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[Leadership] The latest figures from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) paint a sobering picture of the country's ongoing battle with Lassa fever.

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[Shabelle] Burkina Faso, Bobo -- Burkina Faso's government says it has thwarted an attempted coup against President Ibrahim Traore, accusing former transitional president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of masterminding the plot.

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[New Dawn] The Government of Liberia, via the Ministry of Information (MOI), has released its 2025 Progress Report, highlighting the major achievements, ongoing reforms, and strategic outlook of the Boakai, Koung Administration.

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[New Dawn] -To Accelerate National Progress in the New Year

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[New Dawn] The Ministry of Information has clarified that Liberia did not make any national statement on the situation in Venezuela at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), contrary to speculation circulating on social media.

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[New Dawn] - Rights Group flags growing human rights violations in Liberia

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[Scrolla] Hugo Broos says Bafana Bafana will change squad after last sixteen loss to Cameroon at Africa Cup of Nations tournament. Broos admits defence struggled and key players underperformed as South Africa prepares for 2026 World Cup.

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[Liberian Investigator] The legally married wife of House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has sued Macdella Cooper, a political adviser to President Joseph Boakai, accusing her of unlawfully intruding into an intact marriage and publicly claiming to be the Speaker's spouse while the union remains legally binding.

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[Liberian Investigator] An investigation by Liberia's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has established that the May 29, 2025 near-crash of a private jet carrying President Joseph N. Boakai was likely triggered by a failure of two tyres on the aircraft's left main landing gear, a malfunction that occurred moments after touchdown and forced the aircraft into a dangerous skid at Roberts International Airport.

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Egypt's foreign minister Badr Abdelatty met with visiting EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, in Cairo on Thursday.

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The United States has suspended all assistance programs benefiting Somalia’s federal government after reports that officials seized and destroyed a warehouse

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The United States has suspended all assistance programs benefiting Somalia’s federal government after reports that officials seized and destroyed a warehouse

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[HRW] On December 30, 2025, two weeks before Uganda's January 15, 2026 elections, security forces raided the home of Sarah Bireete, a prominent human rights activist and government critic, and arrested her.

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[Ghanaian Times] President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed that officers of the Ghana National Fire Service involved in the assault of a Class FM reporter have been identified and interdicted.

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[African Union] At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Benin, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, following the proposal of the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, His Excellency Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, deployed a short-term Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the Republic of Benin on January 6, 2026 to observe the last days of the election campaign, election day operations, and the first days of the post-election

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Demonstrators took to the streets of the South African capital to denounce the US' recent atack on Venezuela, during which ousted president Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured.

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[Vanguard] Super Eagles of Nigeria have arrived in Marrakech ahead of their quarter-final clash with Algeria at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

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[Vanguard] No fewer than 141 million Nigerians are expected to live in poverty this year, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, revealed in its Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026 report.

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[CAF] The quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 bring together a collection of teams whose combined pedigree underlines the scale of the challenge ahead, with the eight remaining nations having collectively won the continental title 22 times.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged deeper cooperation on issues including trade, infrastructure, energy and transportation.

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[Shabelle] Addis Ababa -- The African Union's Peace and Security Council has strongly condemned Israel's decision to recognise Somaliland as an independent state, calling the move illegal and a threat to Somalia's sovereignty and regional stability.