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Record child displacement figures due to conflict and violence in 2019: UNICEF

A new UN report finds that some 19 million children were displaced…

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Floods fill Africa’s biggest lake to record levels

East Africa’s Lake Victoria, the continent's largest freshwater lake, has seen its…

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Cameroonian journalists protest harassment, abusive arrests

Cameroonian journalists are marking World Press Freedom Day with protests against abuse…

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Forty percent of Nigerians live below the poverty line: Report

More than 82 million Nigerians live on less than $1 a day,…

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Zimbabwean journalists cry out for more freedom

Press freedom watchdogs say Zimbabwe’s government continues to stifle the media, despite…

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COVID-19 CRISIS: Kenyatta announces 100% tax relief for workers, salary cuts for govt officials in Kenya

Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a 100 % tax relief for…

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Kenyan president, deputy take 80% pay cut to fight coronavirus

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have cut their salaries by…

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South Africa: ‘Our children are dying, but President Ramaphosa doesn’t care’

In our series of letters from African journalists, South African filmmaker and…

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More than half of infected persons have been cured of COVID-19 – Experts

Health experts in Canada have revealed that persons who have recovered from…

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EU to give migrants in Greece €2,000 to go home

The EU says it will pay €2,000 (£1,770; $2,225) each to migrants…

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