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The incident came amid an annual pilgrimage to the island of Djerba that draws hundreds of Jewish people from Europe and Israel

Rapid urbanisation in Africa is worsening air pollution levels. There are economic as well as health consequences.

Universities had to deal with many anxieties and uncertainties during the early days of the COVID pandemic. One of these was how to move all of their teaching online. For some, the process was fairly simple as they had already been offering blended online and in-person lessons.

A particular gene, which leads to a taller nose, could have been the product of natural selection as ancient humans adapted to cold.

As independence from British colonial rule swept across East Africa in the early 1960s and freedom was won in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, parents and teachers worried about what their children were reading.

Ghana split four administrative regions between June 2017 and February 2019 to create six new ones. The process proceeded calmly in some regions, but was so contentious in others that the government had to deploy security forces to prevent clashes. Eventually, all six regions were created. The conflicts were unexpected.…

Star from small town who took up opera aged 16 becomes first African to sing solo at British coronation

Sudan, Africa’s third largest country by land mass, shares borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This means that Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries, including the Central African Republic, Egypt, Libya, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The South African is set to be the first African national to sing an opera solo at a British coronation ceremony.