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[Shabelle] Cairo -- In an effort to bolster the fight against Islamist insurgents, Somalia will engage in talks with Egypt next week to discuss potential troop contributions to the African Union's mission in the region, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- In a distressing escalation of communal violence, an armed group attacked civilians in the El Baraf area of Somalia's Middle Shabelle region late on Tuesday, leaving at least one person dead and three others injured. The incident targeted local farmers working their fields when the assault commenced.

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[Lesotho Times] THONTṦO Moepi, a police officer stationed at the Makhaleng Police Station in Mohale's Hoek, believes she is being victimised over her efforts to account for guns that have gone missing at the station.

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[Ghanaian Times] In an unprecedented fashion, former President John Dramani Mahama has made a historic come back to the Jubilee House as President after winning the 2024 general election.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- FrontPage Africa, Liberia's leading independent newspaper, has been subpoenaed by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court for Montserrado County, in connection with a contentious lawsuit involving former government and financial officials.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Bill McGill Jones, the Deputy Minister for Administration at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, has found himself in a storm of controversy following revelations that he presented a falsified U.S. Embassy document to justify a $322,441 contract awarded under questionable circumstances.

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[Leadership] Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has charged the Nigerian military to intensify its efforts in 2025 to combat terrorism, kidnapping, armed banditry, and other security threats that could hinder the country's economic development.

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[Leadership] The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed that 34 terrorists and six soldiers died during the attack on a military base at Sabon Gari in Damboa local government area of Borno State.

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[New Dawn] Monrovia -- A group of minority lawmakers in support of embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa under the banner Rule of Law Legislative Caucus U-turns here to sit under the leadership of Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon and do the work of the Liberian people.

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[IPS] United Nations -- As the Civil War rages on in Sudan, the nationwide humanitarian crisis continues to worsen. Armed conflict has caused an escalation in civilian casualties and displacement in the past few months. Additionally, famine looms in the nation's most conflict-impacted areas, which is exacerbated by tightened restrictions that impede humanitarian aid deliveries. Despite numerous calls for a cessation of hostilities by the international community, relief efforts are severely underfunded.

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[Afrobarometer] In substantial numbers, citizens still experience shortages of basic life necessities.

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[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Addis Ababa -- Amid a swarm of earthquakes and aftershocks that have rocked the Afar, Oromia, and Amhara regions in Ethiopia since December 22 2023, raised fears of a volcanic eruption, and prompted the hasty evacuation of more than 80,000 people, Sudanese geoscientists downplay concerns that the quakes could impact the crucial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), indicating that the current activity is far from the dam, which was designed to take seismic events into account.

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[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's succulents - small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas - are sought after by an increasingly international collector market.

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This year, thousands of Ethiopian pilgrims and international tourists gathered in the historic town of Lalibela to celebrate Orthodox Christmas

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Defending champions Al Hilal were eliminated from the Kings' Cup in the quarter-finals after a tense penalty shoot-out against an inspired Al Ittihad, led by Karim Benzema, on Tuesday.

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The announcement comes on the anniversary of Trump’s 2021 ban from Meta platforms following the January 6 Capitol attack.

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Former Premier League striker Emmanuel Adebayor says the gun attack on the Togo team 15 years ago has made "a huge difference" in his life.

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[Vanguard] Niger Delta Integrity Group has called on the federal government to ensure former governor of Delta State Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa accounted for how public funds were spent by his administration.

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[Liberian Observer] -- President legitimizes instrument amid concerns of illegality fueled by Lower House leadership impasse

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[Liberian Observer] The Justice in Chambers of the Supreme Court, Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, has issued a temporary prohibition on the retirement of 245 employees (petitioners) of the Liberia Immigration Services (LIS), following assertion that they have reached the age of 65 and some of them had worked for 25 years.

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[Radio Dalsan] President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia is scheduled to visit Beledweyne, the capital of the Hiiraan region in HirShabelle State.