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[Daily Maverick] More than a year after prosecutor Tracy Brown was murdered, her former colleagues say their safety concerns remain unresolved. The Department of Justice says security has been strengthened, but prosecutors are still worried about their safety.

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[Daily Maverick] South Africa celebrated a landmark agreement to protect African penguins from food scarcity. Eighteen months later, penguins are losing weight, sardines have died along thousands of kilometres of coastline and commercial fishing has continued before the government even knows how many fish remain.

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[Daily Maverick] Mass-planting spekboom to repair damaged farmlands in the Eastern Cape, paid for through the carbon markets, got supersized with the arrival of weighty Global North investment. Could this mark a new era for African agriculture, where farming soil carbon replaces conventional crops?

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[Daily Maverick] After protests over upfront fees at Rhodes University, a Unisa business school expert says the fix is not always more money, but a better-run funding system that pays universities directly.

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[New Times] Rwanda has entered the Academy Awards race for the first time, selecting Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo's film Ben'Imana as the country's official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Oscars.

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[New Times] A preliminary assessment has estimated the total value of goods destroyed by the fire that gutted GOICO Plaza, the main market in Musanze District, on Saturday, October 10, to be Rwf30 billion, according to Maurice Mugabowagahunde, governor of Northern Province.

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[New Times] Finance Minister Yusuf Murangwa put it plainly the other day. Rwanda will not lean mainly on higher taxes or deep cuts to service its debt.

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[New Times] First Lady Jeannette Kagame has commended Africa New Life Ministries (ANLM) for supporting vulnerable families and helping restore dignity and a sense of belonging among people affected by the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and its aftermath.

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[New Times] Breast cancer can be treated successfully when it is found early. The problem is that too many women in Rwanda are finding out they have it when it is already advanced.

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[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- Former Montserrado County District 10 Representative Yekeh Y. Kolubah said Sunday he will run for president in 2029 as an independent candidate, and ruled out calling President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to seek reconciliation. The announcement came at a press conference widely expected to signal a rapprochement with the president.

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[Vanguard] ABUJA -- THE First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called for an end to child marriage in Nigeria, warning that no girl should be denied education, safety, health or the right to determine her own future.

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[Namibian] Construction of a veterinary cordon fence along the Orange River in the ||Kharas region has started, minister of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform Inge Zaamwani said on Sunday.

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[Vanguard] ABUJA - Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disclose who is printing sensitive materials for the 2027 elections, warning that opaque contracts and key departmental redeployments could undermine confidence in the polls.

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[Vanguard] Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has questioned whether the Federal Government's 30-day petrol price discount would reduce poverty, unemployment, insecurity and inequality in Nigeria.

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[Leadership] The Nigerian Army has commenced strategic day and night patrols and stop-and-search operations across Oyo town and surrounding communities to curb criminal activities and strengthen security.

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[Premium Times] Governor Sanwo-Olu said the state planned to add about 2,000 megawatts through a combination of electricity from the national grid, independent power projects, energy hubs, power barges, energy traders and embedded generation.

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[Leadership] At least 22 people are feared dead after suspected bandits ambushed traders being escorted by Nigerian Army troops in Zamfara State.

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[Premium Times] The operation on Sunday involved clearing accumulated refuse from road medians and areas around bridge abutments, where the authority said illegal dumping had become a recurring problem.

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[Capital FM] MOMBASA, Kenya, Oct. 11 - Brian Kurgat and Eusilah Jemeli won the men's and women's 21km races at the Standard Chartered Mombasa Satellite Run on Sunday, as a record 1,000 runners turned out for the event ahead of the 23rd edition of the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon on October 25 at Uhuru Gardens.

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[Vanguard] ...HOPE-GOV trains 36 states, FCT on accountability