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Maldives bans smoking for younger generations

The Maldives has banned young people born on or after 1 January 2007 from smoking tobacco, becoming the only country in the world to enforce a nationwide generational tobacco prohibition

Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again

A group of blind patients can now read again after being fitted with a life-changing implant at the back of the eye

Nigerian police fire tear gas as protesters gather over separatist leader

The Nigerian police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had gathered in the capital, Abuja, over the continued detention of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu

Madagascar coup leader Randrianirina sworn in as president

Madagascar's coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as president on Friday days after taking control of the island nation in the wake of youth-led protests that forced out his predecessor

‘We are orphans’: Kenyans bid farewell to ex-PM Odinga in his political heartland

Tens of thousands in Raila Odinga’s political heartland, Kisumu, gathered as his body lay in state after a state funeral in Nairobi following his death in India

Flights halted at Kenyan airport as thousands turn out to receive Odinga’s body

Operations were briefly suspended at Kenya's main airport after thousands of mourners turned out to receive the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga

Raila Odinga: Kenyan opposition figure dies at 80

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC