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People react during a protest following Albert Ojwang's death in police custody at the Central Police Station, in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 9, 2025.
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Kenya hit by protests sparked by blogger’s death in police cell
Snow covers the N2 road heading to Nolangeni, South Africa on June 10.
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Children swept away in school bus among at least 49 killed in South Africa flooding
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UN launches a rescue operation after 8 migrants die off Djiboutian coast
Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko has resigned as dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College in New York, citing a crippling workload and a lack of empathy for black women. Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic, and novelist. Seen near her home in Edinburgh, Scotland UK 15/10/2020 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. sgealbadh, A22N6S
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Lesley Lokko is on a mission to transform architecture, fostering a new generation of ‘more dynamic thinkers’
President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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What we know about the countries on Trump’s travel ban list, and how many people will be impacted
Libyan security forces stand guard at the entrance of Abu Salim Zoo as workers carry out maintance work in the capital Tripoli on May 28, 2025. From May 12 to 15, the Libyan capital was rocked by fighting between an armed group aligned with the Tripoli-based government and factions it has sought to dismantle. Relative calm has since returned, but the situation remains highly volatile as calls grow for the resignation of Dbeibah (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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UN demands probe after dozens of bodies found at Libya detention sites
FILE PHOTO: A WFP truck carries aid from Port Sudan to Sudan after Sudanese authorities extended a three-month approval to the U.N. and other aid groups to use the Adre Border crossing with Chad to reach Darfur and other famine-stricken parts, Sudan November 12, 2024. WFP/Abubakar Garelnabei/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo
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Five killed in attack on UN food convoy heading to Sudan hunger hot spot, UN says
People search in flooded area following a downpour in Mokwa, Nigeria, on Friday, May 30, 2025.
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At least 150 killed as deadly floods hit Nigerian town
A road accident in the northern Nigerian state of Kano has left 22 people dead, including athletes, coaches and officials returning from the country’s National Sports Festival on Saturday, local authorities have said.
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Athletes, coaches and officials among 22 killed in road accident in northern Nigeria

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A Health Surveillance Assistant prepares to give a dose of the Malaria Vaccine to a recipient child at Mitundu Community hospital in Malawi's capital district of Lilongwe on the first day of the Malaria vaccine implementation pilot program in Malawi aiming to immunize 120,000 children, on April 23, 2019.
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US foreign aid cuts threaten decades of progress on driving down malaria
Trump fast-tracked processing of White South African refugees. But not everyone wants to leave
The world’s youngest country fought for decades to govern itself. Now it’s on the cusp of another civil war
Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?
Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC
Trump wants to protect South Africa’s White farmers. But potential changes to trade privileges would hurt them
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
South Africa does have a history of racist land inequality. Just not in the way Trump and Musk are portraying
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?
Genocide is declared once more in Sudan. How did the country get here?
A price too high to pay? Pollution from Ghana’s gold rush sparks maternal health fears

African Voices Changemakers

<p>Major League Soccer has seen an uptick of interest from players from around the world in recent years. One such star that is no stranger to the international spotlight is Congolese Christian Benteke. With 10 years in the English Premier League, and close to 50 international appearances for Belgium under his belt, he came to the U.S. to break some records but also, he says, on a personal quest for happiness, as he's been explaining to Larry Madowo for African Voices Playmakers.</p>
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Inside Africa

San artworks – depicting animals, humans, and sometimes hybrids of the two are thought to often be a reflection of culturally significant motifs, <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fafricanrockart.britishmuseum.org%2Fregional_introduction%2Frock-art-in-southern-africa%2F" target="_blank">according</a> to the British Museum.
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This artist is painstakingly recreating mysterious ancient rock art – before it’s lost
Why African arm wrestling is growing in strength
Meet the Welsh puppies that are stopping wildlife poachers in Africa
Nigerian traveler says her thwarted world record attempt shows ‘passport privilege’ is real
Gifted by an emperor, Ethiopia’s iconic Africa Hall has been renovated for a new era

Connecting Africa

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Energy is the ‘number one problem’ for Africa’s economy, says IEA director
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Can Africa’s EV revolution support rural women?

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
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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
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
This Nigerian designer is making waves with her ‘four-dimensional’ fashion

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a meeting with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between the two countries have been strained since Trump signed an executive order in February that claimed white South Africans are the victims of government land confiscation and race-based “genocide” while admitting some of those Afrikaners as refugees to the United States. Trump also halted all foreign aid to South Africa and expelled the country’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a meeting with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21 in Washington, DC.
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A Moroccan man holds his passport in front of his computer displaying a Schengen visa in the capital Rabat, on September 28, 2021. - Paris will sharply reduce the number of visas granted to people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, accusing the former French colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return, a government spokesman said today. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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The White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.
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