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[Capital FM] The United States has exempted the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti from a funding freeze impacting US-funded international aid initiatives.

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Mining in Africa has long been a cornerstone of economic development on the continent but discussions about the sector often focus on large-scale extraction.

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In Kinshasa, a widespread extortion scheme within the traffic police has been found to generate illicit revenue five times higher than official fines, while

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African gaming revenue hit a record $1.8 billion last year, growing six times faster than the global average, according to a report by Newzoo for Carry1st.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Airways has denied claims that it denied the boarding of three passengers in South Africa based on how they appeared.

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Guterres will travel to Addis Ababa next week for the AU Peace and Security Council Summit, where discussions on restoring stability in the Great Lakes region are expected to take center stage.

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[The Herald] Harare Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume has apologised to ratepayers for poor service delivery, admitting to unlawfully awarding himself mayoral perks at the expense of the city's needs.

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As climate change intensifies, fostering collaboration among governments, development banks, and private investors is essential to ensure climate resilience,

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[VOA] Johannesburg, South Africa -- Some South African organizations that assist people with HIV are in limbo, after the United States put a 90-day freeze on most foreign aid. The U.S. State Department later added a waiver for "lifesaving" aid, but NGOs that have already shut their doors say the next steps aren't clear, and they are worried this could set back years of progress.

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As delegates gather in February 2025 for the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the

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[RFI] In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congolese authorities said its troops and its allies clashed with the M23 rebel group, supported by Rwandan soldiers, in the mining town of Nyabibwe in South Kivu.

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[Global Press Journal] Kampala, Uganda -- As US President Donald Trump ends nearly all foreign aid funding, access to medicines that have suppressed an epidemic for decades will disappear.

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[UN News] South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan are on the brink of catastrophe as violence continues to escalate at an alarming rate, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday in a statement.

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[UN News] As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on Thursday, the United Nations is warning that without urgent action, a staggering 27 million more girls could undergo the procedure by 2030.

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[UN News] Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday in a briefing to journalists in New York.

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[Dabanga] Nyala -- Five people were killed, and eight others were injured in the Masaneh district of the South Darfur capital of Nyala in renewed air strikes on the city on Tuesday, raising the toll after two days of shelling to 39 dead and 20 injured.

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[UN News] The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service

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[The Conversation Africa] The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to leave one year ago, shortly after establishing a new defence pact called the Alliance des États du Sahel (AES).

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[GroundUp] Business rescue plan for social housing company will sell off state-funded special needs facilities