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Oprah Winfrey will close the prestigious girls' school she founded in South Africa after the 2027 academic year, marking the end of nearly two decades of campus-based education.

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The prime minister has welcomed the news, saying it is a renewed vote of confidence in the country's economic reform programme.

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Prime Minister ​Sifi ​Ghrieb ⁠has visited the hospital where some of thoe injured ⁠have ​been taken.

Africanews  

Asia’s soccer body joined opposition to Gianni Infantino’s plan for private investors to buy stakes in the World Cup and said Friday FIFA must urgently review its management style.

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Officials estimate that more than 49,000 people crossed between Morocco and Ceuta in a 24-hour period.

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Nigerians urged Tyla to cancel her concert in Lagos over anti-migrant protests in South Africa.

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The estimated number of arrivals is more than 70% of the population of the city, which is about 83,600.

Africanews  

Britain has recorded its busiest day of migrant crossings this year, with 752 people arriving in small boats across the English Channel in just 24 hours.

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Analysts say the U.S.-Iran war is at a critical point with the potential for further escalation, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes resumes and hopes for a quick end to the five-month conflict fade

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A State Department presentation at HIV conference put Ivory Coast in East Africa and made Nigeria landlocked.

Design Indaba  

University of Cambridge develop a living algae battery could transform how we power everyday devices

Design Indaba  

Portugal’s first certified Therapeutic Forest

Africanews  

Haiti has launched voter registration ahead of December's elections, the country's first in a decade. Ten registration centres have opened across generally secure areas of Port au Prince, as hopeful voters begin signing up in a key step toward restoring democratic rule.

Design Indaba  

IKEA’s new collection is designed for a generation of young people who are always on the move.

Africanews  

Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a deal announced by US President Donald Trump to end the war with Israel, that includes it handing over its weapons to a Palestinian governing committee and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

This Is Africa  

Zambia’s August 2026 presidential election stands as a vital geopolitical watershed for Southern Africa. Strikingly contrasted against Zimbabwe’s executive overreach and eroded voting rights, Lusaka’s ballot presents a critical test: whether SADC’s future will be defined by constitutional accountability and fiscal reform or liberation-era nostalgia.

This Is Africa  

Zimbabwe’s liberation-era morari is a potent ideological weapon. This analysis explores how ZANU PF has ruthlessly weaponized this ingrained political culture to justify systemic violence and dominance, while a fragmented opposition remains crippled by a superficial, election-centric misunderstanding of its true organic power.

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Activists gathered in Kenya's capital of Nairobi on Thursday to demand the release of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, a day after he collapsed in court in Kampala

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Egypt's Prime Minister said Thursday that the country would now be examining the remains of a drone that attacked two vessels at the Egyptian port of Damietta on Wednesday.

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Liberian law enforcement agents burned some 4.2 metric tons of cocaine worth about $336 million on Thursday, days after authorities announced the country’s largest-ever drug seizure and implicated senior police officials in the trafficking operation.

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Following growing criticism across social media linked to South Africa's anti migrants attacks,, South African music star Tyla has removed Nigeria from the list of destinations on her upcoming A*Pop World Tour.