Refugees grapple with hunger and cholera in Sudan's displacement camps
Africa • Aug 12, 2025, 9:26 AM
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Lacking soap, clean water and the most basic medicine, hundreds of thousands of people in refugee camps in Sudan's Darfur are facing an outbreak of cholera. The World Health Organization said last week that 100,000 cases had been reported across the country since July 2024.
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Nigerian firm revolutionises the world of prosthetics with bionic arms
Africa • 9:59 AM
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And finally, a prosthetics firm in Nigeria has created a breakthrough that's changing the lives of amputees -- bionic arms. In the state of Aqua Ibom, the company's humanoid bionic arms are not only functional and humanlike to match Nigerians' skin tones
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Senegal: Abass Fall elected mayor of Dakar elected, shifting the capital to PASTEF
Africa • 9:56 AM
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After months of legal battles and political uncertainty, Dakar’s mayoral office is turning a new page. The Senegalese capital has shifted to the colors of PASTEF, the ruling party. In an extraordinary session, city councilors elected Abass Fall as the ne
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Boko Haram founder's son reportedly arrested in Chad for leading terorrist cell
Africa • 9:54 AM
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The son of radical preacher Mohamed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram was reportedly arrested by authorities in Chad, according to intelligence sources. He's accused of leading a cell linked to he Islamic State West Africa Province or ISWAP -- a terr
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France returns skull of colonial-era beheaded king to Madagascar
Africa • 9:48 AM
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France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops during a 19th-century massacre. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Madagascar, Gaelle Borgia.
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