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Zimbabwe has pulled out of talks with the United States over a new health aid deal meant to replace a program dismantled under President Donald Trump. The agreement would have provided $367 million over five years, supporting 1.2 million Zimbabweans receiving HIV treatment.

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[GroundUp] Finance Minister warns budgets will be cut if performance targets are not met

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[GroundUp] Increases are slightly more than inflation

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Zimbabwe has imposed an immediate freeze on exports of all raw minerals and lithium concentrate, the mines ministry announced Wednesday, tightening state control over resources critical to global clean-energy and defense industries.

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Renewed student protests erupt at Tehran universities as a new semester begins, reviving slogans from recent unrest and highlighting growing tensions.

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[263Chat] Government has suspended the export of all raw minerals and lithium concentrates with immediate effect, in a move the government says is aimed at protecting national interests and boosting value addition.

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In the rugged hills of Somaliland, officials say vast treasure lies beneath the earth. The breakaway territory in northern Somalia claims it holds abundant critical minerals and potentially billions of barrels of oil, resources that could transform its economic future.

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Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on a rare visit to Ukraine on Wednesday urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to release two Ghanaian prisoners of war who were captured fighting for Russia.

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Access to biological samples raised flags for Zimbabwe as the US did not want to share the benefits of its research.

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Guinea's military has confirmed the detention of 16 Sierra Leonean soldiers after accusing them of crossing the border and raising their flag on Guinean soil, while Freetown maintains its troops were on its own territory constructing a border post.

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[Scrolla] 12.9 million children receive the Child Support Grant according to the January affordability data. The Child Support Grant is currently set at R560 per child per month in South Africa.

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[SciDev.Net] Kampala, Scidev.Net -- As Uganda rolls out mandatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell disease this month, a gene therapy celebrated in the United States and Europe remains financially out of reach for most patients in Africa.

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The violence that followed the killing of a cartel leader in Mexico is fueling fears that the bloodshed could hurt tourism ahead of the FIFA World Cup later this year.

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For 163 years, the streetcars of Alexandria have rumbled along the Mediterranean coast, weaving through the city’s neighborhoods and memories. Now, they are set to be replaced by a partially elevated light rail line, a modern project designed to move passengers faster and carry more of them.

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[Vanguard] A lawyer and member of the National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has described the recent attack on the party's leaders in Benin City as an assassination attempt and "genocide against political opponents".

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[This Day] Abuja and Felix Omoh-Asun in Benin -- Presidential hopeful, Peter Obi, was reportedly shot at by gunmen in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday.

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[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government on Tuesday filed fresh forgery charge against senior lawyer, Professor Mike Ozekhome, SAN.

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[Nyasa Times] The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has delivered a bold ultimatum to two of Malawi's top legal officials, demanding the resignation of Chief Justice Rezine Mzikamanda and Attorney General Frank Mbeta within seven days.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud received Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, at the presidential palace in Mogadishu, in a meeting focused on strengthening ties between the two countries.

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The driver of the car involved in a fatal crash involving British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has appeared in court in Nigeria.

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[Leadership] About eight deputy inspectors-general of police and some senior assistant inspectors-general of police are set to retire after the appointment of Tunji Disu as the acting inspector-general of police.