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            <title><![CDATA[UAE-backed Colombian mercenaries provided support to Sudan paramilitary, report says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Conflict Insights Group (CIG) says its research also shows the extent of UAE involvement.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taiwan president cancels Eswatini trip after African countries close airspace]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Taiwan has accused Beijing of putting pressure on African countries to close their airspace to Lai's plane.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nigeria charges six people with treason over Independence Day coup plot]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Allegations of a coup plot first surfaced in October 2025 when an Independence Day parade was cancelled.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:28:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa's police boss charged in connection with controversial health contract]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fannie Masemola is accused of failing in his duties to provide proper oversight in his role.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:11:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Arrests in Nigeria after abduction of local monarch 'held for ransom']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The kidnappers raided his palace on Saturday and are believed to be holding him in a forest.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:59:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Korir defends Boston Marathon title with course record]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Kenya's John Korir sets a new course record of two hours, one minute and 52 seconds to win a second successive Boston Marathon.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:30:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Black beauty queen who represented South Africa at Miss World during apartheid dies aged 76]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[At the 1972 Miss World contest, Cynthia Shange was one of two contestants from South Africa - one black and one white.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:38:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA['They told me he was dead': Children born near Kenyan army base learn truth about UK soldier dads]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A DNA and legal project has identified the fathers of 20 children born near a military base in Kenya.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA['The weapons were loud, but there was always music': Sudanese band play on through the war]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[One of Sudan's most popular bands, Aswat Almadina, recall being in the studio when the war broke out three years ago.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:09:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's iconic stone birds were taken by colonialists. Finally, they're all back home]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For centuries the prized sculptures, central to national identity, have been kept outside Zimbabwe's borders. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:04:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What next for South African opposition firebrand Malema after his five-year prison sentence?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The sentence raises huge questions marks over the political future of one of South Africa's most controversial politicians.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:53:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA['I was tortured and lost my hand' - one student's struggle to get an education in Nigeria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The BBC speaks to a student who pushed for his toe print to be taken to verify his identity. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:54:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three years of messages at once - a chronicle of Sudan's war pours in as trapped reporter's phone turns on]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As the conflict enters its fourth year, journalist Mohamed Suleiman shudders at what has been lost.
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:19:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Six African athletes blocked from transfers to Turkey]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[World Athletics rejects the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey as the requests were "part of a coordinated recruitment strategy" by the country's government "to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:58:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nigerian with 'natural explosiveness' aiming for NFL spot]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hailed for his impressive physical attributes, Nigerian Uar Bernard is hoping to be drafted by an NFL side this month.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:11:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jepchirchir withdraws from London Marathon]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[World champion Peres Jepchirchir withdraws from this month's London Marathon because of an unspecified stress fracture.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:55:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana appoint ex-Man Utd assistant Queiroz as coach]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz is appointed as Ghana's head coach for the upcoming World Cup.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:29:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghanaian footballer killed after armed attackers open fire at team bus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The team was returning from a match when they were attacked by "masked men wielding guns", officials say.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:19:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Caf president would welcome corruption investigation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe has "zero tolerance" for corruption, which he says is "worse than cancer".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:24:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fifa starts disciplinary action over Spain v Egypt chants]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish FA after "Islamophobic and xenophobic" chants during a friendly between Spain and Egypt last month.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:10:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Seven Eritrean players fail to return home after international match]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Several footballers have absconded in the past leaving behind what rights groups call a repressive government.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The human cost of the war in Sudan, three years on]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The conflict, which erupted in 2023, has left behind a human toll which is "simply staggering", reports the BBC's Barbara Plett Usher.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:38:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[DR Congo qualify for World Cup: 'Amidst pain and war, this victory makes us proud’]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[DR Congo are back at the World Cup for the first time since 1974, with fans in Kinshasa celebrating the team's 1-0 play-off win over Jamaica.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:45:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[One house, two faiths, one fasting season]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ramadan and Lent haven't overlapped since 1993 and couples like Olanrewaju and Kaosara in Nigeria are observing them together.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inside Ethiopia's 'smart' police station]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[At the scene: Muslims killed 'over rejection of extremist ideology' in Nigeria]]></title>
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