1. South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrestpublished at 16:16 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November

    Police fire rubber bullets to stop Mozambicans trying to cross into South Africa, local media report.

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  2. Nigeria's army chief dies aged 56published at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November

    President Bola Tinubu says he was a key figure in the military and pivotal to security operations.

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  3. The doctor performing life-changing surgery on a shippublished at 06:04 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November

    Dr Rachel Buckingham boards a ship twice a year to provide children with life changing surgery.

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  4. How the UK's 'big brother' role in Africa is changingpublished at 00:05 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November

    David Lammy is on his first visit to the continent since he became foreign secretary.

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  5. William takes on illegal wildlife trade in Cape Town speechpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    Prince William warns that wildlife crime has "ripple effects" that are "profound for us all".

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  6. Algeria silent after civil war book wins top French awardpublished at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    Algerian Kamel Daoud wins the Prix Goncourt for his novel Houris, a searing account of his country’s 1990s conflict.

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  7. Killers of Ugandan Olympian sentenced to 35 yearspublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    Steeplechaser Benjamin Lagat was stabbed to death in Kenya on New Year's Eve last year.

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  8. Equatorial Guinea VP warns against office sex after viral videospublished at 13:25 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    Vice-President Teodoro Obiang Mangue says that anyone found having sex at work will be suspended.

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  9. Nigeria drops treason charges against children after outcrypublished at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    The president had ordered the boys to be freed following an outcry over their detention conditions.

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  10. Steve Irwin's son joins Prince William in South Africapublished at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    The Prince and Robert Irwin revealed their favourite African animals ahead of the Earthshot Prize award.

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  11. Zimbabwe bans police from using mobile phones while on dutypublished at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    All officers are required to surrender their phones to supervisors while at work under the new policy.

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  12. Slapping MP shows generational change may not end abuse of power in Nigeria published at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    Will the new generation of Nigerian politicians deliver the change in attitudes that many had hoped for?

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  13. Tongue and talk: Keeping language alive in Africapublished at 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November

    Ghanaian journalist Justice Baidoo is teaching his two young boys how to speak the ancient African language of Ahanta. He home schools them with lessons several times a week in an effort to keep the indigenous language alive in a continent where many are disappearing due to the over dominance of English and French, and in recent years the added power of American culture through mass media, online and through mobile phones. He hears how locals are trying to revive Ahanta by setting up a radio station and running regular dedicated church services attracting a one-thousand-strong congregation, before travelling across Ghana to hear people speaking the endangered language of Animere in the village of Kunda.

  14. Mozambique presidential runner-up escapes alleged assassination attemptpublished at 18:09 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November

    Venâncio Mondlane says people tried to kill him after he went into hiding in South Africa.

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  15. Bournemouth's Semenyo motivated by trial rejectionspublished at 17:26 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November

    Bournemouth and Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo says repeated rejections as a teenager left him more motivated to forge a career in football.

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  16. The female coach taking on the Kenyan Premier Leaguepublished at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November

    Jackline Juma is the first woman to manage a men's team in the top flight of Kenyan football.

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  17. Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash, says Lammypublished at 09:31 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November

    Speaking in Nigeria, the UK foreign secretary said he wanted Britain to develop relations with Africa.

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  18. Volunteer families sought to host Zulu choirpublished at 06:30 Greenwich Mean Time 4 November

    The choir will leave South Africa for the first time to tour the South-West.

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  19. Nageeye and Chepkirui win at New York Marathonpublished at 17:57 Greenwich Mean Time 3 November

    Abdi Nageeye and Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui win the men's and women's races respectively at the New York Marathon.

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  20. South Africa police force 540 illegal miners from abandoned shaftpublished at 16:39 Greenwich Mean Time 3 November

    The miners were left starving and dehydrated after security forces cut off their access to food and water.

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