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The Town That Ran Out of Chlorine
More than 400 people in Bronkhorstspruit fell ill from their own taps, most of them toddlers. The City of Tshwane has admitted it ran out of chlorine.
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“Why Always Otedola Bridge?” Another Tanker, Another Inferno
A tanker carrying 33,000 litres of diesel fell from Otedola Bridge in Lagos and burst into flames. Two men were badly burned. Lagos asked the same question it always asks.
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“You Can't See Shiny Things”: The Line That Turned Kenya's 2027 Race Into Roads vs Rights
President Ruto says freedom means little without development. Senator Edwin Sifuna says it's the other way round, and his reply is one of the most-shared political posts in Kenya today.
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190 Children, One Verdict, and the Warnings That Came Too Late
A Kenyan court has convicted Paul Mackenzie and 28 co-accused of murdering 191 people in the Shakahola Forest, 190 of them children. The harder question is why the warnings came too late.
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Christiane Amanpour Is Leaving CNN After 43 Years. For Millions of Africans, It's the End of How We Watched the World
CNN's chief international anchor will leave next June, ending a career that began in 1983. For a generation from Harare to Addis Ababa to Kinshasa, her voice was how the news arrived.
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