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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) issued a dire warning on Thursday, revealing that three million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo now face emergency levels of hunger, a figure that has nearly doubled in the past year amid relentless conflict and a severe funding crisis.

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[New Times] In "a significant step forward," representatives from the Rwandan and Congolese governments "initialed the full text of the Regional Economic Integration Framework (REIF), on Friday, November 7, overseen by US Under Secretary Allison Hooker and US Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos.

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[Dabanga] El Fasher / Washington D.C. / Port Sudan / Addis A -- The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced their acceptance of the three-month humanitarian truce proposed by the Quartet, made up of the United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, raising hopes as well as reservations for relief amid Sudan's devastating war.

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[UN News] The crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen amid ongoing fighting that has driven tens of thousands of people from their homes and created acute hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

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[State Department] The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Rwanda, the State of Qatar, the Republic of Togo (as the African Union mediator), and the African Union Commission on the occasion of the fourth Joint Oversight Committee held this week in Washington, D.C.

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was received by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Saturday, a diplomatic engagement emphasizing cultural exchange and mutual understanding that stood in stark contrast to a brewing political storm following the United States' announcement it would boycott the G20

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Trump says no US official will be sent to the summit over discredited claims that Afrikaners are being persecuted.

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[allAfrica] President Félix Tshisekedi's latest cabinet reshuffle is not a mere administrative update--it's a full-scale political recalibration. With 46 new faces in a 56-member cabinet, the Congolese leader has sent an unmistakable message: the era of shared power is over.

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The UN’s refugee agency has issued an urgent call for greater international assistance as thousands of people, bearing accounts of renewed trauma and violence, continue to stream out of Sudan’s Darfur region into an overstretched Chad.

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The United States will officially boycott the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, President Donald Trump announced Friday, escalating a diplomatic dispute by reiterating his controversial claims about the treatment of white farmers in the country and calling the choice of host "a complete disgrace.

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The pair were reportedly bundled into a car by masked men after attending an event to support Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine.

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[RFI] Tunisia's migration policy is under scrutiny two years on from a deal with the European Union intended to discourage illegal migration from the North African country, and from a "replacement theory" speech the same year by President Kais Saied on the "dangers" of black migration. A recent Amnesty International report has highlighted widespread human rights violations in the country.

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[RFI] New analysis of online videos, satellite images and eyewitness accounts has painted a chilling picture of atrocities committed during the capture of El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces. The findings reveal a campaign of violence against civilians that researchers say could constitute war crimes.

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[RFI] The Republic of the Congo this week entered the international bond market for the first time since 2007, signalling a new confidence in its economic reforms and fiscal management.

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France has joined the United States and United Kingdom in urging its citizens to leave Mali, issuing a formal advisory on Friday, November 7, warning against all travel to the West African nation and calling on its nationals to depart "as soon as possible."

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This week, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sat down with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at the network’s first Global Perspectives event in

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More than 1,400 citizens from three dozen African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Kyiv's foreign minister said on Friday.

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has set November 20 for judgment in the terrorism case against Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), after he declined to present his defense despite being granted six consecutive days to do so.

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South Africa Reopens Inquest into Nobel Laureate Chief Albert Luthuli's Mysterious 1967 Death

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Thousands of Kenyans, who fought for Britain, are buried in unknown locations and were never commemorated.

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$1.4B investment expands access to evidence-backed tools to help farmers in some of the world’s poorest regions adapt and build more resilience to droughts,