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Reeddi rents out small, lightweight solar-powered batteries in Nigeria that can power devices including TVs, laptops and refrigerators.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/22/africa/reeddi-capsules-battery-nigeria-spc-intl/index.html

Malik Afegbua created a stir on social media when he posted images of stylish seniors on a fashion runway.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/malik-afegbua-elderly-fashion-ai-art-spc-intl/index.html

Doreen Nyanjura is a modern politician. She announced on Twitter that she would be standing in Uganda's 2026 presidential election; has a name for her supporters -- the Nyanjuraholics -- and has ...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/africa/uganda-women-politicians-online-abuse-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html

The most wanted fugitive accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been arrested in Paarl, South Africa after decades on the run, authorities say.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/africa/rwandan-genocide-suspect-south-africa-intl/index.html

Nigerian music duo P-Square, with twins Paul and Peter Okoye, are back together and producing their first album in nine years.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/africa/p-square-reunite-new-album-nigeria-afrobeats-spc/index.html

For years, Alli Nansolo grappled with whether to cut his son's dreadlocks or not. Although it is not a legal requirement in Malawi, an unwritten policy enforced across government schools meant hi...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/22/africa/malawi-court-lifts-dreadlocks-ban-intl/index.html

Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is haggling over the price of a dark red car. It is one of a couple hundred vehicles, parked in long lines stretching o...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/21/africa/west-africa-benin-used-cars-climate-intl/index.html

Stephen Saad discusses free trade on the continent, the benefits of scale, and his company's response to Covid-19.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/business/stephen-saad-aspen-pharmacare-spc-intl/index.html

Rescuers have recovered six more bodies from a river in southern Malawi days after a boat carrying about 37 people was capsized by a hippo on Monday.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/africa/malawi-boat-tragedy-deaths-intl/index.html

Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle river in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country f...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/africa/somalia-flooding-displaced-intl/index.html

A toddler has died after a boat ferrying more than 30 villagers across the Shire River in Malawi's Nsanje district was attacked by a hippo, causing it to overturn, authorities said.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/africa/hippo-capsize-canoe-malawi-intl/index.html

Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has become a national sensation after cooking nonstop for 100 hours, in an attempt to set a world record.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/15/africa/hilda-bassey-cook-world-record-intl/index.html

A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria on Tuesday killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers, according to local police and US officials.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/africa/nigeria-us-convoy-attack-intl-afr/index.html

The United States has imposed entry restrictions on more Nigerians for undermining the democratic process during the African nation's 2023 election cycle, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sai...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/africa/us-visa-restriction-nigeria-intl/index.html

Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human-wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/14/africa/lions-killed-kenya-wildlife-conflict-intl/index.html

The US ambassador to South Africa on Thursday accused the South African government of delivering arms and ammunition to a sanctioned Russian cargo vessel late last year, local media said.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/africa/south-africa-russia-vessel-us-ambo-intl-afr/index.html

For years, the people in the villages around of Chingola in Zambia endured frequent health challenges and dead fish floating around in their water source, but that was just the beginning of their...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/26/africa/african-goldman-winner-2023-intl-cmd/index.html

Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has been announced as one of three 2023 Polar Music Prize recipients, putting the Benin-born singer-songwriter in rare company.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/28/africa/angelique-kidjo-polar-music-prize-spc-intl/index.html

In Tanzania, WoteSawa Domestic Workers Organization is helping children out of a life of domestic servitude.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/18/africa/mercy-esther-tanzania-domestic-servitude-cfp-spc-intl/index.html

March 11 marked the start of the new season for the Basketball Africa League, whose best players could end up joining the African stars already gracing the NBA.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/sport/african-players-nba-basketball-africa-league-spt-spc-intl/index.html

Pastor Mambud Samai found his calling helping survivors find peace through an adaptive form of football. Now he's helping hundreds of amputees find their own path to success through the Single Le...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/sport/slasa-mambud-samai-sierra-leone-amputee-football-spc-spt-intl/index.html

Since at least 2013, more than 10,000 pregnancies were aborted as part of a "secret, systematic and illegal" abortion program allegedly "conducted" by the Nigerian military, a Reuters investigati...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/12/08/nigeria-military-boko-haram-woman-secret-abortion-program-oneworld-contd-vpx.cnn

Afrobeats -- the pulsating, fusion sound coming out of West Africa and the diaspora -- has been on the rise globally for the better part of a decade. In recent years, the genre has gained a footh...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/entertainment/grammys-consider-afrobeats-category-cec/index.html

Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra, is running in Nigeria's presidential race. He discusses his objectives for the country with CNN's Zain Asher.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/09/16/peter-obi-nigeria-presidential-candidate-one-world-vpx.cnn

Every morning at 7am Nigerian time, Pastor Jerry Eze can be seen on a YouTube livestream fervently praying over thousands of stacks of requests he has received from his followers around the world...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/21/africa/jerry-eze-online-platform-nigeria-intl-cmd/index.html

Growing up in poverty in rural Kenya, Nelly Cheboi watched her single mother, who had only completed fifth grade, work tirelessly so Cheboi and her three sisters could attend school.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/world/education-technology-recycling-kenya-poverty-cnnheroes/index.html

Afrobeats is a term often used to describe music coming out of West Africa. But in reality, music industry veterans and emerging stars say the sounds coming from the continent's top artists shoul...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/01/26/africa-avant-garde-afrobeats.cnn