The real burden of the disease is way underestimated. Not all the labs in the country are included in the tally an only a few can conduct COVID-19 tests.
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge receives his drink bottle on the way to gold in the men’s marathon of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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From the archive: a researcher on the complex dynamics surrounding Kenyan women’s involvement in Al-Shabaab. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Kenyan coastal fishermen based at Lamu near Somalia demand to be heard in the court dispute over Indian Ocean maritime boundary in March 2021.
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For decades Somalia has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity. This is due to a combination of stagnant crop production, a rapidly increasing population and political unrest.
A Somali military officer supporting anti-government forces on the streets of the capital Mogadishu.
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Claire Elder, London School of Economics and Political Science
The international community is opposed to Farmaajo’s term extension because of fears that it’s a power grab consistent with political trends elsewhere in the region.
A group of boys abducted by Boko Haram in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, after their release in December 2020.
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Africa’s key to future food-nutrition security may depend on the untapped potential of indigenous fruit trees.
Nigerian Navy Special forces pretend to arrest pirates during a joint military exercise with the French navy.
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The composer, performer and poet was an artistic pioneer of lasting and distinctive gifts, and bottomless stamina. He gave us over 70 years of high-octane Somali musical mastery.
Iraqi, Iranian and Somali asylum seekers at a tent camp in the Netherlands.
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