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Western governments have warned of famine risk in Sudan as civil war continues, with millions facing acute hunger amid conflict, drought and aid funding cuts.
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Opinion piece by Moky Makura arguing that outdated Live Aid-era stereotypes obscure African innovation and business progress, citing a 'visibility gap' and her own move from London to Johannesburg after apartheid ended.
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A BBC investigation finds hospitals in Sudan were deliberately targeted by RSF fighters, with UN human rights chief Volker Türk saying the attacks may amount to war crimes.
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Eman el-Shazly has been detained by Egyptian authorities for two months, allegedly because of her sister's activism. Her husband is calling on the UK Prime Minister to intervene.
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Biruk Mekonnen, Ethiopia's ambassador to the UK, writes to the Guardian responding to an editorial on the war in Tigray, arguing it gave an incomplete account and overlooked Eritrean actions. He defends Abiy Ahmed's 2019 Nobel peace prize, awarded for peace efforts with Eritrea.
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A documentary follows Kenyan communities' fight for restitution over ancestral land in the central highlands, seized during the British colonial era and now partly occupied by multinational tea companies.
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Black British actor David Harewood, a Unicef UK ambassador, writes about visiting a special-care baby unit at Makeni regional hospital in Sierra Leone and argues UK overseas aid cuts should be reversed ahead of the Labour party conference.
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Veteran BBC Africa correspondent Mark Doyle has died. He was best known for reporting on African conflicts in the 1990s and 2000s, notably in Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
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Nusrat Osman, a British woman kidnapped outside her home in Blantyre, Malawi on 11 September, was rescued by police in a shootout in which four of her alleged abductors were killed. Police had offered a 30m kwacha (£12,950) reward for information.
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More than 180 writers, including Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee, have signed a PEN International letter to Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki demanding proof of life for 12 writers detained incommunicado since a 2001 crackdown on the independent press. Signatories include Ben Okri, Elif Shafak, Colm Toibin and Tsitsi Dangarembga.
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A British woman, a mother of two, who was kidnapped in daylight in Blantyre, Malawi, was rescued in a shootout in which four suspected kidnappers were killed.
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Police say a British woman, a mother of two young children, was abducted in daylight in Blantyre, Malawi's main city.
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Kenya will be the first African nation to host the World Athletics Championships, with Nairobi winning the 2029 bid ahead of London, Munich and Rome.
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Angola hopes hosting the E1 Series powerboat race in Luanda will boost tourism, with NBA star LeBron James attending the inaugural event.
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A social enterprise runs six weigh-and-pay shops from shipping containers in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, selling food and household goods by weight in small, affordable amounts to tackle the 'poverty tax'.
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