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Nigeria says it is sheltering Fernando Dias in its embassy in Bissau, citing an imminent threat to his life.

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[Nyasa Times] Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Shadric Namalomba, has issued yet another warning to the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) over alleged unprofessionalism and political bias. He cautions that employees who fail to uphold the broadcaster's mandate "will be fired." But let us be brutally honest--what's new here? Every minister before him, across successive administrations, has issued similar threats, yet MBC remains politically captured, partisan, and often blind to its public

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[U.S. Embassy Maputo] On November, 2025, the United States Government (U.S.) and the Government of the Republic of Mozambique marked the successful completion of a Counterterrorism Training program with the graduation of 105 soldiers from the Mozambican Armed Defense Forces (FADM) at Moamba Training Camp.

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Fernando Dias' request for protecton was granted Sunday in a letter by Nigeria's foreign minister to ECOWAS. In the letter, Nigeria also requested ECOWAS to authorize its forces present in Bissau to secure the embassy premises

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Nigeria’s defense minister, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned, the president’s office said on Monday, as the country grapples with a growing security crisis.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States officially assumed the 2026 Presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) on Monday, marking the beginning of a year in which the Trump administration says it intends to refocus the forum on "economic growth and prosperity."

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi has been ranked the third most attractive city in Africa in the newly released Jeune Afrique 2025 African Cities Attractiveness Index, marking the capital's strongest showing yet as it cements its position as a regional tech and investment hub.

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[Health-e] The decision by the United States government to retreat from public recognition of World AIDS Day, and to withhold the release of its annual HIV data, is being treated globally as a political earthquake.

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Swiss authorities have indicted a former official at Credit Suisse for alleged money laundering involving state companies in Mozambique.

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[allAfrica] Cape Town -- When Dr Mike Chase banks the small survey plane over northern Botswana's mopane woodlands, he can see the country's wildlife story written in the dust below. Carcasses -- some months old, others more recent -- lie scattered along ancient elephant paths, mute evidence of drought, hunting and poaching. Farther ahead, the shadows of living elephants stretch across the floodplains of the Chobe.

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Hundreds of protesters gathered in Saint-Marc in Haiti and seized the offices of the city hall to demand protection from gang violence.

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[DW] Authorities in Nigeria have been responding to another wave of kidnappings that has been unfolding across several regions in recent weeks. A clergyman and a bride were among those abducted in two separate raids.

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[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya -- Sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of development, shaping the dignity, choices, and futures of women and girls everywhere. International and regional human rights frameworks, echoed in national laws, affirm this right and call for bold action and innovation to ensure women and girls can access quality, affordable care throughout their lives. At a moment when gains are fragile and progress is uneven, safeguarding SRHR is both urgent and indispensable.

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[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya -- Africa's fight for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender equality has never been more urgent, as hard-won gains are increasingly threatened by shrinking civic spaces, rising political hostility, and the withdrawal of global funding. These pressures are creating widening gaps in national budgets and weakening the systems meant to protect the rights and dignity of young women, adolescents, and marginalized groups.

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Chinese companies provide jobs and much needed revenue in Zambia, where the disaster took place.

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A high-level delegation from ECOWAS has ended its mediation mission to Guinea-Bissau without a breakthrough. But representatives of the West African regional bloc said talks with coup leaders would continue later this month.

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[Namibian] Minister of health and social services Esperance Luvindao, on Friday briefed the nation on Namibia's public health situation amid reports of two cases of cholera near Grootfontein and the spread of measles at Opuwo.

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[Premium Times] The coalition of 85 countries, including Nigeria and China, rejected what they described as attempts to politicise human rights and interfere in the domestic affairs of sovereign states.

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[WHO-AFRO] Kinshasa-- The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province, after no new cases were reported in the past 42 days since the last patient was discharged from treatment centre on 19 October 2025.