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Explaining the news from Africa.This is AfricaLatest updates8 hrs agoLife is improving in Nigeria, Tinubu saysBola Tinubu introduced painful economic reforms but says these are now starting to bear fruit.8 hrs agoAfrica9 hrs agoMother who sold six-year-old daughter given life term in South AfricaJoshlin Smith is yet to be found more than a year after she went missing from her home.9 hrs agoAfrica12 hrs agoSouth Africa police target gang kidnapping women in shopping centresPolice say a group of men are luring women for dates but later robbing and kidnapping them.12 hrs agoAfrica16 hrs agoTears and heartbreak over tragic story of South African girl sold by her motherJoshlin Smith's mother, branded the "mastermind" in her child's disappearance, is to be sentenced.16 hrs agoAfrica1 day agoGiant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o dies aged 87The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.1 day agoAfrica1 day agoSouth Africans pay tribute to acting 'icon' Chweneyagae who died age 40Presley Chweneyagae, the star of Oscar-winning 2005 film Tsotsi, died from natural causes, his family says.1 day agoAfrica1 day agoNamibia marks colonial genocide for first time with memorial dayConcentration camps and pseudoscientific experiments were used by German officials to torture and kill.1 day agoAfrica1 day agoKenyan president apologises to Tanzania over deportation row It follows growing criticism from Kenyans targeting Tanzania's president over the recent deportation of activists.1 day agoAfrica2 days agoSudan 'on brink' of health crisis with cholera outbreakThe health crisis is fuelled by the war which has destroyed vital infrastructure, aid agencies say.2 days agoAfrica...
