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African news from the BBC. Facebook: https://t.co/WO6e37RBOY Instagram: https://t.co/DI6qruNWHJ YouTube: https://t.co/ZJFI3G9fex
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Can you believe DJ Switch only started DJ-ing about a year ago? Check out this Ghanaian superstar in action.
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The now TikTok famous dancing pallbearers from Ghana ⚰️
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THREAD. In July 2018, a horrifying video began to circulate on social media. 2 women & 2 young children are led away by a group of soldiers. They are blindfolded, forced to the ground, and shot 22 times. #BBCAfricaEye investigated this atrocity. This is what we found.
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There have been reports of shooting at the location of an #EndSARS protest in Lekki, a wealthy suburb of Lagos, Nigeria. A number of people are reported killed and injured.
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"I'm destined for something great". 18-year-old Nigerian Ahmed Salami always dreamed of stardom. He was born with autism, cerebral palsy and ADHD. He posts weekly videos on YouTube to share his personal journey and inspire others.
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We take a look back at Queen Elizabeth II's longstanding relationship with Africa.
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The hashtag #ENDSARS has been trending at no.1 worldwide today, as protestors continue to demand a notorious police unit in Nigeria, is disbanded. #BBCAfricaLive
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A new wave of Kenyan youth protests is shaking up the status quo, challenging unpopular tax proposals and making headlines. Here’s what’s happening:🧵(1/8)
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This Nigerian magician wants to be the best in the world.🧙🏾♂️.19-year-old, Babs Cardini wows audiences by performing tricks on the streets of Lagos. He showed us his most popular trick - turning objects into money.
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Uganda's Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies aged 15
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Parliament in Ghana 🇬🇭 have backed a proposed amendment to an anti-gay bill that would make identifying as LGBT punishable by a 3 year prison sentence. People who campaign for LGBT rights could now also face up to 10 years in jail. Details here ⬇️.
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Eyewitnesses have told the BBC that police have been using tear gas at today's #EndSARS protest in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
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Calls to #EndSARS are not new. Earlier this year, an investigation by #BBCAfricaEye found that SARS officer, Yusuf Kolo tortured a young man to death in 2014. Kolo was later promoted. Twice. Today, he commands the Special Tactical Squad. Warning: contains disturbing content.
THREAD. In 2019, #BBCAfricaEye found a series of disturbing videos—many too graphic to share—on social media. They show detainees bound in a particular way. And almost all of them were filmed in Nigeria. This is the story of #tabay…
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Alex Iwobi has been spreading festive cheer in east London by opening up his own temporary shop. ..The Fulham and Nigeria star has been giving out free food, including turkeys, to local residents struggling to pay for their Christmas dinner.
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Privately owned KTN TV station says it has received shutdown threats from the government for covering the on-going protests.
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Two schoolgirls from Lagos, Nigeria, have invented a water purifying device which turns contaminated water into safe drinking water. The girls won the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Nigeria for their innovation which has gained global attention.
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A suspected poacher has been eaten by a lion, leaving only his head behind. South African police say the unidentified man's remains were found lying next to a loaded hunting rifle in a private game reserve near the Kruger National Park on Saturday.
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The UN says nearly seven million people are now internally displaced within the Democratic Republic of Congo due to escalating violence. According to the UN, the DRC is facing one of the world's biggest displacement and humanitarian crises.
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For the past year, BBC Africa Eye has been secretly investigating sexual harassment by lecturers at West Africa's most prestigious universities. Stay tuned. 👁. #BBCAfricaEye l #SexForGrades
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How's this for some #MondayMotivation? Meet Sackey Percy - Ghana's dancing teacher! . We would have been early to class if we got to see moves like this! .🕺🏾👨🏾🏫🇬🇭
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It started as a display of anger on TikTok against a controversial financial bill. Now, Kenyan youth have taken to the streets in demonstrations that are not organised by political parties, but by youngsters amred with smartphones. #financebill.
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"I can't stretch my arms, but I can stretch my brain so that I can do great things.". 8 year-old Ayeyi has a condition that can cause bones to break at the slightest movement. But despite the pain a fracture brings, she loves to dance and refuses to let her condition define her.
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The International Criminal Court has opened an inquiry into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. #BBCAfricaLive
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"My wife loves to travel, so I built the aeroplane (house) for her.". Said Jammal wanted his wife to always feel like she was living the jet set life, so he built this special home in Abuja, Nigeria especially for her. ✈🏠
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🤕 "Don't break your head!" Nigeria's first skate crew on the growing scene in Lagos, and how many residents aren't sure what to make of it.
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Ghana’s Parliament has unanimously passed a controversial anti-gay bill that prescribes a 3-year jail term for identifying as LGBTQ+ and a 5-year imprisonment for promoting LGBTQ+ activities. More on this soon.
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"I started taking pictures when I was 4, but I started with the camera when I was 2.". Moyinoluwa Oluwaseun is the 7-year-old superstar photographer from Nigeria who is snapping all the stars! 📸👧🏾🇳🇬
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"I'm intersex, I don't get periods and I'm going through menopause.". Babalwa is intersex - genetically male, but physically female. She and her partner Thando spoke to our health programme Life Clinic about why that makes her a 'unicorn'. #LifeClinic | 🏳️🌈
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He became Kenya’s president two years ago riding on the crest of the Christian vote. But now, William Ruto has been accused by other Christians as a leader who is "not serving God’s purpose but an evil one". How did it come to this? .
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🎉 Exciting news 🎉. We're delighted to announce that the talented @WaihigaMwaura will be presenting Focus on Africa TV from Nairobi. He's a respected journalist and a former winner of the prestigious BBC News Komla Dumor award. We're thrilled he's joining our team ❤️
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Police chief Mohammed Adamu announced that Swat would now carry out the duties of SARS - but protestors want to see a full reform of the police, and many are using #EndSwat to oppose the new unit
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This school in Lagos allows parents to pay for their children’s fees with plastic bottles. The group behind the groundbreaking initiative hope to impact the lives of 10,000 children through their work.
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"It’s very painful. We struggle to raise our children and somebody comes and uses them as a business.". #BBCAfricaEye and #BBCEyeInvestigations expose how a Chinese video-making industry is exploiting African children to produce racist videos. Full film:
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'They said if you're black, you should walk'. Nigerian student Jessica has kept in touch with us about her journey out of Ukraine. She is among the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the country, and one of many #AfricansinUkraine who have described facing racism at borders.
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One of Nigeria's presidential candidates, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, spoke to Focus On Africa and told @okwoche about:. 👉🏾 Why Nigerians should vote for him in the upcoming elections. 👉🏾 What his main priorities are. 👉🏾 The source of his wealth.
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Senegal has started to produce oil for the very first time. It is expected that the project of deep-water extraction aiming to produce 100,000 barrels per day will generate billions of dollars for the country.
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When your parents said ‘go outside and play’, did you get as creative as this?. Meet the Nigerian Ikorodu Bois, a dynamic comedy group that has caught the attention of top Hollywood stars for their amazing remakes of classic movie scenes. @IkoroduB
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The Nigerian National Broadcasting Commission warns media houses not to "embarrass government" as #EndSARS protests lead to deaths. #BBCAfricaLive
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Burkina Faso's exiled ex-president, Blaise Compaoré, is to be tried for the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon, during the 1987 coup in which he took power.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium saying that Apple's supply chain is contaminated with "blood minerals". Their lawyers argue Apple is complicit in crimes committed by armed groups that control mines.
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"We were sitting on the ground singing the national anthem, most of us had flags in our hands and we raised it up. They opened fire at us . it became total chaos.". Eyewitnesses of the #Lekkitollgate #EndSARS protest talk about Tuesday night's shooting:
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They made it!. The aircraft assembled by these South African teenagers has successfully landed in Egypt six weeks after it set off from Cape Town ➡️
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Congratulations to Senegal-born @KhabyLame, who's become the first TikTok creator in Europe and only the second in the world to hit 💯 million followers 🤩. What's your favourite sketch by Khaby?
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“South Africa is an ally of Russia” - Julius Malema. The leader of South Africa’s third-largest political party says he would “supply weapons to Russia” because Moscow is “in a war with imperialism”.
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Kenya is undergoing a wave of abductions, with many youngsters taken in broad daylight. Billy Mwangi was returned to his family after 15 days. Other families haven't had the same luck.
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How Nigerian activists and influencers managed to get the world to pay attention to the #EndSars campaign.
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THREAD. In 2019, #BBCAfricaEye found a series of disturbing videos—many too graphic to share—on social media. They show detainees bound in a particular way. And almost all of them were filmed in Nigeria. This is the story of #tabay…
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Kenya's Victoria Rubadiri wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award
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"I don't feel bad when my Christian friends go for meals because I know the reason for fasting.". Nadia is 10-years-old and has been fasting for #Ramadan since she was eight. She tells #BBCWhatsNew what the first few days of fasting has been like this year.
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President Nana Akufo-Addo has been re-elected president in Ghana, the Ghana Electoral Commission has announced. #GhanaDecides
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James Maina Mwangi says he owns:.⚪160 suits.⚪300+ caps.⚪200+ pairs of shoes. Fashion icon?
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"If we can build a plane, you can build a spaceship.". These teenagers from South Africa proved they’re off to a flying start by building a plane that is currently on its way from Cape Town to Cairo! 🇿🇦 They told #BBCWhatsNew? how it all came together.
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What's 78,000 x 550? 10-year-old, Sibahle Zwane can work that out for you - without using a calculator! . (Btw, answer is: 42,900,000)
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Kenya's Raila Odinga, one of the frontrunners in this year's presidential election, has picked Martha Karua as his running mate. If elected in August the veteran politician will be Kenya’s first female deputy president. #KenyaElections2022 . More here:
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William Ruto: The ‘tax collector’ president sparking Kenyans' anger
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Malawi's President Chakwera bans himself and his cabinet from foreign travel
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The wait is over: @anasglobal's two-year long undercover investigation into football in Africa has revealed shocking footage of over 100 referees and officials taking cash before matches. #BBCAfricaEye brings you this exclusive story about his highly controversial investigation.
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“Mum, why am I different from other people? Why is it that when I pass, people laugh at me?”. Her name is Angel & she also happens to have the voice of one 👼🏾#BBCWhatsNew met the teenager taking on the bullies with her sweet singing and a pop career! 🎤🎶
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🇰🇪 With police widely mistrusted in Kenya, many people are turning to private detectives to solve crimes. None is more famous, or controversial, than Jane Mugo.🕵️♀️. Meet "Kenya’s Spy Queen" . Watch the full film here 🔎: #BBCAfricaEye
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu has become Nigeria’s new president-elect winning the vote. Following a hotly-contested general election, Mr. Tinubu becomes the country’s fifth president since the end of the military rule. Results 👉#NigerianElections2023
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Kenya’s Catholic Church has rejected a donation of about $40,000 made by President William Ruto. He offered the money towards the building of a priest’s house and as a gift to the choir during Mass on Sunday at the Soweto Catholic Church in Nairobi.
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Kenya is bracing itself for a series of protests this Tuesday against a controversial financial bill. Ahead of the #Rejectfinancebill2024 protests, Kenyan doctors are setting up two stations in the capital Nairobi, on standby mode to handle any possible casualties.
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🇿🇦 "I hate foreigners and the government is doing nothing.". #BBCAfricaEye investigates the rise of xenophobia in South Africa and the violent targeting of migrants. 🎥 Watch the full film, "Fear and Loathing in South Africa" here:
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"My Dad showed me some videos of Messi, @10Ronaldinho, @IAmOkocha and I just started practising.". Chinonso Eche is the 11-year-old football freestyling superstar, who hopes to be a Super Eagle one day. 🇳🇬⚽. #BBCSportAfrica l @NGSuperEagles
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Breaking: Ruling party candidate Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat to former President John Mahama in Ghana's general elections held on Saturday. But the electoral commission is yet to announce any results.
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‘We wanted to be Hollywood in Nollywood.’. A group of teenagers from Kaduna, Nigeria, started making Sci-Fi films in 2016. 🎬🍿. But with limited equipment, how did @thecritics001 end up becoming a film-making sensation for young creatives and top directors alike?. 📹: @dammieobi
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Breaking: A cheap malaria vaccine that can be produced on a massive scale has been recommended for use by the World Health Organization. The vaccine has been developed by the University of Oxford and is only the second malaria vaccine to be developed.
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After a tip off from a Cameroonian source, we found an exact match for that ridge line on Google Earth
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Man of God? Or predatory cult leader?. A ground-breaking investigation into the world famous televangelist preacher, TB Joshua, told by the people closest to him: his Disciples. 📽️ Watch the three-part #BBCAfricaEye documentary series here:
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'It's as if they blamed my daughter for being black.'. The mother of the young girl at the centre of a viral video - in which she is the only child not given a medal at a gymnastics event - spoke to the BBC's .@stephhegarty
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Nigeria election: The mystery of the altered results in disputed poll
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#BBCAfricaEye exposes a corrupt pension system in Nigeria - one that leaves some elderly people sick and penniless, yet grants some politicians inflated retirement packages. Meet the ‘Ghost Pensioners’ – elderly people who the state declared dead and deprived of their pensions.
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"Where I live there are no male ballet dancers. [people] think it's only for girls". 11-year-old Nigerian dancing sensation Anthony Madu tells us about his dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer and wowing the world with his talent. 🎥 📸@camerassassin
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"My next project will be a helicopter that will fly with a wireless remote.". Hope Emmanuel Frank is the Nigerian teenage engineer who uses old batteries and syringes to power up his awesome inventions. 🇳🇬🚜
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The two women killed outside Zelevet received no trial at all. No presumption of innocence was extended to the children who died with them.
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Congrats to Nigerian 🇳🇬 Chess master ♟️Tunde Onakoya ♟️ - @Tunde_OD - who has broken the record for the longest chess marathon, after playing for over 58 consecutive hours.
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"The main differences of my life in Ghana & the US is the peace. Ghana is a peaceful place.". Ghana has declared 2019 the #YearOfReturn and is encouraging the African diaspora to visit the country. Now, more and more African Americans are choosing to to make Africa their home.
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While presenting a segment at the Oscars Trevor Noah used a Xhosa phrase which he said meant: . “In times like these, we are stronger when we fight together than when we try to fight apart.” . But it actually meant: . “White people don’t know I’m lying.”.
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President Mugabe is not sleeping at conferences, but closing his eyes to protect them, his spokesman says.
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Thread:. Sex for Grades - university lecturers harassing female students, pressuring them for sex in return for grades or admission - is a scandal that's gone on for decades. You asked #BBCAfricaEye to investigate. This is what we found. Full doc:
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Tanzania have shut down five hydroelectric stations in a bid to reduce excess electricity in the national grid. It is the first time Tanzania, which suffers chronic power shortages, has closed hydroelectric stations due to excess production.
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In a landmark ruling, a high court judge in Kenya accepted that housework contribution is work, granting Mary Wambui half of the marital home in her divorce settlement, following 13 years of marriage.
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🇲🇦 History makers!🇲🇦.Morocco have made history!.The Atlas 🦁 are the first African and Arab country to reach the World Cup semi-finals!.They’ve beaten Portugal 1-0. Yalla Morocco!!. #MoroccoVsPortugal .#MARPOR.#PORMAR.#Qatar2022.#WorldCup2022.#WorldCup
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"I want to see myself among the great artists in museums". Check out this incredible art from 11-year-old Kareem 🇳🇬 who spoke to our new children's programme #BBCWhatsNew.
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South African DJ Black Coffee has won his first Grammy for the best dance/electronic music album, as Benin's Angélique Kidjo wins her fifth for the best world music album of the year.
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#EndSARS protesters have come under gunfire in Lagos, Nigeria, amid continuing anger over police brutality
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This is the video that went viral. We’ve cut out the ending, but - WARNING – it’s distressing.
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Twitter goes wild for South African KFC marriage proposal
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Nigerian comedic actor Emmanuella Samuel built a house for her parents at just 10 years old. As if that’s not impressive enough, she says she’s not done yet - and has her eyes set on buying a new car for her dad.
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Egypt zoo accused of painting donkey to look like a zebra
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'Terribly' or 'not terribly'?. Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo and Focus on Africa's Peter @okwoche debate how the nation's economy has been performing.
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“I’m the GOAT, I’m the GOAT maa!”. This is the song you didn’t know you needed to hear. @AY_Poyoo is quickly becoming one of Ghana’s rising stars with his viral song “I’m the GOAT”. He tells us why he thinks he's the Greatest Of All Time. 🐐🐐🐐
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Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has been accused of using a musician's work without permission or credit to advertise the country to tourists. Ghanaian musician Kirani Ayat said he had reached out to the government for support but he was turned down.
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At least eight Arsenal fans have been arrested in Uganda after celebrating the club's win against Manchester United in the English Premier League. Police said they didn't have a permit to hold the procession, which is a public order offence. More:
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Notice that the soldiers, like moving sundials, cast shadows on the track. A simple formula tells us the angle and direction of the sun. This corroborates our conclusion on the date, and narrows the timeframe further: the killings happened between March 20 and April 5th 2015
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Arsenal's ex-coach Arsene Wenger finally wins a medal, thanks to Liberia's President George Weah
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Once we had the general location, we looked at other details in the film – tracks, buildings, trees – and matched them precisely to features visible on satellite imagery.
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Kenyan women are using the Twitter hashtag #MyAlwaysExperience to express outrage over the Always brand of sanitary pads, which they say causes rashes, burns and discomfort.
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