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The BBC's Anne Soy sees how Islamic militants have terrorised Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique.

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South Sudan continues to be “plagued” by violence and corruption, the Human Rights Council heard on Thursday, jeopardizing the young nation’s efforts to

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[HRW] Item 4 Enhanced Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

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No date or location has yet been given, but the cost of the future War College is estimated at more than 2.5 billion CFA francs (4.5million US dollars).

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[VOA] Dakar -- Former Chadian president Hissene Habre was ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars to victims of human rights abuses after his conviction by a special court in 2017. But by the time he died in August, Habre's victims had still not received a dime.

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Rawlings was a polarising figure, a person who led two coups in Ghana before twice being elected president in multiparty polls.

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[VOA] Kampala -- Uganda is scaling up coronavirus vaccinations with the arrival of another 1.6 million doses from the United States. But with many Ugandans still reluctant to get the shot, the Ministry of Health has taken the unusual move of reaching out to people at bars and entertainment venues.

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[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warned that the country is suffering a human rights crisis of epic proportions, enmeshing its population in a cycle of violence, abuse and poverty. The report was submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday.

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[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's military says separatist fighters have, for the first time, used anti-tank rockets smuggled from Nigeria to attack army convoys.

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The Republic of Mauritius’ First Female President, Her Excellency, Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim,   Former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa,  Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, Mrs Patricia Obozuwa, Vice President of Coca Cola, join ImpactHER’s Executive Wise Counsel.

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This Is Africa spoke to Nigerian climate and environmental campaigner Olumide Idowu, popularly known as Mr. Climate about his journey...

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The Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG), a subsidiary of the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, invites applications for its sixth round of AIG Scholarships

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A former basketball player in Kenya says sexual abuse has plagued the country's women's game for "many years".

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[Premium Times] This first of a two-part series captures how the federal government's failure to fund the #EndSARS panel in Abuja has dashed the hopes of over 300 victims and relatives of victims of police brutality.

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Nine countries. 50 entrepreneurs. All vying for an opportunity to become part of the 2021 Anzisha Prize fellowship program.

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[This Day] Abuja -- Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun has said the bilateral relations and trade between China and Nigeria would soon reach a new higher level.

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"There's a much bigger thing at play here. So many people, especially here in Africa, rely on tourism for their livelihoods, for jobs, and that is just a matter of survival for some of them, you know, putting food on the table for their families .... "André van Ketz, co-founder of discoverafrica.com

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[The Conversation Africa] Ghana's Third Republic lasted for just two years - from September 24, 1979 to December 31, 1981. Jerry Rawlings book-ended these two events. In 1979 he stepped aside following an election narrowly won by Dr. Hilla Limann. Rawlings had come to power on the back of a coup three months earlier.

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[The Conversation Africa] Setting global health targets, which is often done by multinational organisations, such as the United Nations or World Health Organisation (WHO), is commonly used to improve health outcomes. For example, the United Nations target to improve access to treatment for HIV has resulted in many more people receiving the treatment that they need, which has saved lives.

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[African Arguments] Environmental degradation is a key driver of insecurity. To achieve peace, we must protect the planet and finance these efforts accordingly.

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[Premium Times] Bandits on 5 July invaded Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna and kidnapped over 100 students.