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Former Zambian President Lungu dies aged 68
Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has died at the age of 68,…
Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o dies aged 87
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern…
Art curator Koyo Kouoh dies at height of career
Koyo Kouoh, who has died aged 57, was one of the art…
Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright
Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one…
Trailblazing African film-maker and Cannes winner dies
Malian film director Souleymane Cissé, one of the pioneers of African cinema,…
South Africa mourns pioneering female nuclear scientist
South Africa's first black female nuclear scientist, Senamile Masango, a trailblazer who…
Sam Nujoma, first president of Namibia, dies aged 95
The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the…
Era-defining Benin musician dies aged 39
Tributes have been paid to Willy Mignon, an era-defining Beninese musician who…
Top South African singer Winnie Khumalo dies aged 51
outh African actress and singer Winnie Khumalo has died at the age…
Liberia’s notorious rebel-turned-senator Johnson dies
Prince Yormie Johnson, Liberian warlord-turned-politician, who became infamous for the 1990 footage…