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VOICE OF AMERICA South Africa’s Market Theatre is one of several African cultural institutions that has gone entirely online because of COVID-19 restrictions that prevent large gatherings. This small institution has seen other…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Tanzanian pop star Diamond Platnumz has become the first Sub-Saharan African singer to get 1 billion views on his YouTube channel. Over the past 10 years, the 30-year-old award-winning musician has…

ADF STAFF Cyber security experts say Africa’s top smartphone brand has sold tens of thousands of phones loaded with malicious software. The phones drain users’ data, sign them up for subscription services without their knowledge, and…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Asseta Rouamba was one of thousands fleeing extremist violence in Burkina Faso’s troubled north when her daughter contracted malaria, putting the pair in an even more desperate situation. “We are exposed. In…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A Tunisian startup is developing a 3D-printed bionic hand, hoping the affordable and solar-powered prosthetic will help amputees and other disabled people across Africa. Unlike traditional devices, the artificial…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE About 70 armed groups have agreed to a cease-fire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) South Kivu province, a flashpoint in the country’s troubled east. “All the armed groups of South Kivu agree to a…