1. Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congopublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    There is a good chance that inside your device is some metal dug up in a mine controlled by rebels.

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  2. Era-defining Benin musician dies aged 39published at 18:25 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    Willy Mignon is remembered as a "fighter" who pioneering a whole new dance style.

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  3. More than 100 women raped and burned alive in DR Congo jailbreak, UN sayspublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    As M23 rebels entered Goma and the city was plunged into chaos, female prisoners were attacked, the UN says.

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  4. Seventeen children burnt to death in Nigeria school firepublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    The fire is said to have broken out in a nearby house and spread to the school while the children were asleep.

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  5. The one-legged 'hopping' sport of balance and endurancepublished at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    The hopping game of langa, played for generations in parts of West Africa, demands endurance in seeking to find a place on the global stage.

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  6. 'Visionary' South African businessman Douw Steyn diespublished at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    The insurance magnate was a close friend of Nelson Mandela, who he housed after the statesman's divorce in 1992.

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  7. UK denies it faces paying billions more for Chagos dealpublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    The Mauritian prime minister had said the renegotiated deal linked payments to inflation.

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  8. Rhodes legacy to be 'contextualised' in exhibitionpublished at 06:14 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    The centrepiece will be the winning sculpture in an Oxford Zimbabwe Arts Partnership competition.

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  9. Ghana wants more for its cashews, but it's a tough nut to crackpublished at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    The African nation exports its cashews in raw form, but processing them would be more lucrative.

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  10. USAID: Can the world live without it?published at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February

    The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is under fire. It is the world’s biggest donor and spends billions of dollars a year, funding programmes around the world, like fighting malaria in Bangladesh, clearing unexploded landmines in Cambodia and Laos and providing medical supplies in Sudan.

    But President Trump says it is run by “radical lunatics” and he and billionaire Elon Musk, who’s got the job of trying to slash American government spending, want to shut it down. They have paused almost all international spending for 90 days and issued “stop work” orders to their staff. BBC journalist Nathalia Jimenez tells us what USAID does - and why the Trump administration wants to close it.

    A large proportion of USAID funding goes towards healthcare and HIV medication in sub-Saharan Africa. Makuochi Okafor, the BBC’s Africa Health correspondent tells us what impact closing USAID could have in this region.

    Anselm Gibbs, a BBC reporter based in Trinidad and Tobago, tells us about programmes USAID funds in the Caribbean. And Hilde Deman from Search for Common Ground, an international NGO that uses USAID funding in countries affected by violent conflict, talks about the impact to their work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 0330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: William Lee Adams Producers: Benita Barden and Julia Ross-Roy Editor: Rosanna La Falce

  11. S Africa church apologises over exposing children to risk from abuserpublished at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February

    John Smyth moved to South Africa from Zimbabwe where he abused young people at Christian camps he ran.

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  12. South Africa's president calls Musk to calm Trump land rowpublished at 14:32 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February

    President Trump, who Elon Musk advises, has threatened to cut funding over South Africa's land policy.

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  13. Five sentenced to death in Nigeria over 'witchcraft' murderpublished at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February

    The men attacked the 67-year-old female victim after one of their wives had a dream about her.

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  14. 1965: Beekeeping for the King of Libyapublished at 11:03 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February

    Fyfe Robertson reported from Libya on a British woman who looked after the royal Cyrenaican bees for the King.

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  15. Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreakpublished at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February

    There is currently no approved vaccine for the highly contagious and deadly Sudan strain of Ebola.

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  16. Community helps Sudan refugees start a new lifepublished at 06:04 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February

    Sudanese refugees based in Birmingham tell the BBC how they are supporting each other.

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  17. Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for 'humanitarian reasons'published at 21:24 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February

    The rebels say they will not seize any further territory but will protect their positions.

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  18. Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa over land policypublished at 15:43 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February

    South Africa last month passed a law allowing the seizure of land under certain circumstances.

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  19. Tems sees off Yemi Alade and Burna Boy to win Grammypublished at 14:54 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February

    Tems is the first Nigerian to win two Grammys after taking the Best Africa Music Performance prize.

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  20. Ghana football fan stabbed to death during match violencepublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February

    The next round of league matches have been suspended while the authorities investigate the death.

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