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Opposition frontrunner Bobi Wine's security withdrawn as Ugandans prepare to go to the polls
Longtime President Yoweri Museveni has cut off social media ahead of Thursday's election
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The pandemic has decimated local economies, where people are more afraid of hunger than the virus
The lasting threat from the pandemic goes beyond the immediate danger of illness and lies in the economic impact
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Analysis: Southern Africa's Covid cases rocket – but there are no vaccines to roll out
In South Africa, cases have climbed from 1,000 a day in October to 20,000 a day now
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Was Idi Amin a buffoonish brute – or a cunning political operator?
Wild rumours about the African dictator include him consuming human flesh and murdering his wives. A new book sifts fact from fiction
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'Zulu' shows that even history’s darkest moments can inspire rousing cinema
If you haven't yet seen this dignified portrait of heroism, seek it out soon – before somebody bans it for its “colonialism”
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Secret life of dwarf giraffes uncovered in Africa
Conservationists disclose discovery of rare 9ft-tall Nubians that are thriving against all the odds
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Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine sends children to the US for their safety ahead of fraught election
'My children have lived in constant fear over the past three years.' he said
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Eritrea’s brutal shadow war in Ethiopia laid bare
New video backs extensive Telegraph reports pointing towards egregious abuses, including massacres and pillaging
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Travellers who fail to test for Covid before coming to England face £500 fines
Airlines flying into the UK will be required to bar passengers from boarding who have not had negative pre-departure tests
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People smuggler spared jail as judge rules he was trying to give African children a 'better life'
The man attempted to bring four children from Gambia to the UK
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Unexplained deadly airstrike at Mali wedding raises questions over French involvement
France denies strike on jihadists was linked to attack on marriage ceremony
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Film-maker 'stole £14m from Col Gaddafi's German bank account'
German documentary maker is accused of defrauding former Libyan regime of millions
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Schools and Covid: What are the rules for school returns around the world?
Masks are mandatory for pupils in Italy, extra-curricular activities have been cancelled in Kenya and schools are shut in Thailand
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Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine set to be a game-changer in the developing world
Its low price-point and easy storage will allow the job to be easily distributed worldwide
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Bodies of 20 migrants retrieved off Tunisia, says defence ministry
Five others on board the capsized vessel were rescued
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US pulls out 700 military personnel from war-torn Somalia
Diminished presence is likely to embolden violent Islamist insurgency
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New South African Covid strain identified in UK, says Matt Hancock
Variant is different from British strain that is spreading rapidly, but is also believed to be very transmissible
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Russian and Rwandan troops in Central African Republic to help stop alleged coup, government says
The escalation comes ahead of a presidential election on Sunday
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On the cusp of famine: ‘Nowhere scares me more than the Sahel... we are close to a tipping point’
Caught between jihadists and climate change, the Sahel faces an almighty humanitarian crisis
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‘They threatened to slaughter us’: Escaped Nigerian schoolboys relive mass kidnapping
No one knows exactly how many children were abducted but suddenly 344 of the abducted boys were released on Thursday
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Second coronavirus wave hits Africa
The continent has dodged the apocalyptic scenarios predicted by many Western experts but now cases are surging in many countries
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Relief in Nigeria after over 300 abducted school boys released - but questions remain
Unclear why the government was able to secure their release and how many are still in captivity
