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Former Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in a massive offensive by combined jihadist and separatist forces.

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy returned to the Paris Court of Appeal for the final hearings in the high‑profile case over alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign, again rejecting accusations that he sought funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.

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African Stock Markets: By Eric Osiakwan  The much-anticipated Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE Initial Public Offering (IPO), which

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[CPJ] A key Senegalese rebel leader, César Atoute Badiate, has broken his silence on jailed journalist René Capain Bassène, refuting the prosecution's claim that Bassène was a militant fighting for independence of the Casamance region who incited him to murder 14 illegal loggers in 2018.

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[CPJ] Dakar -- A new podcast released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presents extensive new testimony and reporting on the conviction of Senegalese journalist and author René Capain Bassène, raising serious questions about the integrity of a case that has become one of West Africa's most emblematic press freedom concerns.

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[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how a police officer, Nuhu Usman, and three others were filmed extrajudicially killing a handcuffed in Delta State, South-south Nigeria.

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Table Mountain National Park, extending south along a peninsula from Table Mountain, is a global biodiversity hotspot. A newly updated checklist, published in 2025, indicates 2,785 plant species within this approximately 250 square kilometre area

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The athletes and spectators have gone but the five artists selected to record the event are still working, putting the finishing touches on their paintings. They were chosen to participate in the Live Painting Experience at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone.

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A state-backed Nigerian militia, operating alongside the military, killed scores of ethnic Fulani herders in a raid, local sources have told AFP.

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Iran said on Monday that ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz must coordinate with Iranian authorities, after the US announced an effort to open the strait

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Previous outbreaks of violence — including deadly riots in 2008 and renewed attacks in 2015 and 2019 — have strained relations between Africa’s two largest economies, Nigeria and South Africa.

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[263Chat] The case involving Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala and his uncle Alexander Ferrowst Thema has been postponed to 3 August 2026 by a South African court.

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[ISS] Accumulated stress, inequality and normalised violence find expression on the road - and a firearm can turn misperception fatal.

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[Namibian] Residents and businesses in the Kavango West and East regions will experience a planned power outage on 17 May as the Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) carries out maintenance on key electricity infrastructure.

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[This Day] Abuja -- Turkey has commenced a sweeping increase in residence permit application fees, raising certain categories for Nigerians, and nationals of about 36 other African countries by as much as 930 per cent, the Directorate General of Migration Management announced at the weekend

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[SNA] The Cabinet held a meeting on Sunday in Khartoum chaired by Dr. Kamil Idris, during which it reviewed the efforts of the Ministry of Interior and the General Intelligence Service in combating corruption, smuggling, and narcotics, underscoring the imperative of confronting this dangerous phenomenon affecting Sudanese society.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Social media has become the leading source of news for Kenyans, overtaking television and radio, according to new data from the Media Council of Kenya.

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[GroundUp] The agency's plans to improve service by using technology

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (DMPR) has announced that petrol and diesel prices will increase by between R3.27 and R6.19 from Wednesday.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Health (DoH) has called for public calm following confirmation of a rare Hantavirus case in a critically ill British national in South Africa.

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[Vanguard] The Police Commissioner in Katsina State, Ali Umar-Fage, has ordered an aggressive manhunt for bandits behind the reprisal attack on communities in Kankia.