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A string of west African countries have outlawed same-sex relations in recent months, further eroding LGBTQ rights on a continent where they were already under attack

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed his Madagascar counterpart, Alice N'Diaye, in Moscow on Friday

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Powering africas industrial future: By Tessa Brewis, Sector Head: Projects & Energy, and Josh Da Costa, Associate, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr As the Africa

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Solo travelers now account: 2026 has seen the largest increase in interest in solo travel ever, with 1.6 million searches of “solo travel” in January

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The US says South Africa is not doing enough to protect the white-minority Afrikaner community.

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A Vietnamese national deported to South Sudan by the Trump administration under its controversial third-country deportation program was repatriated to Vietnam on Friday after spending more than a year in detention

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France is enduring a widespread heatwave, with temperatures nearing 40C in parts of the country and forcing tourists and residents to change their routines.

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Berlin Zoo uses “ice bombs” and water showers to help bears and elephants cool down as Europe faces an intense heatwave this weekend.

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[Ghanaian Times] Caleb Yirenkyi bundled in the winning goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time, to send thousands of Ghanaians in Canada into a frenzy.

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Your chance to rank 10 of the most colourful and iconic kits African teams have worn at the World Cup.

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Kenya's health authorities have intensified health screening for truck drivers whose movements span thousands of kilometres across multiple countries, as East Africa remains on heightened alert following the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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[Vanguard] Retired military officers and associates of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar have cautioned Nigerians against blaming the North for the country's worsening insecurity, insisting that terrorism, banditry and kidnapping have evolved into a nationwide threat affecting all regions.

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[New Times] Genocide survivors' organisations from Rwanda and across the diaspora have called on Australia's Griffith University to sever any association with Judi Rever, a Canadian author and journalist known for promoting narratives that distort and deny the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

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[Nyasa Times] Motorists and businesses across Malawi are set to benefit from lower fuel costs after the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) announced significant reductions in the retail prices of petrol, diesel, and kerosene, effective midnight on 19 June 2026.

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Ghana and cte divoire: In the humid cocoa-growing regions straddling the Ghana-Côte d’Ivoire border, farmers have long played one country’s pricing

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[Nyasa Times] The High Court has ruled that the Chief Secretary acted outside his legal mandate by redeploying officers serving in the Malawi Police Service, declaring that such powers are exclusively vested in the Police Service Commission.

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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The expected oil revenues could provide an important source of financing for the country's Energy Transition Plan (ETP), but they will not be sufficient on their own to fund investments required to transform the energy sector and achieve broader development goals, experts have said.

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[New Times] Passengers travelling through Kigali International Airport have been advised to plan ahead following the temporary closure of the Prince House Junction-Cyamitsingi road section, which is expected to affect traffic flow to and from the airport.

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[New Times] The government has allocated an additional Rwf2.86 billion for care and support to survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in the 2026/2027 national budget raising the allocation to about Rwf19 billion.

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[Agenzia Fides] Nairobi -- In view of the 2027 general elections, Kenya's main political leaders have intensified their presence in churches of various Christian denominations.

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[Agenzia Fides] Niamey -- The official toll from yesterday's jihadist attack, June 18, on Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, has risen. According to a statement released by the Nigerien Ministry of Defense, 11 soldiers and 2 civilians were killed in the attack, while 22 attackers were "neutralized." In addition, around 20 suspects have been arrested.