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South Africa: Doctors Without Borders Calls for Urgent Action As Anti-Migrant Groups Block Access to Essential Medical Care for Foreigners in South Africa

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[New Zimbabwe] DOCTORS Without Borders (MSF) in South Africa has raised serious concerns over the ongoing xenophobic denial of healthcare access to foreign nationals who are being accused of straining the neighbouring country's already overstretched public resources.

Zimbabwe: Defending Champions Dynamos Prioritising Relegation Survival Over Chibuku Super Cup Win

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[New Zimbabwe] Dynamos FC is this season not prioritising winning the Chibuku Super Cup tournament despite being the defending champions.

Liberia: Alcop Calls for National Emergency Over Drug Crisis

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[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- The All Liberia Coalition Party (ALCOP) has thrown its weight behind the ongoing nationwide protest against the growing drug crisis in Liberia, urging the government to officially declare the situation a National Emergency.

Liberia: LFA Vows Strict Enforcement of Club Licensing Rules

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[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has announced plans to fully enforce FIFA's Club Licensing Regulations across all levels of domestic football, warning that clubs failing to comply will face stiff penalties.

Liberia: Boakai Consoles Ghanaians As Helicopter Crash Kills Top Officials

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[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has extended deepest condolences to his Ghanaian counterpart, President John Dramani Mahama, and the people of the West African country, following the tragic military helicopter crash that occurred Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in Ghana's Ashanti Region.

South African court rules that Zambia can repatriate body of ex-president

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Edgar Lungu's family has been locked in a bitter dispute with Zambia's government over where to bury him.

Hostage families join nationwide protests over Gaza offensive

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Protesters demanding the return of hostages and an end to the Gaza war staged a beach display outside the US embassy in Tel Aviv on Friday, depicting Donald Trump’s profile with the slogan “End BB’s War”.

Japan issues top-level warnings as floods and landslides hit Kyushu

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Heavy rain lashed Japan’s southern Kyushu island on Friday, triggering floods, landslides and mass evacuations as authorities issued the highest-level warnings in parts of the region.

Maurice Kamto denounces 2025 presidential election exclusion as a political plot

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Despite his disqualification, Kamto said the struggle for democracy in Cameroon will continue, calling the move a “political crime” against the Cameroonian people.

Ghana promises full investigation into helicopter crash which killed two ministers

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The flight data and cockpit voice recorders have been retrieved from the site of the crash which killed two ministers.

Victoria Mboko stuns Naomi Osaka to win National Bank Open

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Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko completed a dream run to the National Bank Open title Thursday night, overcoming a slow start to beat Japanese star Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

WATCH: Philadelphia’s Franklin Square glows in annual lantern festival

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Sea of lanterns is lighting up Philadelphia’s Franklin Square this summer as the Chinese Lantern Festival returns for its eighth year.

Zimbabwe: Labour Court Upholds Teacher's Award, Slams Watershed College in Contract Dispute

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[New Zimbabwe] The Labour Court has dismissed an appeal by Watershed College Trust against an arbitral award in favour of a former probationary teacher, ruling that the institution "clearly aprobated and reprobated" its contractual obligations and acted unlawfully by issuing notice of termination after the expiration of the probation period.

Nigeria: Presidency Rejects Claims of Nigeria's Collapse, Says Hunger Projections Exaggerated

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[Vanguard] The Presidency has dismissed recent claims that Nigeria is on the brink of collapse, describing such assertions as exaggerated and not grounded in fact.

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Nigeria: How Nigeria Loses Billions At Free Trade Zones - Reps Committee

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[Daily Trust] The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has revealed that several companies operating in the Free Trade Zones of the country were engaged in sharp practices that lead Nigeria to losing a lot of revenue running to billions of Naira.

Nigeria: Grid Collapse - Labour Unions Urge Govt to Reverse Power Privatisation

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[Daily Trust] Amid recurring grid collapses and poor electricity supply, labour and trade unions have called on the federal government to reverse the privatisation of the power and water sectors.

Nigeria: Fish Out Killers of My Aide, Kano Governor Tells Security Agencies

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[Daily Trust] Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has directed security agencies to urgently investigate and arrest the killers of his aide, Sadiq Gentle, who died after a brutal attack by suspected hoodlums.

Wealthy businessman appointed leader in Haiti as gangs threaten to overthrow government

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A wealthy businessman on Thursday became the head of Haiti's transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation by vowing to overthrow the government.

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Angola: Angolan Writer Nituecheni Africano Wins the Sankofa Book Awards

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[Sankofa Book Awards] The Sankofa Book Awards - Kenya 2025 is honored to announce that the winner of this year's edition is Angolan writer Nituecheni Africano, author of The Recluse: The Beginning and the End of an Injustice, a novel.

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