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[RFI] Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped nearly three dozen people across three attacks over the weekend, security sources said Monday, as authorities face renewed scrutiny over mass abductions in recent weeks.

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[UN News] Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday.

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[Daba Finance] The UK government has withdrawn more than $1 billion in planned financing for TotalEnergies' liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, adding pressure to a development already delayed by insecurity and rising costs. UK Export Finance had committed $1.15 billion to the facility, one of eight export credit agencies backing the project's $14.9 billion financing package.

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[UN News] Pooja Mishra's health kept worsening until she began treatment for HIV at age 19, two years after her diagnosis. From wondering if she'd ever be able to live a normal life, today she is youth coordinator at a coalition for people with the disease in India.

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[UN News] With nearly $1.6 billion in unpaid dues, the UN Secretary-General warned on Monday that chronic late payments are hampering the world body's ability to function, even as sweeping cuts move forward through the General Assembly's main budget committee.

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Andre Onana is one of several high-profile players left out of Cameroon's Africa Cup of Nations squad, as federation president Samuel Eto'o sacks the manager just weeks before the tournament.

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No new Ebola cases were reported in the past 42 days.

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The group has been charged under a law which prohibits people from joining foreign armies.

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The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the DRC was expected to leave her position in February 2026.

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[The Conversation Africa] Army generals in Guinea-Bissau seized power on Nov. 26, 2025 - the eve of a scheduled official declaration of the winner in the West African nation's presidential election.

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] The 2025 Africa Investment Forum (AIF) Market Days wrapped up on Friday in Rabat, Morocco, with $15.3 billion in investment interest covering 39 bankable projects, underscoring a growing global appetite for African opportunities.

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Cameroon is reeling after the death of Anicet Ekane, a prominent opposition figure and longtime critic of President Paul Biya, who died in state custody. His passing has sparked grief and indignation in Yaoundé and beyond.

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As the world marks World AIDS Day, UNAIDS is urging global leaders to take urgent action.

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The mission, led by its chairman and the President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio, arrived as the military government — which seized power last Wednesday — banned all demonstrations, strikes and activities regarded as threat to peace and stability

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[Vanguard] The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 39 irregular migrants from Mali, allegedly recruited for an undisclosed mission, following a raid in Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area.

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[African Union] Giving the key note address at the opening of the session of the 12th High-Level Seminar on Peace & Security in Africa (#Oran Process), in Algiers, #Algeria. the AU Commission Chairperson, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf commended Algeria for its leadership in African diplomacy & its principled role on the UN Security Council. He paid tribute to outgoing members of the UNSC, Sierra Leone & Algeria, & welcomed the DRC & Liberia as they join at a pivotal moment for Africa's multilateral

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[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, extends his congratulations to the Government and people of the Central African Republic on the occasion of their Independence Day.

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[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- There is no genocide against Christians in Nigeria. This was affirmed by Archbishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto in northern Nigeria in his address to the 46th Supreme Assembly of the Knights of St. Mulumba (a Catholic order of knights founded in Onitsha in 1953).

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[RFI] French energy group TotalEnergies announced on Monday that it had signed an agreement to sell a 40-percent stake in two Nigerian offshore exploration licences to Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of US oil major Chevron.

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[RFI] Cameroon's leading opposition leader, Anicet Ekane, has died after weeks of detention at the age of 74, his lawyers and family said Monday, alleging that he had struggled to breathe but was not given proper care.

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Anicet Ekane's lawyer says the family was given little explanation - "his wife was just presented the corpse".