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Armenia is home to a rare underground clinic beneath Yerevan, where asthma and allergy patients descend 235 metres into the Avan salt mine to breathe mineral‑rich air in a setting unlike any conventional hospital.

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Vigário Luís Balanta's body was found in the Ndam area, about 30 kilometres from the capital Bissau, according to local media. The 35-year-old activist was a vocal critic of Guinea-Bissau's military junta.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The commander of Somalia's Joint Operations Coordination Center, Mohamed Ali Bariise, on Thursday opened a workshop for officers from various units of the Somali National Army focused on protecting civilians during operations against Al-Shabaab, officials said.

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[GroundUp] About 100 households still live in shacks in Alra Park while their neighbours on either side live in completed RDP houses

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[This Day] Kano -- Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, Major-General Abdulsalam Abubakar, revealed that troops eliminated over 280 terrorists during the Ramadan period, while also disrupting their logistics networks and rescuing abducted civilians.

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[This Day] Abuja -- Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed accusations by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, that he was an agent planted by All Progressives Congress (APC) to destroy Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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[This Day] Abuja -- The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has stressed that to defeat insurgency and other forms of violent extremism in Nigeria, the country's youthful population must understand the drivers of conflict.

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Transcorp Power Plc (“Transcorp  Power” or the “Company”), (NGX: TRANSPOWER), one of the power  subsidiaries of Africa’s leading listed

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Rodney Sieh, Managing Editor of FrontPageAfrica, is calling for a national reckoning with Liberia's past, warning that the country continues to repeat governance failures that once plunged it into conflict.

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[allAfrica] Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences has come under mounting pressure after refusing to sell its breakthrough HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, directly to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), despite repeated requests.

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[Liberian Observer] Opposition to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's appointment of Jonathan K. Weedor as Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) is intensifying, with civil society actors, political figures, and advocacy groups raising alarm over what they describe as a potential threat to electoral credibility ahead of the 2029 general elections.

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Human Rights Watch says Capt Traoré, other military leaders and jihadists "may be liable" for the killings.

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[Liberian Observer] BOUNDARY TOWN -- Lawrence Koolor woke up one cool morning, his face beaming with a smile and joy pouring out of his heart. Koolor's dream became a reality late last year when he moved his family into his new house. He had lived in his uncle's house for decades.

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[New Dawn] The Executive Director of the Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia, Dr. Cllr. Jallah A. Barbu has renewed his call for robust international support in Liberia's quest to establish a War and Economic Crimes Court.

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[Scrolla] A Pretoria captain in the SAPS Protection Security Services finance section allegedly used his system access to steal travel money. Police commissioner General Fannie Masemola asked the anti-corruption unit to investigate after a fraud case was opened at Sunnyside station.

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[Leadership] About 30 students and one teacher of Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, have been hospitalised after a suspected gas leak fouled the school environment and disrupted activities at the premises.

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In Kenya, Greenland Girls School in Kajiado County is breaking new ground by providing education to teenage mothers, many of whom bring their children with them to the boarding school.

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Garry Conille served as prime minister of Haiti twice. His second term, in 2024, coincided with the first deployments of Kenyan troops as part of a UN-backed force designed to help Haiti restore security amid acute gang violence.

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Deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon hit a building in Zebdine, near Nabatieh. The raid came as Hezbollah launched rockets and drones across the border and regional tensions deepened.

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Mozambique has fully repaid its debt to the International Monetary Fund, clearing more than 630 million dollars ahead of schedule.

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“The fight you engage in fights back”: Malawi’s former president Chakwera on power, corruption and political reality