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Climate warning: El Niño offers a glimpse of a deadlier, hotter future

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This year's powerful El Nino and the record global heat it's driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the end of February, according to a research report released om Wednesday.

Fighting intensifies in northern Ethiopia as Tigray rebels declare full-blown war

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Ethiopia’s army says its forces have killed 272 Tigrayan fighters and wounded 260 during a counter-offensive in Amhara. The press says the figures could not be independently verified.

Niger signs deal with Australian group to relaunch uranium project

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Niger authorities said Wednesday they have signed a new agreement with the Madaouela Mining Company, which is 60% owned by the Australian Atomic Eagle group, to relaunch a uranium mining project in the north of the country.

Tigray capital 'out of cash' as fighting escalates, resident tells BBC

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A resident of Mekelle says the city is calm but people are stressed after the outbreak of fighting in the region.

Dangote’s Big Energy Expansion: From Nigerian Refinery to African Powerhouse {Business Africa}

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Dangote is expanding its energy business across Africa, putting local capital and cross-border infrastructure at the centre of the continent’s refining future. South Sudan’s small businesses turn to solar as unreliable electricity grid leaves entrepreneurs facing blackouts, rising costs and lost in

Ceuta migrant crisis: 28 undocumented migrants found hidden in Spanish flats

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In Ceuta, Spanish police discovered 28 undocumented migrants hiding in flats that did not meet adequate hygiene and habitability standards. Ceuta is facing a humanitarian crisis, weeks after more than 70,000 people reached the enclave from Morocco.

Tangier’s annual art night brings the city’s creative spirit to life

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The sixth edition of the event, titled “Being Here”, brought together artists at seven venues along Liberty Street, including the abandoned Liberty Hotel, built in the early twentieth century and closed since the 1940s.

Spanish police find 28 undocumented migrants in unsanitary Ceuta flats

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In Ceuta, Spanish police discovered 28 undocumented migrants hiding in flats that did not meet adequate hygiene and habitability standards. Ceuta is facing a humanitarian crisis, weeks after more than 70,000 people reached the enclave from Morocco.

Ethiopia's army says it has repelled attacks in first comment on fresh fighting

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The military says its soldiers inflicted casualties as fears grow of a resumption of a full-blown civil war.

Madagascar’s Gen Z protesters mark one year since Rajoelina’s fall

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A year after Madagascar’s Gen Z-led protests forced President Andry Rajoelina from power, activists say they feel betrayed by the country’s new military-backed government.

Conditions in Gaza remain dire ahead of Netanyahu's UN address

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Nearly a year after a ceasefire promised to end the war in Gaza, conditions remain dire for two million Palestinians living in the Strip, ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.

Elephants use medicinal plants to treat themselves, researchers find

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African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick, research reveals.

Ethiopia's federalism dilemma: Why regional power keeps fuelling conflict

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Tigrayan authorities say they are responding to attacks by federal forces, while the federal government has described the Tigrayan military action as an offensive. Both sides have accused the other of triggering the latest escalation.

São Tomé and Príncipe gears up for elections as voters hope for change

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With emigration surging, a major issue in the vote is how to stop young people, who see no future at home, from leaving the country.

Morocco’s PAM leads parliamentary election with turnout at two-decade low

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The result will determine which party gets the first opportunity to form a government, with the prime minister appointed by King Mohammed VI from the party that wins the most seats.

Tigray tensions rise as regional forces seize Mekelle airport

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The developments follow a series of reported drone strikes in Tigray. Regional authorities say at least 14 people were killed and 22 injured in a strike on the town of Alamata on Tuesday, with the mayor accusing federal forces of targeting schools.

Kenya's Ruto calls for permanent African representation on UN Security Council

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In his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, William Ruto lamented Africa's exclusion from permanent representation on the UN Security Council, despite accounting for more than a quarter of the assembly's membership.

Morocco's legistlative elections marked by record-low voter turnout

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Provisional results published on Thursday show the centre-right Authenticity and Modernity Party has taken 95 seats in the 395-seats in parliament.

Mixed reaction in Bangui to ICC conviction of former CAR militia commander

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Ex-Seleka leader, Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, was found gulty on four counts of crimes against humanity, but acquitted of three.

Morocco’s opposition leader casts vote in parliamentary election

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The leader of Morocco's opposition PPS (Party of Progress and Socialism) arrived at a polling station in Rabat on Wednesday to vote in the parliamentary election.

Ebola surveillance expands beyond DR Congo borders as IOM steps up efforts

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As the Ebola outbreak in the DRC reaches unprecedented levels, disease surveillance is spreading beyond the country's borders. The International Organization for Migration tracks the epidemic along major travel routes, with the help of neighbouring governments.

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