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How billions are lost in internet shutdowns in Africa
As internet services are slowly being re-instated in Uganda after a bitterly contested election, we take a look at the economic costs of...
Uganda: Robert Kyagulanyi alleges fraud in vote counting
Uganda's opposition presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine, is alleging fraud in the electoral process. Vote...
Uganda: Vote count under way in presidential election
Earlier ballot boxes had arrived late at polling stations and biometric voter verification machines failed. The chairman of Uganda's...
Uganda: The latest ahead of Thursday's elections after a tense campaign
On the eve of Uganda’s presidential election, we get the latest from the capital Kampala, and examine why Facebook took the decision to...
UN condemns human rights abuses ahead of Uganda elections
As campaigns close in Uganda ahead of elections on Thursday, we hear a special report from our correspondent in Kampala about claims that...
Facebook shuts accounts linked to Uganda's top officials
Pressure builds on Facebook as the social media platform takes down several accounts linked to President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign....
Northern Cameroon insecurity flares up
Our correspondent Killian Ngala reports on the latest attack in the town of Mozogo, in north Cameroon, where according to the Mayor of the...
US power handover... from the point of view of a Kenyan satirist
Kenyan journalist Patrick Gathara shares his views on a mob storming a symbol of American democracy-Capitol Hill Covid 19 cases continue to...
Claims and counterclaims over Mali airstrike
There are conflicting accounts of French airstrike in Mali, which France says was on jihadist militants but witnesses claim a wedding party...
Nigeria rolls out ambitious jobs plan
The government of Nigeria is launching a nationwide public works programme seeking to employ three quarters of a million people. The...
Kenyan students back in the classrooms after nearly a year
New COVID-19 measures allow Kenyan students to be back in the classrooms after months spent e-learning from home. We hear about the...
2020 Review: How has Africa handled the big challenges?
The Covid-19 crisis has been the big story of 2020 but how has Africa handled the pandemic, and amid the serious set backs have there also...
When will South Africa begin Covid vaccinations?
South Africa's ministerial adviser on coronavirus vaccine development says negotiations are going on with various vaccine manufacturers but...
Covid: South African hospitals under pressure
After South Africa’s president announces more than one million Covid-19 cases, a frontline nurse tells us hospitals lack the capacity to...
Chad approves its first-ever asylum law
We hear from a UNHCR representative in Chad who tells us about a game-changing law recently approved in the country, that aims at providing...
Africa Today: Highlights from 2020
From a prestigious award for standing up for science, to breaking barriers to become the highest ranking woman in the Nigerian police force,...
Ghana’s main opposition still challenges election results
The chairman of Ghana’s NDC opposition party says ‘wrongs have been perpetuated against them” and the party will continue to fight the...
Uganda arrests leading human rights lawyer
Police in Uganda have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer over alleged money laundering. The United Nations says the town of Bambari...
Nigeria: Authorities announce tighter Covid-19 measures following a spike in cases.
The authorities in Nigeria hope the new measures will prevent a second wave. Several countries have imposed a ban on travel to and from...
Rebels attacks in towns near CAR capital
Rwanda has deployed what it called a "protection force" to the Central African Republic after its peacekeepers there were attacked by rebels...
Nigerian boys return home after kidnap ordeal
The abducted schoolboys arrived by bus in Nigeria’s Katsina city after being released by bandits who were holding them. The Democratic...
Nigeria abducted schoolboys: Boko Haram releases video
The footage, said to be from the jihadist group Boko Haram, shows some of more than 300 abducted Nigerian schoolboys, with one child coaxed...
Four Nigerian states close schools after abductions
Four northern states in Nigeria have ordered the immediate closure of schools following the abduction of hundreds of students in Katsina...
Boko Haram says it abducted Nigerian schoolboys
Nigeria-based Islamist militant group Boko Haram has said it was behind the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolboys in north-western Katsina...
Nigeria: Fears for kidnapped children
Ethiopia: A new administration starts work in Tigray And we hear from a man from South Sudan who managed to turn his life around, after...
How billions are lost in internet shutdowns in Africa
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Uganda: Robert Kyagulanyi alleges fraud in vote counting
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Uganda: Vote count under way in presidential election
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