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Lost in translation - How Africa is trying to close the AI language gap
Although Africa is home to a huge proportion of the world's languages – well over a quarter according to some estimates - many are missing…
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Posers and paddling pools: Africa's top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement…
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Posts falsely claim to show illegal soap factory in South Africa
Further stoking persistent tensions in South Africa, social media users are purporting to show undocumented foreign nationals making soap…
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Survivors of South Africa's horrifying building blaze feel abandoned two years on
Blackened by soot, the gutted and derelict remains of South Africa's infamous Usindiso building in central Johannesburg are an…
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Old images from Cape Town falsely linked to fresh taxi violence in Johannesburg
After gunmen in South Africa killed a ride-hailing driver in Johannesburg in August 2025, social media users began circulating images…
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Percy Tau and a new experience in Asia: The veteran's journey in Africa has ended!
Percy Tau and a new experience in Asia: The veteran's journey in Africa has ended! South African football star Percy Tau has begun an…
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'It's coming home' - the undignified row over the body of Zambia's ex-president
"It's coming home!" – a phrase indelibly linked to English football fans – has now gained currency among some Zambians in the battle over…
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Image of man lying outside South African hospital fuels anti-migrant narratives
Anti-migrant groups have been preventing foreign nationals in South Africa from accessing public health facilities, claiming they are…
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Tears and outrage in South Africa as accused in pig farm murder walks free
South Africa's state prosecutor has officially withdrawn charges against one of the farm workers accused of killing two black woman and…
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Old images mislead about taxi violence in South Africa
Spates of taxi-related violence in South Africa are commonplace and usually deadly. Images of minibus taxis set alight in North West…
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Unrelated arrest photo shared in hoax about South African child support fraud
Viral posts shared in July 2025 falsely claim a woman was arrested in South Africa for receiving financial support from eight men for one…
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South Africa building collapse that killed 34 was 'entirely preventable', minister says
A building collapse that killed 34 construction workers and injured dozens more in the Western Cape, town of George last May was "entirely…
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Conservationists release rehabilitated vultures back into the wild on South African mountain
MAGALIESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Five vultures that were rescued and rehabilitated by a conservation group have been released back into…
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S Africa's police intelligence chief arrested over fraud allegations
South Africa's criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo has been arrested and has appeared in court on allegations of fraud and…
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Death toll from this month's flooding in South Africa rises to over 100
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two weeks ago has…
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Which African countries are flourishing? Scientists have a new way of measuring well-being
What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing – a sense…
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Burial of Zambia's ex-president in South Africa halted at last minute by court
A South African court has halted plans to bury former Zambian President Edgar Lungu at a private ceremony in South Africa just as the…
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Zambian government tries to stop a former president's funeral taking place in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Zambian government filed court papers seeking to stop the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South…
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The presidential feud that even death couldn't end
The personal has become very political in Zambia. Mourning and the build-up to a funeral is never an easy time, but throw in the fallout…
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Funeral of Zambian ex-president in doubt as national mourning cancelled
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has abruptly ended the national mourning period of former President Edgar Lungu in an escalating…
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Cape Town safety fears force parents to seek former white-only schools
Fears of crime and gang violence in the notorious townships on the outskirts of South Africa's city of Cape Town are forcing some parents…
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Rescuers in South Africa search for the missing after floods leave at least 49 dead
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams began a third day searching for missing people Thursday after floods devastated parts of South…
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Search resumes for schoolchildren swept away by South Africa floods
The search for schoolchildren swept away in floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province has resumed after being halted overnight,…
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Dozens of white rhinos relocated from South Africa to Rwanda
Seventy southern white rhinos have completed a journey of more than 3,400 kilometres (at least 2,112 miles) by truck and Boeing 747 from…