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Top Prize for Malian Malaria Researcher
Mali's Alassane Dicko has won the Royal Society for Africa Prize for his malaria research. Kenya bans opposition protests in key business districts. And is a dog in the US more likely to get treated for cancer than a person in Nigeria?
(Picture: Alassane Dicko. Credit: BBC)
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