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[Darfur Network for Human Rights] On the first day of Ramadan, the village of Um Rasuma in West Kordofan State became the site of a devastating drone strike that killed 26 civilians, including 15 children, and wounded 14 others. The attack targeted residents gathering at the village's main water source to secure drinking water for their families.

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Bellarmine Mugabe is in custody after he allegedly shot a security guard at a property in Johannesburg.

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[Nile Post] National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said his wife and children fled Uganda for fear of their lives following the January 15 presidential election.

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Critics are unhappy about the removal of a clause mandating the 'real-time' electronic transmission of election results.

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With the global trade landscape rapidly shifting, AGOA's fitness for purpose has been questioned. While its imminent end is a blow for African exporters, it is a chance for governments to build a trade strategy that leverages the AfCFTA, embraces e-commerce, and reduces geopolitical risk

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[Liberian Observer] A veteran Liberian security sector analyst is warning that the country may be underestimating emerging threats linked to regional extremism, migration pressures, and rising communal tensions, as debate intensifies over the controversial "National Fula Security of Liberia."

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[Daily Maverick] A controversial water tanker tender is still running despite a court slap-down - while Johannesburg Water hides behind a dam wall of secrecy.

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[Capital FM] <li>nairobi -- Ghanaian authorities have made traction in the investigation of a widely circulated scandal involving a Russian national accused of secretly filming and sharing intimate videos of African women without their consent.

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President Donald Trump welcomed guests to the White House for a Black History Month reception on Wednesday, less than two weeks after sparking bipartisan outrage by posting a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife as primates.

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More than 1,000 Kenyans have gone to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine, most of them tricked into signing military contracts, according to an intelligence report presented to Kenya's parliament.

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[ISS] European leaders distance themselves from Trump's hardline immigration tactics, but how different are their approaches?

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[Nyasa Times] Malawi has signed what government officials are calling a landmark minerals deal with a United States-based trading firm, a move that could position the country within Washington's strategic supply chain ambitions--but also raises familiar questions about transparency, long-term value and national benefit.

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[UN News] The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence and enforced disappearances during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region -- acts that a UN fact-finding mission said show "hallmarks of genocide" against the Zaghawa and Fur communities and signal an ongoing risk of further atrocities.

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[The Conversation Africa] Soldiers from the South African National Defence Force are going to be deployed alongside members of the South African Police Service to combat gangs and armed groups associated with illegal mining.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has dismissed consolidated petitions that sought to halt the proposed privatisation of Kenya Pipeline Company Limited (KPC), clearing the way for the government to proceed with the process.

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[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR has recorded a decline in maternal and newborn deaths, although officials say more work still remains to be done.

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Officers in Kano search cafes and restaurants every year during Ramadan looking for Muslims breaking the fast.

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[United Nations in Sudan] PORT SUDAN -- A United Nations (UN) inter-agency convoy led by the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has reached Dilling and Kadugli, South Kordofan, with life-saving humanitarian supplies to assist over 130,000 people. This marks the first major delivery of assistance to the area in three months.

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[This Day] Akure -- Suspected bandits have killed the traditional ruler of Agamo community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Kehinde Jacob Faledon, during a failed abduction attempt, deepening fears over rising insecurity in council area of the state.

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Investigators call the recruitment a well-organised trafficking ring involving immigration staff and security agencies.

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A toxic gas leak at a mine in north-central Nigeria killed 37 people and led to the hospitalization of 26 others, according to police.