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Bodo is a one-man performance that draws on Ngano, a traditional Shona storytelling method, blending it with modern visual and audio elements to create an immersive experience. Through this fusion of tradition and contemporary theatre, Guzha seeks not only to entertain but to provoke reflection

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After a strong 2025, African economies are facing a new threat: the war in the Middle East. The IMF now expects regional growth to slow to 4.3% this year. What’s different this time is that planners have tool kits to better absorb the shock

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Gabon authorities have arrested main opposition leader and vocal government critic Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, his political party said Thursday.

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The pontiff was unusually forthright in his address at the presidential palace.

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[FrontPageAfrica] DUAZON -- Summary:

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It said the humanitarian and security situations in the Great Lakes region has worsened to a “worrisome level", despite intensified diplomatic initiatives.

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Back in Sudan, only 63% of health facilities remain operational, according to the World Health Organization, as disease outbreaks such as cholera spread rapidly. Attacks on healthcare workers and infrastructure have further crippled the system.

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On April 2, Haiti’s government announced a 37% increase in the cost of diesel and a 29% increase in the cost of gasoline. With higher oil prices came a hike in the prices of essential food products

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[Africa Check] Ugandan president Museveni did not ask Kenyan counterpart to deal with opposition leaders 'with some lethal force' - graphics fabricated

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[Africa Check] No evidence of former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua being 'saved' from government-linked plot - image AI-generated

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[Liberian Observer] Retired Major General Daniel Ziankahn, former Minister of National Defense and Co-Chair of Liberia's National Joint Security, has told Criminal Court "C" that he had no knowledge of the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) being formally admitted into the national security architecture during his tenure, raising fresh questions in the ongoing US$6.2 million corruption trial involving former government officials.

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[RFI] Pope Leo XIV is travelling to the western Cameroon city of Bamenda to preach a message of peace in the epicenter of a separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world's most neglected crises.

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[HRW] Johannesburg -- Accountability Needed for Decades-Long Violations of Children's Rights

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[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition Simplex Chithyola Banda has declared that his recent arrest has not shaken his resolve, striking a tone that is at once emotional, reflective, and firmly defiant.

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Keba Seba is known for opposing French influence in Africa and backing West Africa's military leaders.

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Russian strikes hit Kyiv’s Podilsky district, injuring dozens and damaging homes, as part of a wider wave of deadly attacks across Ukraine.

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[DW] He was convicted of firing a rifle at a political rally eight years ago.

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[allAfrica] Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of the illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public.

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Nigerian airlines plan shutdown over soaring fuel costs

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[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa -- The government of Somaliland has firmly rejected what it described as "misleading claims" by the Somalian Government regarding its sovereign diplomatic relations, including engagement with Israel, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Malema is appealing against the decision to prevent him from being taken to prison on Thursday.