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Ahmed Kingimi/Reuters US troops to Nigeria will avoid combat, focus on training, military says
Reuters Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina attacks
Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images Son of Libya’s late dictator Gadhafi shot dead by gunmen, political team says
Courtesy Paschal Nworgu ‘The Voice Nigeria’ contestant Ifunanya Nwangene dies after being bitten by snake, sparking anger over health care provisions
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Moses Sawasawa/AP/File Hundreds feared dead after mine collapses in eastern Congo
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Courtesy Charles Njoki, Patrick Kwoba and Francis Ndarua family ‘You escape, or you die’: African men say Russia duped them into fighting in Ukraine- Trump says violence in Nigeria targets Christians. The reality is more nuanced
- A pop star, an aging autocrat and a crackdown: What to expect from Uganda’s election
- The daughter of South Africa’s former leader has been accused of luring men to fight for Russia. Here’s what we know
- In Mozambique, an ISIS insurgency is newly energized as US cuts impact aid programs
- ‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police fatally shooting protesters, signs of mass graves
- The violence in Nigeria that Trump cites as a reason for military strikes is not limited to Christians
- Rebels accused of massacring hundreds of people as videos emerge of atrocities and bodies in Sudanese city
- Bloodbath feared as rebels trap thousands in Sudan city. How did we get here and what might come next?
- Gen Z protesters toppled Madagascar’s president. Should other African leaders worry?
- From Morocco to Madagascar, Gen Z is taking digital dissent offline
- A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died
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African Voices Changemakers
• Video1:45Leni Sinclair/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Video‘Music is a weapon’: How Fela Kuti’s legacy earned a historic Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award1:45- Global spotlight: African music’s Grammy moment
- Themba Gorimbo: From diamond smuggler to UFC fighter
- VideoHow carving his own path helped Emo-Afrobeats star CKay shatter global records23:05
- Inside the Japa generation’s music ambition: How Nigerians in Canada are rewriting the rules of the industry
- VideoHow Ethiopian-born abstract artist Julie Mehretu is helping African artists23:03
- From housemate to headliner: Ebuka Obi-Uchendu’s ‘Big Brother’ legacy
- VideoAfrican Voices Playmakers: Refugee boxer Ramla Ali using sport as her platform for change2:57
Inside Africa
Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images ‘My Father’s Shadow’ is an ode to memory and loss, blazing a trail for Nigerian cinema- Fossils unearthed in Morocco are first from little-understood period of human evolution
- Oldest known cremation pyre in Africa reveals mysterious woman who lived 9,500 years ago
- Africa’s first hypercar designer is going back to the future for his next model
- VideoWhy Lupita Nyong’o refused roles after her oscar win1:43
Connecting Africa
• Video23:03CNN VideoAfrica’s AI Transformation23:03- VideoSir Mohamed Mansour: The industrialist shaping Africa’s future23:01
- VideoReducing hunger in Africa23:00
- The solar-powered compact car driving Tunisia’s electric vehicle revolution
- App that translates speech to sign language in real-time wins top innovation prize
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