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[allAfrica] Dakar -- Several officers of the Burkinabe armed forces were arrested, and two of them reportedly relieved of their duties as corps commanders. Several junta supporters have suggested a coup attempt, pointing the finger at exiled military personnel. No further action was taken.

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[RFI] Antananarivo -- Renowned British-Nigerian visual artist Yinka Shonibare is celebrating his first solo exhibition on the African continent, at the age of 62 - an explosion of colour that raises questions of identity and challenges the way we see the post-colonial world.

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[Premium Times] Reports had claimed the emergence of a terror group, Mahmuda, in Kaiama and Baruten local government areas of Kwara State

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[Capital FM] NAIROBI -- AFC Leopards head coach Fred Ambani has blamed an injury pandemic for his team's winless run in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League.

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[Nyasa Times] In a baffling twist that raises serious questions about transparency and accountability, the Malawi Police Service and Kangankunde Rare Earths miner Lindian Resources are offering completely contradictory accounts regarding the status of two Chinese nationals allegedly caught on the protected side of the mine in Balaka.

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[New Zimbabwe] Information Minister Jenfan Muswere has laid down the gauntlet, branding his former Zanu PF party colleague, Blessed Geza, a terrorist and an enemy of progress.

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[Namibian] Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani says the government's piecemeal approach to housing and rural and urban development is concerning.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Grand Kru -- Two residents of Grand Kru County have died in separate incidents linked to UEFA Champions League matches.

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[New Times] Egypt inaugurated on Sunday the headquarters of the African Space Agency (AfSA) in the Egyptian Space City in Cairo.

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[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung says he is heavily involved with the Nimba County senatorial by-election to prevent and resist the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) from executing its political plot in the county.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a closed-door meeting with the leaders of the Galmudug, Hirshabelle, and South West regional states to discuss the deteriorating security situation and the renewed offensive by Al-Shabaab militants.

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[RFI] More than 1,000 people protested Sunday in the Moroccan port city of Tangier against the planned docking of a Danish vessel said to be carrying fighter jet parts to Israel. The French CGT union claims no such weapons have been found.

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[New Dawn] From 9 to 13 June 2025, France will host the third United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development (UNOC, or United Nations Ocean Conference). For this crucial event, some 100 Heads of State and Government will converge, as well as tens of thousands of researchers, scientists, economic actors, activists, and citizens from around the world. On this occasion, France's

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[Independent (Kampala)] Barrick Gold Corporation was until 2019 the largest mining company in the world. With operating revenue of US$12.922 billion (Uganda's GDP is about US$50 billion), Barrick Gold is the kind of mining company that experts think could help end the problem of 'illicit mineral trade' if governments in the Great Lakes region allow it.

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[Radio Dalsan] The Second Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Adisalaam Abdi Ali Dhaay, chaired a series of crucial meetings on Sunday aimed at accelerating the government's national efforts to eliminate terrorist threats posed by Al-Shabaab and ISIS.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has urged Parliament to consider his memorandum on the Conflict of Interest Bill, which he referred back to Parliament, to help curb corruption.

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After spending 30 years in an Argentinian zoo, Pupy the African elephant has been transferred to a sanctuary in Brazil. The 35-year-old animal is the latest to be relocated from the ecopark in Buenos Aires to a sanctuary with better living conditions.

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Bamboo is being hailed as the perfect solution for Kenya's battle against climate change and land degradation as the country sets an ambitious goal of increasing its tree cover from 12.13 percent to 30 percent by 2032.

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[ACSA] Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town has described Pope Francis as ''the last globally-recognised moral voice in our confused times,'' and as a leader who gave ''clear guidance in a complex and polarised political world.''

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[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has received with profound sorrow and deep sadness the news of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, a towering moral voice of our time and a steadfast advocate for peace, justice, compassion, and human dignity.