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Inside Al Shabaab: The extremist group trying to seize Somalia
For more than fifteen years the extremist group Al Shabaab has been fighting a bloody insurgency in Somalia.
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Africa and coronavirus: Why did we think the continent would be brought to its knees?
How have so many African nations managed to contain the coronavirus and why we have we left them out of the Covid conversation?
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Truck drivers in East Africa dubbed ‘Covid-19 super spreaders’ by politicians
Truck drivers in East Africa have been branded Covid-19 “super spreaders” by political leaders, as governments there implement strict testing regimes they say are needed to stop the spread of the disease.
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UN seeks help to thwart locust swarms in east Africa
The United Nations has called for international help to fight huge swarms of Locusts which are sweeping through parts of east Africa.
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Comedians discuss Brexit
While the world looks on and laughs at our parliamentary paralysis, what do those whose jobs involve making money from mirth make of it all?
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From liberator and hero to dictator and tyrant: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe dies at 95
He held power for almost 40 years, decades beset by bloodshed, political persecution, corruption and tyranny.
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Brexit Party MEP worked for Cambridge Analytica
Alexandra Phillips has admitted working for Cambridge Analytica’s parent company on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s successful re-election campaign in Kenya.
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Life after despair: This woman was tricked into a sham vacation marriage, then the world heard her story
After this programme reported on it last year, it was extensively debated online, transforming the life of one of the women we spoke to.
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The mums sending their children to Somalia to keep them safe from London gangs
What do you do if you are a parent of teenage boys and you’ve seen youngsters you know fall victim to the growing problem of knife violence?
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Ethiopian Airlines black boxes found at crash site
The Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed minutes after take-off on its journey from Addis Ababa to the Kenyan capital Nairobi, killing all 157 on board.
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Seven Britons among 157 killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash
Seven Britons are among the dead after a plane crashed shortly after take off this morning in Ethiopia.
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Gunmen storm Nairobi hotel complex
Gunmen have blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. There are reports of at least seven deaths, but no official confirmation yet. Witnesses said two cars were driven at speed into the complex at around 3pm after shots were fired at security guards at its gates. The Somali Islamist…
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Gay rugby player threatened with deportation wins temporary reprieve
A gay rugby team member has won a temporary reprieve after he was threatened with being sent back to Kenya. Kenneth Macharia, who’s a member of the Bristol Bisons – a rugby club which sets out to be inclusive to the whole LGBT community – claimed he would face persecution over his sexuality if he was returned.
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Cambridge Analytica: The Mexico allegations
Last week, this programme exposed how Cambridge Analytica claimed to have intervened – often secretly – in elections around the world. Now the secrets are unspooling. An undercover reporter for Channel 4 News posed as a fixer for a wealthy client hoping to get candidates elected in Sri Lanka. Last week, that country’s Prime Minister…
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Fallout from Facebook investigation felt across world
The fallout from this programme’s investigation into Facebook data harvesting is continuing to be felt across the globe. Lindsey Hilsum is in Kenya, where the strategy firm that harvested the data, Cambridge Analytica, boasted of helping swing last year’s presidential election. And Siobhan Kennedy is the United States, where Facebook’s shares have plunged a further…