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Power lost: Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba is stripped of her role overnight. Malema waits to learn if a courtroom verdict ends his political career. South

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US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, a truce that could boost attempts to extend the ceasefire between Iran, the United States and Israel after weeks of devastating war.

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South African opposition party leader Julius Malema was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after he was convicted of breaking firearm laws by firing a rifle at a political rally in 2018.

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Territorial Administration Minister Emile Zerbo said the latest dissolutions are part of efforts to enforce that law. He urged affected groups to comply with the regulations, warning that “any offender faces the penalties provided for under current regulations.”

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[CPJ] Nairobi -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to do everything in their power to locate and free Addis Standard managing editor Million Beyene who was taken by unidentified men from his newsroom in the capital Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Assembly has approved the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, lowering VAT on petroleum products from 16 percent to 8 percent for a period of three months, in a move lawmakers say is aimed at cushioning Kenyans against rising fuel prices.

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Iran on Wednesday dismissed reports of an agreement with the United States to extend the temporary ceasefire between the two countries, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stressing that negotiations remain unresolved.

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[Capital FM] NAIROBI -- World Athletics have rejected an appeal by five Kenyan athletes, including former world record holder Brigid Kosgei, to change their nationality to Turkey.

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[Vanguard] The Oyo State Government has activated emergency response measures following the death of a 44-year-old woman from Lassa fever at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.

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[New Zimbabwe] AROUND 18 people have died after a commuter omnibus caught fire and exploded along the Bulawayo Beitbridge Highway Thursday afternoon, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed.

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[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- A heavily guarded metal door swings open. Entrance is restricted and monitored by guards.

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[GroundUp] Community health workers marched through the streets to the provincial legislature in Cape Town on Thursday to demand that the provincial health department employ them permanently.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Supreme Court has has allowed an appeal filed by the National Assembly seeking to overturn an Appellate Court Judgement on the legal framework for operation of tribunals.

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[New Times] The Burundian Minister for Media and Communication, Gabby Bugaga was found dead in the morning of Thursday, April 16, according to media reports from the neighbouring country.

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[New Times] Industries operating within the Kigali Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) exported processed goods worth approximately $290 million in 2025, as authorities advance expansion preparations for Phase III and Phase IV.

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Worshippers presented offerings to the spirits of the sea off the coast of Pointe-Denis on Sunday.

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[The Point] The Gambia Tourism Board (GTBoard), in partnership with West African Tours, on Wednesday welcomed the arrival of the cruise ship Oceania Sirena to the country's shores, marking another milestone in the growth of cruise tourism in The Gambia.

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[Vanguard] The Nigeria Police Force has extradited a fugitive, Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi, to the United Kingdom over alleged involvement in murder and drug trafficking.

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[Vanguard] Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in 2023, Peter Obi, has restated that he is not desperate to become the president of Nigeria but to see Nigeria working as a stable nation.

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[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- Three years have passed since the start of the war in Sudan, and there seems to be no end in sight. The conflict, which broke out on April 16, 2023 (see Fides, 17/4/2023), remains in a stalemate with constant changes in territorial control. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have recaptured large parts of Khartoum (including Omdurman and Bahri) as well as areas in central and eastern Sudan and established their base in Port Sudan.

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[Premium Times] Governor Sule made the announcement during a meeting with political appointees at the Government House in Lafia on Thursday.