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[Daily Maverick] Essential advice to US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III following his undiplomatic remarks. South Africa is a noisy, resilient democracy whose defining covenant is its Constitution. South Africa's Constitution and courts are non-negotiable, and must be respected. Respect that, and you will find South Africans warm, generous and endlessly welcoming.

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[Premium Times] He said that electricity distribution companies operated only at the final stage of the electricity value chain.

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[Scrolla] Global data site Numbeo ranks Pretoria second and Johannesburg fifth most dangerous in the world in its 2026 Crime Index. The DA says Gauteng's global crime rankings match what communities experience daily, and that police stations face serious staff shortages.

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[The Point] The special select committee of the National Assembly has uncovered a gap in the investigation of properties linked to former president Yahya A.J.J Jammeh, revealing that dozens of properties frozen by court order were never examined by the Janneh Commission set up to probe his assets.

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[HRW] Maturin Kombo's Death Highlights Continued Need for Justice

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[allAfrica] A Chinese national, Zhang Kequn, has been arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country.

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[allAfrica] Eritrean satirical cartoonist Biniam Solomon, also known by his pen name Cobra, has been released after spending 15 years in detention without charge in Asmara, Eritrea.

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British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua has become a Dubai resident even as some foreigners scramble to exit the United Arab Emirates which has come under Iran's retaliatory fire in recent weeks

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya is experiencing a severe food insecurity and acute malnutrition crisis, with conditions worsening across the country's 23 Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and surrounding areas.

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[Nile Post] The president of the National Unity Platform, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has accused security operatives of raiding the home of one of his aides and abducting the aide's wife.

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[Foroyaa] The Minister of Health of The Gambia, Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, has disclosed that the country recorded 130 maternal deaths in 2025, highlighting the persistent challenges facing maternal health services despite recent improvements in the national mortality rate.

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[Daily Trust] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has identified 11 states as high-risk areas for cerebrospinal meningitis, urging residents to remain vigilant and take preventive measures.

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[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE government yesterday unveiled a 62.33tri/- proposed budget for the 2026/27 financial year, representing a 10.3 per cent increase from the 57.04tri/- allocated in the current fiscal year as it seeks to build a strong, inclusive and competitive economy.

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[New Zimbabwe] Prosecutors have asked a Harare court to compel Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder Walter Magaya to formally plead to rape charges, accusing him of filing a string of "frivolous and vexatious" court applications meant to stall the start of his criminal trial.

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[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's Federal Health Ministry has reported more than 1,200 cases of dengue fever within a single week, raising concerns about the spread of infectious diseases across several states. According to the ministry, 1,238 infections were recorded during the past week, with the highest numbers reported in Khartoum, River Nile, El Gezira, and Northern State. The figures were disclosed in a surveillance and information report presented during a meeting of the Federal Emergency Operations Centre in Khartoum.

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[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Kampala -- Sudanese women are paying the highest price in the country's ongoing war, facing a growing catalogue of abuses including killings, sexual violence, displacement and intimidation, according to a leading rights activist. Rehab El Mubarak, a member of the executive office of the Emergency Lawyers group, says women had been disproportionately affected by the conflict, which has devastated large parts of Sudan since fighting erupted between rival military factions.

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[Dabanga] Nyala -- Health authorities in South Darfur have launched a large-scale vaccination campaign against measles and rubella, targeting hundreds of thousands of children across the state amid a surge in infections in recent months. The campaign, announced by the state's ministry of health, aims to immunise children aged between nine months and 15 years across multiple localities.

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[RFI] A French aid worker for the United Nations children's agency Unicef and two other people were killed in a drone strike on a residential building in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Today, Herbert Mensah, President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), met with His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe, at State House to

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The British Council (www.BritishCouncil.org) has been formally recognised by UNESCO as a new member of two key global education initiatives: the Global