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Traoré reaffirmed Burkina Faso’s sovereign foreign policy, welcoming partners who respect national independence while rejecting external pressures.

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Morocco fans are starting to get excited about their team’s chances of winning the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. But they’re wary of facing Egypt in the final.

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Ukraine's sixth-largest city Zaporizhzhia was targeted overnight by two Russian aerial strikes, causing fires and damage but no casualties.

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Libyan authorities say Britain has formally agreed to provide technical and legal support for the investigation, with findings to be made public once analysis is complete.

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Thousands gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greeted them for the new year. Emperor's nephew Hisahito joined the event for the first time.

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[Liberian Observer] The Liberty Party (LP) has closed the year 2025 renewed, united, and strategically repositioned, with its National Chairperson, Representative Rugie Yatu Barry, declaring the Party firmly set on consolidation, expansion, and preparation for the 2029 general elections.

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[Liberian Observer] As Liberia ushered in 2026, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. delivered a New Year message that was less ceremonial than it was strategic--an appeal carefully calibrated to address a nation still navigating political tension, social fragmentation, and high public expectations for reform-oriented leadership.

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[Scrolla] Makhadzi was hurt in a car crash on 31 December while travelling from Limpopo to Johannesburg, she is in hospital. Her team says Makhadzi is stable, getting medical care, and they ask for privacy while thanking fans for support messages.

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[Scrolla] A commission wants politicians and senior officials to get a 4.1% pay increase across South Africa. The increase would cost the government more than R530-million extra at a time of budget pressure.

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[Leadership] Former president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Gladys Simplice, has urged Nigerians to embrace the new tax regime, blaming opposition to the reforms on wealthy individuals resisting higher tax compliance.

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[Leadership] Prevailing upsets within opposition political parties, the ability or otherwise of the ruling party to manage its successes, and the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would largely shape Nigeria's political space in 2026.

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[Leadership] The Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, has said a strong and functional opposition is indispensable to Nigeria's democracy and the country cannot afford to degenerate into a one-party state.

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Switzerland is grappling with the aftermath of a deadly fire at Crans-Montana's Le Constellation bar that killed 40 and injured 115 during a New Year’s celebration.

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A week after leaving Libya on a makeshift boat, shipwreck survivors found brief calm with a hot meal on a SOS Méditerranée vessel. Ocean Viking resumes operations amid rising threats.

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The Indomitable Lions, Bafana Bafana and the Super Eagles have all been competing at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations.

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In the popular seaside resort of Taghazout, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, surfers did not hesitate to put on their wetsuits and grab their surfboards in the early hours of New Year's Day.

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[Vanguard] ABUJA -- Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hon. Busayo Oluwole Oke, has extended New Year greetings to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola.

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Junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya won 86.72% of the votes counted so far, according to Guinea's General Directorate of Elections.

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In his address to the nation on New Year's Eve, Bassirou Diomaye Faye promised major public investments in areas including education, health and water infrastructure.

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In celebration of World Basketball Day, Seed Academy Ghana will host the Kumasi Leadership Summit + Basketball Skills

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The visit is seen as a sign of the league’s growing global appeal and Algeria’s rising profile in digital football entertainment, blending sport, culture and new media.