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Kizza Besigye’s party says his condition is critical, but authorities say he was taken to hospital for a routine check-up.

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The Sub Saharan Africa International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (SAIPEC) has announced the first confirmed speakers for its 10th Anniversary

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[African Arguments] South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, has not had an election since its independence from Sudan in 2011. Per the 2018 power-sharing agreement, the election is set to happen this year in December 2026. Following numerous extensions, it will determine the peace process and political stability.

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[Health-e] A woman in Mbaula village, outside Giyani in Limpopo, safely gave birth with the help of a community health worker after floods cut the village off from healthcare services.

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[GroundUp] Suspects appear to have been taken in for questioning, but not arrested

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[Africa Check] Scam alert: South Africa's power utility Eskom is not offering learnerships to 60,000 young people in 2026

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[MSF] Hermina lives in the Central African Republic (CAR), Murjanatu in northern Nigeria, and Sabera is a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. Though they live in vastly different places, the struggles they have faced simply for being pregnant bring them closer together.

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[Nyasa Times] What was supposed to help Malawi grow more food has turned into one of the biggest corruption scandals since Cashgate.

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[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Parliament has issued a stinging rebuke to the Malawi Police Service (MPS), demanding the immediate release of Dedza Mlunduni Member of Parliament and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national campaign director Moses Kunkuyu, in a move that lays bare what critics say is a growing pattern of political policing and constitutional contempt.

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[Daily Maverick] When one farmer called for help, the country banded together, and the fire-stricken regions of the Eastern Cape were overwhelmed by the help from across SA thanks to one farmer's initiative.

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[HRW] Kinshasa -- Authorities, UN Mission Should Act to Halt Abuses After M23 Withdrawal From Uvira

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[New Times] All newly launched carbon market projects and transactions in Rwanda will be subject to newly introduced fees, while existing projects are exempt, the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has clarified.

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[Spotlight Initiative] Lilongwe -- Beyond the pain and physical symptoms, women suffering from fistula frequently suffer ostracism and psychological trauma. The Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme enabled the treatment and training of 400 women a year at Bwaila Hospital's Fistula Centre, in partnership with the Freedom from Fistula Foundation. The programme also worked to reintegrate fistula survivors into the community by providing vocational training.

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[Premium Times] The police admitted the incident in a Tuesday night statement issued by their spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin.

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[Premium Times] Eyewitnesses said the victims were working at different parts of the building site when it suddenly caved in.

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[GroundUp] ProEthics and its director Dr Janette Minnaar tried to stop us publishing this article

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[Nile Post] Former Common Man's Party (CMP) presidential candidate Mubarak Munyagwa Sserunga, popularly known as "Mugati Gwa Butter," has raised serious concerns over the credibility of the recently concluded general elections, citing widespread failures of biometric voter verification kits (BVVKs) and deviations from electoral law.

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[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Kisumu City has marked a major milestone in urban transport management with the installation of its first-ever traffic lights along Jomo Kenyatta Highway.

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[GroundUp] Trains on the Vereeniging line stopped running during the covid lockdown

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Wildfires burning in Franschhoek, east of Cape Town flared up on Tuesday, leaving fire crews scrambling to contain the blaze once again.

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[RFI] Uganda's army chief, who is also the son of long-serving president Yoweri Museveni, said he wants opposition leader Bobi Wine dead, days after Wine claimed he had been forced into hiding. Wine already survived many attacks on his life since entering politics.