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No end in sight to Nigeria’s border closures

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 19 Sep 2019

Nigeria's borders crossings with Benin and Niger remain sealed despite a warning that the shutdown is harming prosperity

Afrobarometer: Climate change literacy still low in Africa

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 & Chrispin Mwakideu - 21 Aug 2019

Despite Africa bearing the brunt of erratic global weather patterns, many people are still unfamiliar with climate change, a new survey says

Second Ebola case confirmed in DRC’s Goma

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 31 Jul 2019

Health officials fear an Ebola outbreak in the eastern DRC could spread in Goma. Earlier in July, the city registered its first case

Sudan: Deadly crackdown probe results spark fresh protests

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 29 Jul 2019

A Sudanese investigation said that 87 people were killed when security forces broke up a protest in June. The probe's death toll sparked fresh anger

Uganda: One year of social media tax

Africa Simone Schlindwein & Deutsche Welle 1 - 22 Jul 2019

The introduction of a social media tax a year ago in Uganda caused an outcry from government critics and rights groups

DRC sees first case of Ebola in Goma, near Rwanda border

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 15 Jul 2019

The presence of the virus has raised concerns of an outbreak in the densely populated area along the Rwandan border

Africa’s free trade agreement: Curse or blessing?

Article Deutsche Welle 1 - 10 Jul 2019

The African free trade agreement is hailed as a huge step forward by some, but criticized as a project with little chance of coming true by others

Libya conflict: No end in sight to humanitarian crisis

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 10 Jul 2019

Migrants in Tripoli are staging a hunger strike demanding better protection by the UN as the death toll rises to staggering heights

Ethiopia’s ethnic violence shows Abiy’s vulnerability

Africa Maria Gerth Niculescu & Deutsche Welle 1 - 2 Jul 2019

Ethiopia's Prime Minister looks increasingly vulnerable as he faces deep divisions in the ruling coalition and simmering ethnic conflicts

Ebola outbreak spreads to new city in conflict-hit Congo

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 21 Mar 2019

Home to nearly one million people, Bunia is the latest Congolese city to report an Ebola infection

Will elections in Guinea-Bissau end years of political crisis?

Africa Antonio Cascais & Deutsche Welle 1 - 9 Mar 2019

Guineans hope the poll will mark the end of a long period of political crisis in the West African country

Senegal President Macky Sall wins re-election

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 2 Mar 2019

Macky Sall has secured a solid majority of votes, winning a second term without the need for a run-off vote

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