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Mar 14, 2025 22:39 By webdesk@voanews.com (Ricci Shryock)

Researchers say role of West Africa’s oral history should be taken more seriously within global academic record

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Archaeologists use song to herald findings in Guinea-Bissau dig
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Mar 14, 2025 16:06 By webdesk@voanews.com (Zaheer Cassim)

Researchers say poor eating habits, lack of health care access, obesity and physical inactivity are key drivers of diabetes in Africa

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Africa faces diabetes crisis, study finds
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Mar 14, 2025 12:21 By webdesk@voanews.com (Mqondisi Dube)

Botswana received nearly $4 million from last year’s hunting season despite UK efforts to ban African wildlife trophies

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Botswana hunting revenues almost double amid UK opposition
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Mar 12, 2025 15:42 By webdesk@voanews.com (Mohamed Olad Hassan)

All six hotel attackers are killed, ending a siege that claimed the lives of seven other people

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Somali forces kill 50 militants in airstrikes after ending hotel siege
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Mar 11, 2025 20:49 By webdesk@voanews.com (Lameck Masina)

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In Malawi's Majete Wildlife Reserve, conservation experts are testing birth control on lions. The goal of the wildlife management effort is to control the lion population to ensure antelopes and other prey species continue thriving. Lameck Masina reports from the reserve in the Chikwawa district.

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Mar 11, 2025 12:36 By webdesk@voanews.com (Mohamed Olad Hassan)

Witnesses report ongoing clashes between al-Shabab militants and security forces at Beledweyne’s Qahira Hotel

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Gunmen attack hotel in Somalia, killing at least 5
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Mar 11, 2025 08:49 By webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

The arrests in Juba and deadly clashes around the northern town of Nasir are seen as jeopardizing 2018 peace deal that ended a five-year civil war

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Uganda says special forces deploy in South Sudan capital amid tensions
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Mar 10, 2025 20:36 By webdesk@voanews.com (Mohammed Yusuf)

Unlocking job opportunities for women can drive economic growth in Africa, says Britain-based Sightsavers International, citing World Bank data

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UK charity calls to close gender employment gap for disabled
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Mar 09, 2025 19:12 By webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)

Fighting between M23 rebels and pro-Congo militias was underway Sunday in Nyabiondo, about 100 km north of Goma, residents said

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Clashes continue in eastern DRC days after attack on civilians left many dead
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