# africa - Tuesday 27 April, 2021
# Burkina Faso
# Burkina Faso
An Irishman was also taken during the attack.
# africa - Friday 19 March, 2021
# Tanzania
# Tanzania
Questions remain over the true cause of the late president’s death, after multiple rumours he had Covid-19 or had sought treatment abroad.
# africa - Thursday 18 March, 2021
# Africa
# Africa
He had said last year that Tanzania had eradicated Covid through three days of national prayer.
# africa - Sunday 6 December, 2020
# Fighting Violence
# Fighting Violence
The Africa Union (AU) adopted a plan in 2013 to silence guns on the continent by the year 2020.
# africa - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Overpopulation
# Overpopulation
The government had been criticised for shooting elephants to control overpopulation.
# africa - Thursday 19 November, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The continent of 1.3 billion people is being warned against ‘prevention fatigue’.
# africa - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# High Court
# High Court
The man claims he was left in an airport terminal without money, a telephone or his luggage, the High Court heard.
# africa - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Africa
# Africa
Akon, who first announced his idea for the utopian city in 2018, has described it as a “real-life Wakanda”.
# africa - Saturday 4 July, 2020
# Africa
# Africa
More than 11 million people around the world are now known to have been infected since the pandemic began.
# africa - Wednesday 10 June, 2020
# History
# History
The President’s comments come at a time when there is is a global focus on the history of colonialism.
# africa - Friday 5 June, 2020
# Mali
# Mali
Abdelmalek Droukdel was the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa .
# africa - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Trócaire
# Trócaire
Were coronavirus to spread across the entire Africa n continent, countries will have to rely only on their own scarce resources, writes Trócaire CEO Caoimhe de Barra.
# africa - Saturday 22 February, 2020
# Africa
# Africa
There has been 200 suspected cases on the continent but nearly all have been confirmed negative.
# africa - Friday 3 January, 2020
# The Age Of Football
# The Age Of Football
In an extract from his book, David Goldblatt looks at the continent’s remarkable devotion to the English top flight.
# africa - Friday 27 December, 2019
# The Age Of Football
From The42
# The Age Of Football
In an extract from his book, David Goldblatt looks at the continent’s remarkable devotion to the English top flight.
# africa - Monday 4 November, 2019
# Benin
# Benin
The Gulf of Guinea has become one of the most dangerous maritime regions in the world.
# africa - Monday 21 October, 2019
# Drought
# Drought
More than five million rural Zimbabweans – nearly a third of the population – are at risk of food shortages before the next harvest in 2020.
# africa - Sunday 7 April, 2019
# Africa
# Africa
Only the man’s skull and a pair of trousers were recovered.
# africa - Thursday 8 November, 2018
# Allegation
From The42
# Allegation
French investigative website Mediapart cited documents from the latest series of Football Leaks allegations.
# africa - Friday 21 September, 2018
# Tanzania
# Tanzania
The MV Nyerere may have been carrying as many as 200 passengers.
# africa - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
# Birds Of Prey
# Birds Of Prey
Many of the eggs recovered on 26 June have now hatched.
# africa - Sunday 22 July, 2018
# Expansion
# Expansion
Many Africa n governments have given the tech titans an enthusiastic welcome.
# africa - Tuesday 19 June, 2018
# Causing A Racket
# Causing A Racket
The document’s serial number corresponded to one of a batch of new passports that were stolen in 2014.
# africa - Monday 11 June, 2018
# Decisions Decisions
From The42
# Decisions Decisions
On the eve of the World Cup in Russia, 207 Fifa member nations will cast their vote in a congress of world football’s governing body.
# africa - Thursday 10 May, 2018
# Floods
# Floods
Weeks of torrential rains in Kenya have led to flooding and mudslides that have left 159 dead.
# africa - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
# The Hardest Harvest
# The Hardest Harvest
Paula Hynes travelled to Kenya to spend two-and-a-half weeks with a remote Maasai tribe.
# africa - Monday 2 April, 2018
# Refugee Crisis
# Refugee Crisis
The original scheme was criticised by the United Nations.
# africa - Friday 9 March, 2018
# No Smoke Without Fire
# No Smoke Without Fire
The latest edition of the Tobacco Atlas says that the industry is maximising profits by targeting the ‘vulnerable’ in places like Africa , Asia, and the Middle East.
# africa - Saturday 17 February, 2018
# Trocaire Box
# Trocaire Box
Kumba from Sierra Leone is this year’s cover star.
# africa - Tuesday 13 February, 2018
# South Africa
# South Africa
Jacob Zuma has refused to resign, local media reported.
# africa - Monday 12 February, 2018
# South Africa
# South Africa
The remains were found at the weekend in the bush at a private game park in the northern province of Limpopo
# africa - Sunday 11 February, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Jenifer Williams lives in Dublin but grew up in the Congo, she described it as “a ground of no mercy”.
# africa - Sunday 28 January, 2018
# Israel
# Israel
The ancient jawbone is believed to be somewhere between 177,000 and 194,000 years old.
# africa - Thursday 4 January, 2018
# Worrying
# Worrying
Elective surgeries in Africa n countries have a death rate double that of the global average, a new study reveals.
# africa - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
# Racial Tensions
# Racial Tensions
Robert Turner was one of the latest victims of a long campaign of violence against the country’s farmers who are largely white.
# africa - Saturday 18 November, 2017
# Robert Mugabe
# Robert Mugabe
The marches will cap an unprecedented week in which generals seized power and put Mugabe under house arrest.
# africa - Thursday 16 November, 2017
# Deposed Leader
# Deposed Leader
Robert Mugabe fired his vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa last week but he may still succeed him.
# africa - Sunday 22 October, 2017
# Karma Police
# Karma Police
The incident happened in Etosha National Park in Namibia.
# africa - Sunday 15 October, 2017
# Somalia
# Somalia
Doctors struggled to assist horrifically wounded victims following the blast, many burned beyond recognition.
# africa - Saturday 14 October, 2017
# Mogadishu
# Mogadishu
Government security official Mohamed Aden said that bombing took place in a busy part of the city.
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