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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    Player protests, an awful penalty and fan uproar: What happened in the most chaotic AFCON final in history
  • Uganda opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine (C), waves a flag from atop a car as supporters cheer during his arrival to the party's final campaign rally ahead of the 2026 general elections, in Kampala on January 12.
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    Uganda’s Museveni wins re-election as opposition leader remains at large
  • A street vendor walks past a wall decorated with electoral posters supporting Uganda's incumbent president and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni, ahead of the 2026 Ugandan general elections, in Kampala on January 10.
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    Ugandan opposition leader ‘forcibly taken,’ party says, as President Museveni nears reelection
  • A street vendor walks past a wall decorated with electoral posters supporting Uganda's incumbent president and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni, ahead of the 2026 Ugandan general elections, in Kampala on January 10.
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    At least 7 killed in Uganda election violence as longtime leader Museveni dominates results
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    Gunmen raid village in northern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people and abducting others
  • Boxer Anthony Joshua speaks at a press conference after Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, on December 19.
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    British boxer Anthony Joshua injured in car crash that killed two in Nigeria
  • A bomb squad secures the scene of a US airstrike in Jabo, Sokoto state, northwest Nigeria, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025.
    Tunde Omolehin/AP
    Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area

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  • An image taken from video released by the US Department of Defense shows the stirke on what President Trump called "ISIS Terrorist Scum" is seen on Wednesday, December 25.
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    Trump says violence in Nigeria targets Christians. The reality is more nuanced
  • A pop star, an aging autocrat and a crackdown: What to expect from Uganda’s election
  • The daughter of South Africa’s former leader has been accused of luring men to fight for Russia. Here’s what we know
  • In Mozambique, an ISIS insurgency is newly energized as US cuts impact aid programs
  • ‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police fatally shooting protesters, signs of mass graves
  • The violence in Nigeria that Trump cites as a reason for military strikes is not limited to Christians
  • Rebels accused of massacring hundreds of people as videos emerge of atrocities and bodies in Sudanese city
  • Bloodbath feared as rebels trap thousands in Sudan city. How did we get here and what might come next?
  • Gen Z protesters toppled Madagascar’s president. Should other African leaders worry?
  • From Morocco to Madagascar, Gen Z is taking digital dissent offline
  • A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died
  • In Africa, Russia is swapping a ruthless paramilitary for a replica it can control. What’s Putin’s game plan?
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African Voices Changemakers

  • Burna Boy leads Africa at the 2026 Grammys with nominations for “Love” (Best African Music Performance) and “No Sign of Weakness” (Best Global Music Album). The Nigerian singer, a previous Grammy winner of the Best Global Music Album for “Twice as Tall,” has 13 nominations in total.
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    Global spotlight: African music’s Grammy moment
  • Themba Gorimbo: From diamond smuggler to UFC fighter
  • Video How carving his own path helped Emo-Afrobeats star CKay shatter global records 23:05
  • Inside the Japa generation’s music ambition: How Nigerians in Canada are rewriting the rules of the industry
  • Video How Ethiopian-born abstract artist Julie Mehretu is helping African artists 23:03
  • From housemate to headliner: Ebuka Obi-Uchendu’s ‘Big Brother’ legacy
  • Video African Voices Playmakers: Refugee boxer Ramla Ali using sport as her platform for change 2:57
  • Video How two of Africa’s top female fighters are using their platform for change 23:02

Inside Africa

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    Fossils unearthed in Morocco are first from little-understood period of human evolution
  • Oldest known cremation pyre in Africa reveals mysterious woman who lived 9,500 years ago
  • Africa’s first hypercar designer is going back to the future for his next model
  • Video Why Lupita Nyong’o refused roles after her oscar win 1:43
  • After surviving a horrific buffalo attack, these conservationists doubled down on protecting nature

Connecting Africa

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    Video Africa’s AI Transformation 23:03
  • Video Sir Mohamed Mansour: The industrialist shaping Africa’s future 23:01
  • Video Reducing hunger in Africa 23:00
  • The solar-powered compact car driving Tunisia’s electric vehicle revolution
  • App that translates speech to sign language in real-time wins top innovation prize
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African start-up

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    This company’s edible skincare products are full of ‘raw Ghanaian goodness’
  • This Rwandan entrepreneur turns discarded tires into fashionable footwear
  • Video Crafting Senegal’s leather industry 1:47
  • Solar-charging backpacks are helping children to read after dark

Africa Avant Garde

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    This Lagos museum is challenging the traditional ‘Eurocentric’ model
  • Video How Mauritius became home to a global biopharmaceutical company 3:38
  • Nigerian cinema in the spotlight as ‘My Father’s Shadow’ to premiere in Cannes Film Festival first
  • Inside Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo’s rise to art-world stardom
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    Video Cape Verde’s plans for growth digitally and physically 4:13
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  • President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida.
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    Trump says US military struck ISIS terrorists in Nigeria
  • A view from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, on March 9, 2023
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    Helicopter crash on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro kills 5
  • TOPSHOT - Participants perform as they parade during the Calabar Carnival in Calabar on December 28, 2024. Calabar Carnival is an annual carnival held in Cross River State, Nigeria: it is celebrated every December to mark Christmas celebration yearly. The quality of the festival has grown over the years making it Nigeria's biggest carnival and an internationally recognized festival. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Detty December is one of the world’s biggest parties. And that’s a big problem for some
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    Nigeria says 130 more children released nearly a month after being kidnapped from school
  • An American flag and a "Make South Africa Great Again" sign are displayed at a demonstration, held by White South Africans who support US President Donald Trump, in front of the US Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 15, 2025
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    South Africa briefly held US government personnel on refugee assignment amid fraught relationship
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    Video Satellite imagery and whistleblowers reveal bodies in Sudan’s canals 7:17
  • UVIRA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - DECEMBER 15: An M23 fighter looks on as Wazalendo militants are transported following their surrender to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group on December 15, 2025 in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo. Fifty-two members from the coalition of Congolese and Burundian militias known as the Wazalendo joined M23 following the rebels' capture of the South Kivu city on December 10. Human Rights Watch has reported abuses perpetrated against civilians by fighters from both sides of the conflict during the offensive on Uvira, and has called for the safe passage and humanitarian assistance for those caught up in the fighting.  (Photo by Daniel Buuma/Getty Images)
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    Rwanda-backed M23 group says it will withdraw from seized Congo town after US request
  • M23 rebels stand guard at the the Unite stadium, where captured members of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo  and Wazalendo troops wait to be taken aboard trucks for training by M23 rebels, in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 10.
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    US accuses Rwanda of fueling war as fighting in eastern DR Congo intensifies despite Trump-brokered peace deal
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    Video Hordes of Congolese refugees flee violence days after the Trump-brokered peace agreement is signed 3:30
  • Vukosi Marivate, a professor of computer science at the University of Pretoria, led the South African arm of the African Next Voices project.
    University of Pretoria
    Africa has thousands of languages. Can AI be trained on all of them?
  • President Donald Trump speaks in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.
    Alex Brandon/AP
    Almost eight years later, Trump confirms he used the phrase ‘shithole countries’
  • Benin's President Patrice Talon attends a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 23, 2024.
    Eraldo Peres/AP
    Benin’s president condemns foiled coup bid, says mutineers ‘fleeing’

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