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World faces 'largest humanitarian crisis'

The UN humanitarian chief pleads for help to avoid "a catastrophe" in four countries.
- 11 March 2017
- From the section Africa
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Africa gets its own web address
- 10 March 2017
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'Unlawful sex' couple released in UAE
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Nigeria sentences killer police to death
- 9 March 2017
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Humanitarian crisis: 20m at risk of famine
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S Africa's tech savvy domestic workers
- 10 March 2017
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Meet Kenya's podcasting 'sex queens'
- 10 March 2017
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- 10 March 2017
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Egypt statue 'a colossus of a king'
- 9 March 2017
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Baby chimp thriving after rescue
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African football
Sport Mali facing possible Fifa suspension
- 11 March 2017
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Sport Niasse double helps Hull beat Swansea
- 11 March 2017
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Martin Patience: Cleaning up Nigeria's dirty air
- 9 March 2017
- From the section Africa
Alastair Leithead: Why this woman's son was strangled and dumped
- 9 March 2017
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Stanley Kwenda: Could the next Messi come out of Lagos?
- 25 February 2017
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Features & Analysis
Forever unsolved
The city where murder is swept under the carpet
- 12 March 2017
- From the section Magazine
Africa's week in pictures
Celebrating women and a huge birthday party
- 10 March 2017
- From the section Africa
No time for a break
Why you won't see many Nigerians at tourist sites
- 7 March 2017
- From the section Africa
Fighting the black cloud
Young Egyptians lead the way in tackling scourge of smog
- 7 March 2017
- From the section Middle East
#DearSister
The hashtag giving Muslim women a voice across the globe
- 6 March 2017
- From the section Africa
Letter from Africa
Elizabeth Ohene: 'Joining the desperadoes'
Why do Ghanaians leave home for abroad?
- 24 February 2017
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Yousra Elbagir: Global pariah
- 14 February 2017
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Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: Nigeria's art of flowery language
- 5 February 2017
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Elizabeth Ohene: 'Honourable for life'
- 19 January 2017
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Humanitarian crisis: 20m at risk of famine
- 11 March 2017
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S Africa's tech savvy domestic workers
- 10 March 2017
- From the section Business
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Meet Kenya's podcasting 'sex queens'
- 10 March 2017
- From the section Africa
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'I want to make gender fluid clothing'
- 10 March 2017
- From the section Business
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Egypt statue 'a colossus of a king'
- 9 March 2017
- From the section Middle East
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Baby chimp thriving after rescue
- 9 March 2017
- From the section Science & Environment
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