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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Norbert Mao, one of the aspirants for the post of Speaker to the 12th Parliament, has backed the Patriotic League of Uganda's (PLU) decision to withdraw support for Speaker Anita Among and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa.

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Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has urged African countries to use their vast natural and human resources to strengthen economic independence, warning

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The Garden Route: The forest smells different after rain. Standing on the edge of the Tsitsikamma, with ancient yellowwood trees dripping quietly around

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A judge on Thursday ruled that the decades-long case against Jacob Zuma and French defence company, Thales, should go ahead.

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[Capital FM] Speaking to Capital in the Morning, motorists, traders and commuters said the sharp rise in petrol and diesel prices will directly affect transport costs, food prices and daily household expenses.

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[Premium Times] Mr Dangote said small groups profited from local product allocations under the subsidy regime and that subsidy payments alone reached nearly $10 billion annually.

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[Premium Times] The billionaire admitted that prioritising those businesses over football ownership became the only realistic option

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Health officials are racing to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where at least 65 people have died and hundreds more are suspected to be infected.

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South African Artists: Local artists generated over ZAR 504 million on Spotify alone, a 28% increase year-on-year and nearly double the earnings since

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Small protests broke out in Havana over worsening shortages of food, power, and fuel, as Cuban authorities blamed US sanctions for the crisis and warned that fuel reserves had run out.

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Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.

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[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- The ink was barely dry on his acquittal when the government came for Samuel D. Tweah Jr. again.

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[Vanguard] The League of Legal Practitioners of Nigeria, yesterday, questioned the fairness and evidential basis of the ongoing United Kingdom trial involving former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, insisting that the case must be determined strictly on credible evidence and proof beyond reasonable doubt.

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[UN News] Decades of gains in the fight against AIDS are under growing threat as donor funding declines and community-based health services collapse in some of the world's most vulnerable countries, the head of the joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS warned on Thursday.

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[IPS] Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- Agriculture sustains millions of people in Zimbabwe, serving as a vital source of both food and income. But climate-related pressures affecting land, crops, rainfall patterns, and increasing pest outbreaks are threatening smallholder farmers' harvests, leaving them food insecure.

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King Charles III marks 50 years of The King’s Trust at Buckingham Palace, celebrating its support for 1.5 million disadvantaged young people worldwide.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping accompanies US counterpart Donald Trump on a walk through the gardens of Zhongnanhai, a central leadership compound next to Beijing's Forbidden City.

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[allAfrica] The central African nation of Chad has entered a phase of acute structural vulnerability that puts it and the wider on a collision path with state collapse. Too long ignored by regional actors and the international community, who have wrongly interpreted prowess on the battlefield with internal stability, the question is no longer simply whether the government of President Mahamat Deby Itno is authoritarian. It is. It is whether he can hold the country together at all.

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[Nyasa Times] What was supposed to be a solemn national commemoration of Malawi's founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda descended into chaos and deep political division on Thursday after police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the Malawi Congress Party who were accompanying former president Lazarus Chakwera to Kamuzu Mausoleum in Lilongwe.

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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress gathered for a key meeting as President Cyril Ramaphosa faces renewed impeachment pressure linked to the controversial Farmgate cash-heist scandal.