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Ghana's Prince Affum (L) competes against Nigeria's Samual Nneka (R) in the Senior Men's 85 KG left arm wrestling competition during the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana, on March 15, 2024. The 13th edition of the African Games runs in Ghana until March 23, 2024. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP) (Photo by NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Why African arm wrestling is growing in strength

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Meet the Welsh puppies that are stopping wildlife poachers in Africa

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Nigerian traveler says her thwarted world record attempt shows ‘passport privilege’ is real

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Gifted by an emperor, Ethiopia’s iconic Africa Hall has been renovated for a new era

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At over $10,000 per kilogram, Africa’s first caviar is surprising the luxury food industry

TOPSHOT - Participants dance 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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How Nigeria’s biggest city became the world’s hottest winter party destination

TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on October 2, 2018, shows a man pulling a boat through water hyacinth which prevents fishermen from working on Lake Victoria at Kichinjio beach in Kisumu, western Kenya. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

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This alien plant is lethal for the environment. Now it’s being turned into a plastic to regrow forests

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How giant rodents could rat on wildlife traffickers

F0W4C8 Mother and sons sitting on sand dune, Dune 7, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Africa

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The gigantic dunes rising up out of the world’s oldest desert

Egypt is building a new city, known as the "New Administrative Capital," 30 miles east of Cairo. Construction on the 270-square-mile area began in 2016, and once complete it could hold as many as <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dar.com%2Fwork%2Fproject%2Fnew-administrative-capital" target="_blank" target="_blank">6.5 million residents</a>. The government says its goal is to bring relief to overcrowded Cairo, but critics believe it is diverting resources from other needs.

Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital

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A South African vineyard is dropping predatory wasps from drones to keep its grapes free from bugs

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Huge 2,492-carat diamond, believed to be world’s second-largest, unearthed in Botswana

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<p>Leading designers in London, Lagos and Accra are putting sustainable fashion on the catwalk and red carpet with the likes of Naomi Campbell and Zendaya opting for their designs.</p>

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