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[RFI] Belgian authorities detained three people on Tuesday after four arrests in an investigation targeting a Cameroonian secessionist group over possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- An autopsy conducted on the six victims of the fatal helicopter crash in Mosop, Nandi County, has confirmed that they died from multiple injuries and severe burns sustained in the accident.

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[Leadership] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the country has recorded an increase in Lassa fever infections, with 82 new confirmed cases and 20 deaths reported in one week.

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Sources say the initial aim is to have around 2,000 troops ready to fight "terrorism and insecurity" across West Africa.

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[Capital FM] Mombasa -- Doctors in Mombasa have called off their impending strike after reaching a last-minute agreement with Governor Abdulswamad Nassir, averting what would have been a major disruption of health services across the county.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto and Johnson Sakaja on Monday inspected the newly expanded Mutuini Hospital in Dagoretti South, confirming that the 400-bed Level 5 facility will officially open its doors in April.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A fresh storm is brewing inside the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) after the party's top organ decided to remove Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna as Secretary General, triggering sharp divisions within its top ranks and sparking calls for his immediate reinstatement.

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[The Point] In a move that has raised eyebrows, the Minister for Justice, Dawda A. Jallow, on Monday withdrew the highly debated security vetting bill, a key component of the government's broader security sector reforms. The legislation was designed to strengthen trust and integrity within The Gambia's security apparatus and to ensure accountability among those with access to classified information.

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[Daily Trust] The Chairman of the Anwaru-L-Huda League of Nigeria, Garki branch, Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem A. Smith, has stated that the holy month of Ramadan serves as a reminder to Muslims that worship is never complete without compassion, and that spirituality without social responsibility is hollow.

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[Daily Trust] The experts at the financial and economic intelligence platform, Proshare, have identified five primary risks to achieving the 2026 economic outlook in Nigeria.

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[GroundUp] But equipment failures are already causing delays

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[This Day] In a defining moment for Nigeria's national security and economic future, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's signing of the Defense Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) Act 2023 marks the dawn of a new era. As the legislator who sponsored this bill in the National Assembly, I have seen firsthand how this reform transforms DICON from a relic of our post-independence history into a vital pillar of a dynamic military-industrial complex poised to attract both domestic and international investment.

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[GroundUp] The Department of Justice says it is addressing backlogs

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[Nile Post] The government has issued a high-level alert following the release of the March-April-May (MAM) 2026 seasonal forecast, warning of warmer-than-normal temperatures and significant rainfall that could trigger a wave of natural disasters across the country.

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[New Zimbabwe] AN official within the American government has disputed claims that their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on support in Zimbabwe's health sector was centred on them getting access to the country's critical minerals.

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[The Conversation Africa] Obesity - which the World Health Organization classifies as a disease - is not just an individual issue; it is shaped by the systems people live in. Research shows that urbanisation, economic status and food marketing strategies, for example, play a role along with more personal factors.

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[IPS] Nairobi -- Relying on donor funding is not the right way to finance biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity is not a charitable cause. It is actually part of the sovereign natural assets, and so we need to look at ways in which countries can link their economies to biodiversity conservation. - Luther Bois Anukur, IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa

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[RFI] A new secretary-general of the United Nations will be appointed on 1 January, 2027 to succeed Antonio Guterres, with three current nominations on the table - former Senegalese president Macky Sall, plus former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Argentine Rafael Grossi.

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[RFI] The United Nations has expressed deep concern following another massacre in South Sudan, in which at least 169 people were killed and buried in a mass grave. Local officials have attributed the weekend attacks to intercommunal violence, which come amid growing political instability in the country.

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A project to introduce unmanned sites is part of a broader adoption of digital technologies.