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Burma timeline

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Regions and territories: Xinjiang

An overview of Xinjiang, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Timeline: East Timor

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1976: Queen opens National Theatre in London

The Queen has officially opened the National Theatre on the South Bank in London after years of delays.




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1964: President Kaunda takes power in Zambia

Zambia is the ninth African state to gain independence from the British crown.




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1983: US troops invade Grenada

American forces seize control of the Caribbean island of Grenada less than a week after a left-wing coup in which the prime minister, Maurice Bishop, was killed.




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Erica Ogwumike has been drafted into the WNBA - but is also a medical student in the US.

Erica Ogwumike has been drafted into the WNBA - but is also a medical student in the US. She talks about combining the two - and why she would like to represent Nigeria.




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The Ethiopia-Eritrea border dividing families

How the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea is dividing families and communities who live along it.




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Locusts destroying food supplies in the Horn of Africa

Billions of locusts are destroying food supplies in the Horn of Africa during the coronavirus outbreak.




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Mozambique: The Islamic State insurgency you may not have heard of

The Islamic State has been behind the growing wave of violence in northern Mozambique.




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Coronavirus in Africa: Kenya's students making PPE kits

A Kenyan university is voluntarily making critical medical kits in the fight against Covid-19.




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Online funerals and election face masks - Ghana's new normal

Ghana is well known for its elaborate funerals and rowdy election campaigns so coronavirus is changing everything.




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Coronavirus: Which African countries are ahead on testing?

African states face real challenges in trying to expand their testing for the coronavirus.




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Kenya, Somalia and Rwanda hit by deadly flooding

Heavy rains across the region have also destroyed homes, crops and some infrastructure.




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Rapper Ty dies after contracting coronavirus

The Mercury-nominated rapper had been put in an induced coma in April.




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Coronavirus: WHO warns 190,000 could die in Africa in one year

Covid-19 could linger for years and "smoulder in transmission hot spots", the WHO warns.




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Sophie in ’t Veld: Future of EU in hands of member states

The Dutch politician and MEP Sophie in ’t Veld on the economic impact on the EU of coronavirus.




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VE Day: Sir Winston Churchill announces the end of WW2 in Europe

At exactly 1500 on 8 May 1945, British PM Winston Churchill announced the end of the war in Europe.




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Spy princess and Lady Death: Eight women of WW2

Some are well known, some forgotten, but all played a key role in World War Two.