Burkina Faso’s vanishing gold boom puts livelihoods at risk
ANNE MIMAULT and HELEN REID A gold mining boom in Burkina Faso over the last decade propelled Boukary Diallo from
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How flower growing is transforming Southwest Cameroon
CAMEROONIAN motor mechanic Akah George Kum started growing flowers in the shadow of Mount Cameroon. The venture has bloomed – and the Dibanda region with it.
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14 die in landslide tragedy in Cameroon capital
A landslide in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde killed at least 14 people who were attending a funeral, the governor of the
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Ex-Ivory Cost militia leader returns from exile
CHARLES Ble Goude, a former militia leader who was acquitted of crimes against humanity related to his role in Ivory
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Uganda’s president extends Ebola epicentre’s quarantine for 21 days
UGANDA’S President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country’s Ebola
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Foreign companies land $2.5-billion Nigerian bridge contract
A consortium led by Portugal’s builder Mota-Engil and two Chinese ventures has been shortlisted by Nigeria’s Lagos state to build
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Malawi vice president arrested over corruption, says graft watchdog
FRANK PHIRI MALAWI’S Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested and charged the country’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima over graft allegations, it
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Nigerian gunmen kidnap 60 in latest attack
NIGERIAN gunmen kidnapped at least 60 people in a remote community in northwestern Zamfara state who were mostly women observing
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DRC’s M23 rebels ask for dialogue after ceasefire
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group said it wants to talk directly with the government after Congo’s president and
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Kenya scrambles to stave off athletics ban for mounting doping cases
TOMMY WILKES KENYA’S government is urging World Athletics not to ban the country from the sport, promising to step up
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