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[DW] A Dutch court on Tuesday sentenced Eritrean Amanuel W. to 20 years in prison in the Netherlands' largest migrant smuggling case so far. More suspects are set to appear in court later this year.

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The Malian government has announced that it is taking majority control of a new company dedicated to producing civil-use explosives inside the country.

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[Namibian] The education ministry is struggling to place over 1 000 pupils in schools nationally due to rapid population growth and a shortage of classrooms.

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[Nile Post] Uganda's routine immunisation programme recorded strong performance in 2025, with coverage for most vaccines exceeding 90 percent, the Ministry of Health has said, even as the country responded to outbreaks of measles and Mpox during the year.

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[Nile Post] Winnie Byanyima, the wife of jailed veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, has accused the government of misleading the public about her husband's health and conditions of detention, disputing assurances issued by the Minister of ICT and National Guidance, Dr Chris Baryomunsi.

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[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, stumbled during a welcome ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, where he is on an official visit to strengthen bilateral relations between both nations.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to resolve longstanding unpaid medical bills inherited from the now-defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) as part of the transition to the Social Health Authority (SHA), officials said on Monday.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Power has announced planned power interruptions that will affect parts of Nairobi and several other counties on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

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[New Times] Rwanda has given details of the legal and factual basis of its arbitration case against the United Kingdom, saying it was left with no option but to pursue formal proceedings after London failed to honour key financial and resettlement commitments under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP).

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[Nile Post] Winnie Byanyima has publicly rebuked ICT Minister Chris Baryomunsi, calling him a "shameful liar" over claims that she is not listed as the next of kin of her husband, opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye.

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[HRW] Regional, International Partners Should Condemn Speech, Call for Safe Aid Access

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[African Arguments] Over the past decade, Lesotho's political landscape has been marked by repeated leadership turnover and fragile coalition governments, which have steadily eroded public trust. Power oscillated between Pakalitha Mosisili--first as leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and later the Democratic Congress (DC)--and Tom Thabane of the All-Basotho Convention (ABC), itself an offshoot of the LCD. Thabane's first term (2012-15) ended abruptly after his deputy, Mothejoa Metsing, who faced corruption

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Abena Christine Jon'el has made Ghana her home and aims to raise the profile of people with disabilities.

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There has been no official statement from Moscow about the withdrawal from Qamishli.

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Geneva, Switzerland, 27 January 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The Government of Ethiopia has officially declared the end of its first-ever outbreak of

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This latest clashes between factions loyal to President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, Riek Machar, erupted in late December in Jonglei State, north of the capital Juba.

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Diezani Alison-Madueke took bribes including luxury goods and private jet travel, a prosecutor tells a London court.

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The National Drought Management Authority has put about nine counties on alert, as two million people face worsening food insecurity.

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[Maka] On 14 October 2025, the Office of the Presiding Judge of the Luanda District Court denied a habeas corpus application submitted by defense counsel Hermenegildo Teotónio for street bookseller Serrote José de Oliveira "General Nila". The ruling held that he was charged exclusively with the offence of Disruption of the Provision of Public Services, under Article 4 of the Law on Crimes of Vandalism, and with no other offence.

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[African Arguments] The Nigerian government has recently engaged the services of a Washington-based lobbying firm to promote its efforts at protecting the lives of Nigerians against terrorists, particularly Christians.