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[CPJ] Nairobi -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to do everything in their power to locate and free Addis Standard managing editor Million Beyene who was taken by unidentified men from his newsroom in the capital Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Assembly has approved the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, lowering VAT on petroleum products from 16 percent to 8 percent for a period of three months, in a move lawmakers say is aimed at cushioning Kenyans against rising fuel prices.

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Iran on Wednesday dismissed reports of an agreement with the United States to extend the temporary ceasefire between the two countries, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stressing that negotiations remain unresolved.

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[Capital FM] NAIROBI -- World Athletics have rejected an appeal by five Kenyan athletes, including former world record holder Brigid Kosgei, to change their nationality to Turkey.

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[Vanguard] The Oyo State Government has activated emergency response measures following the death of a 44-year-old woman from Lassa fever at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.

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[New Zimbabwe] AROUND 18 people have died after a commuter omnibus caught fire and exploded along the Bulawayo Beitbridge Highway Thursday afternoon, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed.

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[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- A heavily guarded metal door swings open. Entrance is restricted and monitored by guards.

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[GroundUp] Community health workers marched through the streets to the provincial legislature in Cape Town on Thursday to demand that the provincial health department employ them permanently.

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[New Times] The Burundian Minister for Media and Communication, Gabby Bugaga was found dead in the morning of Thursday, April 16, according to media reports from the neighbouring country.

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[New Times] Industries operating within the Kigali Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) exported processed goods worth approximately $290 million in 2025, as authorities advance expansion preparations for Phase III and Phase IV.

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Worshippers presented offerings to the spirits of the sea off the coast of Pointe-Denis on Sunday.

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[Vanguard] Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in 2023, Peter Obi, has restated that he is not desperate to become the president of Nigeria but to see Nigeria working as a stable nation.

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[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- Three years have passed since the start of the war in Sudan, and there seems to be no end in sight. The conflict, which broke out on April 16, 2023 (see Fides, 17/4/2023), remains in a stalemate with constant changes in territorial control. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have recaptured large parts of Khartoum (including Omdurman and Bahri) as well as areas in central and eastern Sudan and established their base in Port Sudan.

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The consequences are already being felt through rising energy costs, with Birol warning of “two big problems”: soaring prices and dwindling availability of key petroleum products.

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Pope Leo XIV condemned an "endless cycle of destabilisation and death" as he visited Cameroon's English-speaking northwest on Thursday.

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Julius Malema was convicted in October last year unlawful possession of an assault rifle and firing it in the air at a 2018 rally.

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Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters, has been handed an effective five-year prison sentence over a 2018 incident in which he

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Bodo is a one-man performance that draws on Ngano, a traditional Shona storytelling method, blending it with modern visual and audio elements to create an immersive experience. Through this fusion of tradition and contemporary theatre, Guzha seeks not only to entertain but to provoke reflection

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After a strong 2025, African economies are facing a new threat: the war in the Middle East. The IMF now expects regional growth to slow to 4.3% this year. What’s different this time is that planners have tool kits to better absorb the shock

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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.