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Africa Tech Summit Nairobi has selected 12 investor-ready African startups to showcase at its 2026 Investment Showcase in Nairobi.

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[Premium Times] Nigeria needs to critically evaluate this new threat and seek tailored assistance from nations that have successfully waged asymmetric warfare.

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[GroundUp] Residents who can't afford to buy water have to get it from a faraway river

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[The Conversation Africa] For as long as humans have buried their dead, they've dreamed of keeping them close. The ancient Fayum portraits - those stunningly lifelike images wrapped in Egyptian mummies - captured faces meant to remain present even after life had left the body.

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[The Conversation Africa] Member states of the African Union (AU) will hold their most consequential election of the year in February 2026, to fill ten vacancies in continental human rights institutions.

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[RFI] Ongata Rongai, Kenya -- On the ground floor of an apartment block in the town of Ongata Rongai, south of Nairobi, two rockets stand upright on metal pillars, their aluminium skins catching the light. They look out of place here - too ambitious, too futuristic for a space meant for laundry lines and water tanks. But for Eugene Awimbo, this is exactly where Kenya's space dream begins.

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[Dabanga] Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad are appealing for increased security measures after a group of at least 12 Sudanese girls were reportedly subjected to horrific sexual violence by a gang on Friday, which left four of them with serious injuries.

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[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- "The events in El Fasher in late October brought the world's attention back to what is happening in Sudan, but this attention did not last long. Interest in Sudan peaked at the end of last year but quickly declined at the beginning of this year. This decline is likely to continue unless Sudan experiences a major development or a radical shift in the balance of power or the course of the war."

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[Dabanga] El Obeid -- The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University in the USA has identified activity suggesting preparations by the Sudanese Armed Forces and allied groups for a potential siege of the North Kordofan capital of El Obeid, according to an analysis of satellite imagery.

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[UN News] Nearly three years of war have plunged Sudan "into an abyss of unimaginable dimensions" and human rights must be at the centre of efforts to end the fighting and build lasting peace, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Sunday in Nairobi.

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told the nation on Sunday that his landslide election victory showed the dominance of his party, which has governed the east African country for four decades.

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[Daily Maverick] Dry, hot weather, strong wind that often changed direction and flammable alien vegetation complicated fighting the multiple wildfires that marked a devastating start to the new year in the Western Cape. Some of these blazes came threateningly close to towns such as Stanford and Hermanus.

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[Premium Times] The NFIU said the achievement belonged to Nigeria and its partners.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- EALA MP Winnie Odinga has declared that the late ODM leader Raila Odinga is irreplaceable, accusing some party officials of scrambling for control and attempting to push others out of the party.

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[Daily Maverick] Climate refugees who abandon drying agricultural lands in frontier countries and head to South Africa to seek new livelihoods are encountering crushing hardship in this country.

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[Daily Maverick] Yet, as the military clamps down on ordinary Ugandans desperate for a political voice, and a choice for change, in the wake of an election that followed a typical authoritarian playbook, democracy still has an inestimable value.

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[Daily Maverick] Military experts urge President Ramaphosa to dismiss Defence Minister Motshekga and SANDF leaders for failing to enforce his order to withdraw Iranian warships during joint exercises.

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[Daily Maverick] Cable theft and vandalism have left Gqeberha's wastewater system in crisis, sending raw sewage into streets and homes -- affecting both more affluent suburbs and under-resourced communities.

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[Daily Maverick] Johannesburg residents often complain that City call centres are not effective. So when City Power told residents they had to communicate with the utility directly, not through councillors, there was outrage.

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[Daily Maverick] As the mop-up starts, Lowveld communities pulled together during the worst floods to hit Kruger and surrounds since January 2012. Meanwhile, day visitors can return to southern Kruger on Monday.

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[Daily Maverick] If you think Johannesburg's streets are looking a lot darker these days, your instincts are correct. A Daily Maverick community investigation has uncovered that the repair time for streetlights has doubled in the space of a year. Widespread crime, vandalism, and underspending are leaving frustrated residents in the dark for weeks, and in some cases, years.