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  1. 7 hours ago

    “The loser’s game is to have extremists in Europe playing on fears and sometimes on racism and saying African people are losers, they want to invade us,” says French President Emmanuel Macron during his two-day visit to Nigeria

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  2. 8 hours ago

    Rough sleeping, unpaid wages — How a Rugby World Cup qualifier has descended into an 'absolute shambles' before it's even kicked off

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  3. 12 hours ago

    He came, he saw, he partied. Check out on stage with at the New Afrika Shrine during his two-day visit to Nigeria. Macron is the first president to visit the Afrobeats legend Fela's Shrine.

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  4. 12 hours ago

    Inside Nigeria’s hyperrealist art scene: The artists using their talents to impact social issues

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  5. Jul 4

    French President Emmanuel Macron has ended a two-day visit to Nigeria, his first to the country as President. He announced plans for a series of cultural events dedicated to Africa in 2020 and became the first president to visit Fela Kuti's Shrine

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  6. Jul 4

    There was a showcase of uber-talented Nigerians at the New Africa Shrine last night for 's visit. We loved Ara's talking drum performance.

    Nigerian musician Ara's talking drum performance at the Afrika shrine during French President Macron's visit to the country.
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  7. Jul 4

    Tournament organizers apologized to Zimbabwe’s rugby team after players slept on the street in Tunisia to protest substandard hotel accommodation

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  8. Jul 4

    An 11-year-old Nigerian artist drew French President Emmanuel Macron’s portrait in two hours

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  9. Jul 4

    “He is now recuperating with family. My family and I are grateful,” says Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi following his father’s rescue from kidnappers in Nigeria

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  10. Jul 4

    “In prisons, the patients could not run away, and they had no other option but to take their drugs as prescribed under supervision,” Kenya health official explains why TB patients were imprisoned for not taking their drugs

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  11. Jul 4

    Over 200 migrants died attempting to cross the Mediterranean over the weekend

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  12. Jul 3

    Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi received a ransom demand for his kidnapped father a few hours before Nigeria faced Argentina in a crucial match at the

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  13. Jul 3

    Fun fact: lived in Nigeria 15 years ago as an intern at the French embassy.

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  14. Jul 3

    "We need African people speaking about Africa," says President on visit to the Shrine. His first to Nigeria as President

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  15. Jul 3

    “In my affidavit, I contend that the tax offends the principles of NetNeutrality,” says Silver Kayondo one of the petitioners suing the Uganda government for imposing a social media tax

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  16. Jul 3

    Migrant crisis: Over 100 migrants still missing at sea after a shipwreck off the coast of Libya

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  17. Jul 3

    Former US president Barack Obama will visit Kenya for the first time since he left office

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  18. Jul 3

    The Benin Bronzes housed at the British Museum in London and the Ethnological Museum of Berlin may soon be on their way home

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  19. Jul 3

    Authorities are investigating the case of a woman found alive in a South African morgue several hours after paramedics declared her dead

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  20. Jul 2

    A Uganda tech company has filed a lawsuit against the government over a new social media tax

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