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[Nyasa Times] Water authorities have sounded the alarm after confirming that levels in Lake Malawi have surged to their highest point in years, underscoring growing pressure on surrounding communities and raising the risk of flooding if the upward trend continues.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The second contingent of Kenyan officers deployed to Haiti under the Multinational Security Support Mission has officially returned home, marking the conclusion of the deployment focused on global peace and stability.

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[Leadership] The Katsina State Government has confirmed the killing of 18 persons during an encounter between members of a vigilante group and 'repentant bandits' in Jibia Local Government Area of the state.

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[Namibian] National Assembly speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila on Tuesday announced a reshuffle of Swapo members of parliament (MPs) across standing committees, parliamentary friendship groups and multilateral organisations.

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[New Times] Assia Ufitese from Kicukiro District was only 17 when she became pregnant in 2023, forcing her to drop out of secondary school and putting her dreams of higher education on hold. Her story reflects a growing challenge in Rwanda, where teenage pregnancy has risen from 5% in 2020 to 8% in 2025.

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Thousands of revellers filled the streets of Dublin on 17 March for the annual St Patrick’s Day parade, the highlight of a four day festival celebrating Irish culture.

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The nearly 250-year-old town, known for its Cape Dutch architecture and tourism appeal, is among more than 1,500 places renamed since the end of apartheid to shed colonial-era legacies. But here, the change has sparked protests, petitions and concern over its real impact on everyday lives.

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By Bernard Vilakazi, Sector Specialist for Transport and Logistics at Absa Business Banking Read more African news and insights on Africa.com.

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[Afreximbank] The Afreximbank Academy (AFRACAD) has announced the opening of registration for its 2026 Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa (COTFIA), one of its flagship programmes designed to strengthen Africa's trade finance capacity by enhancing trade-related skills and addressing critical capacity gaps, enabling the continent to compete more effectively in global markets.

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Africa’s fintech sector is growing rapidly, with revenues projected to reach nearly $47 billion by 2028. But unless regulatory fragmentation across the

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AfrexInsure, the wholly-owned Specialty Insurance  Subsidiary of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has announced the  appointment of Lesley

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[allAfrica] Geneva -- The world's youngest nation, South Sudan, is facing a severe and worsening health emergency driven by conflict, displacement, flooding, food insecurity and repeated disease outbreaks, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.

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An Iranian missile struck a residential building in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, early on Wednesday 18 March, killing two people, according to Magen David Adom.

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[Premium Times] Appointed by President Bola Tinubu on 19 June 2023, Mr Egbetokun's roughly 32 months in office were marked by a severe clampdown on the media in Nigeria.

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[RFI] A Brussels court has ordered a 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat to stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba.

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[Premium Times] In an official press release issued on 17 March, 2026, the Senegalese federation acknowledged receipt of CAF's ruling in case DC23316 but strongly condemned the outcome, describing it as "unfair, unprecedented, and unacceptable."

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[RFI] A Brussels court is to decide Tuesday whether a 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat should stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba.

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[New Zimbabwe] Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says he has a "solid plan" to addressing the political crisis gripping Zimbabwe, as tensions mount over the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3.

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[Premium Times] The agency envisaged localised visibility of less than or equal to 1,000 metres over parts of Katsina, Kano, and Jigawa states.

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An Israeli airstrike destroyed an apartment building in the Bachoura district of Beirut early on Wednesday, killing at least six people, according to Lebanese authorities.

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[Premium Times] The gave the judgement in a suit filed as a public interest litigation by Mr Uwaifo, challenging the legality of police stop-and-search operations conducted without officers displaying name tags or force numbers.