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Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, has confessed to the murder of 42 women between 2022 and July 11, 2024

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Man suspected of murdering 42 women escapes from police custody in Kenya

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Miss South Africa finalist at center of nationality row to compete in Nigerian pageant instead

Sudanese government agrees to reopen key border crossing for humanitarian aid

A photo taken in the late hours of August 17, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

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WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency

A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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North Darfur’s remaining hospital risks closure as Sudan’s civil war intensifies

Families displaced by RSF advances in Sudan's El Gezira and Sennar states shelter at the Omar ibn al-Khattab displacement site, Kassala state, Sudan, July 10, 2024. REUTERS/ Faiz Abubakr

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Sudan at a ‘breaking point’ as civil war rages, UN agency says

People look on as an excavator helps search for people trapped under debris after a landfill collapsed in Kampala on August 10, 2024. Eight people including two children were killed when a landfill in the Ugandan capital Kampala collapsed, the city authority said.

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Landslide at landfill in Uganda’s capital kills 13 people with other feared trapped

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Nigerian police investigate killing of trans TikToker Abuja Area Mama

She was told she wouldn’t live past her 8th birthday. Now, her life’s mission is to fight for patients with this deadly disease

Features

Cars drive past by the newly planted trees and light installations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 27, 2024. Addis Ababa's urban renewal brings modern infrastructure and new challenges, with steep fines for traffic violations and new regulations. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP) (Photo by AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

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EVs are starting to overtake gas-powered cars in a surprising place

African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as growing youth anger fuels unrest

The British Army trains in Kenya. Many women say soldiers raped them and abandoned children they fathered

Against the backdrop of rising anti-LGBTQ sentiment, these Nigerian fashion labels feel forced to show in private

Jacob Zuma has made a dramatic comeback in South Africa’s elections. Will he have the last laugh over Ramaphosa?

Nelson Mandela’s party has been dealt a seismic election blow. Where does it leave South Africa?

Nelson Mandela’s party has ruled South Africa for three decades – it now faces a critical moment of truth

South Africa has failed its Black majority. Nelson Mandela’s political heirs may pay the price

Forced to pay bribes at every step. How trans and intersex people say they survive in Kenya

South Africa’s democracy is turning 30 – but a silent crisis threatens its hard-fought gains

A life in fear: The dangers of finding love online as a queer woman in Nigeria

How the Chibok abductions continue to cast a long shadow over girls’ education in Nigeria

Nigeria wants a road to rival the Pacific Coast highway. A prime Lagos beach resort stands in the way

African Voices Changemakers

<p>African Voices goes into the octagon to explore mixed martial arts with South African middleweight UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis. CNN’s Larry Madowo spoke with him a few months after his title fight against American Sean Strickland to discuss his historic win, his journey, and what’s in store for his next fight.</p>

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As Olympic breaking debuts in Paris, a Moroccan duo is head over heels about the Games

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

How rock icon Jimi Hendrix inspired one of Africa’s greatest guitarists

Video These African playmakers are making a splash in this year’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games 23:00

Video How Mandla Mlangeni and Louis Mhlanga are redefining African Jazz 22:57

Video How Wendy Shay went from midwife to the most streamed Ghanaian female artist 22:56

Adekunle Gold on sickle cell advocacy: ‘It’s time to learn my voice – people are dying’

Inside Africa

<strong>Exceptional service:</strong> Royal Mansour Marrakech, situated within the ancient walls of old Marrakech, is being awarded for its “outstanding” service and attention to detail.

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Revealed: The world’s most welcoming hotel for 2024

Why this photographer prefers to be called a ‘visual activist’

How did ancient Egyptians stack those heavy stones of the oldest pyramid? Scientists float new theory

Faith Kipyegon on motherhood and the quest for history

‘We don’t need more concrete’: A new village in Tanzania will use a 3D printer and soil to build its community

Eliud Kipchoge: The two-hour marathon man has unprecedented Olympic glory at his feet

Connecting Africa

ALXA, CHINA - DECEMBER 04: A Long March 2C carrier rocket carrying three satellites, including Egypt's remote-sensing satellite MISRSAT-2, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on December 4, 2023 in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

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Why Africa is doubling down on its space ambitions

Video How African aviation could be set to soar 23:07

‘I don’t get scared of anything’: Aliko Dangote’s mission to build Africa’s largest oil refinery

Video A rare look inside Africa’s largest oil refinery 23:00

‘We’re constructing an ecosystem’: How a small, windy city could become a gateway for trade

South Africa has one of the world’s largest manganese reserves. So why does it outsource for processing?

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Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that spark-off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

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Deadlier strain of mpox spreads to more countries, raising officials’ alarm

Protesters use a Kenya Police anti-riot shield to protect themselves from tear gas canisters and rubber bullets amid clashes during demonstrations in downtown Nairobi, on July 2, 2024.

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Kenyan youth call for ‘mother of all protests’ as president swears in new cabinet

Connie Chiume at the world premiere of Marvel Studios Black Panther: Wakanda Forever held at the Dolby Theatre on October 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

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Connie Chiume, ‘Black Panther’ actress, dead at 72

Middlesbrough, England, was one of several UK towns and cities facing anti-immigration riots on Sunday.

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Nigeria, Australia and several other countries warn about travel to UK amid riots

A frame taken by a video posted to Telegram shows the scene after dozens of Russian Wagner mercenaries were killed in an ambush in Mali

Mali severs diplomatic relations with Ukraine for providing intelligence to rebels for Wagner ambush

EGYPT - FEBRUARY 22: The stepped pyramid of Djoser (Zozer) at Saqqara, Memphis (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979), Egypt. Egyptian civilisation, Old Kingdom, Dynasty III. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Engineers have a new theory on how Egypt’s first pyramid was built. Here’s what Egyptologists have to say

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Excavation in Egyptian necropolis uncovers 63 ancient tombs and a trove of gold artifacts

Terrorist group Al-Shabaab targeted a popular restaurant at a Mogadishu beach, killing at least 32 people.

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At least 32 killed after suicide bombers target beach restaurant in Somali capital

A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. An assessment by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in January found that at the camp, which is home to an estimated 400,000 people, two babies were dying every hour. Nearly 40% of children aged six months to two years old were malnourished, the group found. MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

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Famine declared in Sudan’s Darfur region after months of civil war

Demonstrators gather during the End Bad Governance protest in Abuja on August 1, 2024.

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Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: Tiffany Haddish attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" at TCL Chinese Theatre on May 30, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

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Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash

African start-up

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From Nigeria to London: Nelly Agbogu is on a mission to elevate African small businesses

This start-up is making artificial hair from bananas

Gallery How African startups are embracing innovation

Video Nigerian ride-sharing app provides safe space for young professionals 2:26

Video What makes African startups different 4:48

Africa Avant Garde

Tara Shakti will be the first Malagasy artist among the Lunar Codex artists to have her work sent to the moon. Shakti hopes to empower other women through her vibrant paintings.

This Madagascan artist is sending her paintings to the moon

A stunning metal sculpture shows ‘the beauty of Black women all over the world’

‘I’m amazed I lived to tell the tale’: Award-winning photographer on a life spent in the wild

‘Westernization is not the answer’: Artist Àsìkò explores Yoruba culture through mythology

Call to earth

Naimina Enkiyio, or the Forest of the Lost Child, in Kenya, is home to a wealth of wildlife, from elephants, lions and leopards to buffalo, hyenas and baboons (pictured). According to <a href="https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/UMD_hansen_global_forest_change_2023_v1_11" target="_blank" target="_blank">global forest change data</a>, the area has only lost 2% of forest cover since 2000, while others in the country have lost 20 to 60% in the same timeframe -- making it one of the few intact forests in the east African nation.

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This remote, mystical forest has been protected for centuries. Now it’s under threat