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Gabon authorities have arrested main opposition leader and vocal government critic Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, his political party said Thursday.

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The pontiff was unusually forthright in his address at the presidential palace.

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[FrontPageAfrica] DUAZON -- Summary:

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It said the humanitarian and security situations in the Great Lakes region has worsened to a “worrisome level", despite intensified diplomatic initiatives.

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Back in Sudan, only 63% of health facilities remain operational, according to the World Health Organization, as disease outbreaks such as cholera spread rapidly. Attacks on healthcare workers and infrastructure have further crippled the system.

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On April 2, Haiti’s government announced a 37% increase in the cost of diesel and a 29% increase in the cost of gasoline. With higher oil prices came a hike in the prices of essential food products

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[Africa Check] Ugandan president Museveni did not ask Kenyan counterpart to deal with opposition leaders 'with some lethal force' - graphics fabricated

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[Africa Check] No evidence of former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua being 'saved' from government-linked plot - image AI-generated

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[RFI] Pope Leo XIV is travelling to the western Cameroon city of Bamenda to preach a message of peace in the epicenter of a separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world's most neglected crises.

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[HRW] Johannesburg -- Accountability Needed for Decades-Long Violations of Children's Rights

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[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition Simplex Chithyola Banda has declared that his recent arrest has not shaken his resolve, striking a tone that is at once emotional, reflective, and firmly defiant.

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Keba Seba is known for opposing French influence in Africa and backing West Africa's military leaders.

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Russian strikes hit Kyiv’s Podilsky district, injuring dozens and damaging homes, as part of a wider wave of deadly attacks across Ukraine.

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[DW] He was convicted of firing a rifle at a political rally eight years ago.

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[allAfrica] Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of the illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public.

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Nigerian airlines plan shutdown over soaring fuel costs

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[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa -- The government of Somaliland has firmly rejected what it described as "misleading claims" by the Somalian Government regarding its sovereign diplomatic relations, including engagement with Israel, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Malema is appealing against the decision to prevent him from being taken to prison on Thursday.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is done asking for attention. From 26-28 August 2026, the Fleuve Congo Hotel in Kinshasa will host the fourth DRC Investment

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While IATA projects intra-African air travel to grow at 4.9% compound annually through 2050 (the fastest of any region globally), the average South African

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The army on Wednesday buried officers and soldiers killed in attacks killed in recent Islamist militant attacks in the north east