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[Graça Machel Trust] Dr Tukiya Kankasa-Mabula on building systems, handing over, and the next chapter for the ELG

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[RFI] A tanker that left Russia and ran into trouble off the coast of Senegal in November 2025 appears to have been deliberately targeted by explosives placed in strategic locations on its hull, according to video footage obtained and verified by RFI.

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[RFI] A "perfect storm" of climate change and cyclical La Niña weather patterns have been fuelling the catastrophic flooding sweeping southern Africa for the past month, according to climate scientists.

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Almost 30 years after he died, the Nigerian will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Anthony Joshua posts an emotional YouTube video thanking fans for their support following the deaths of his two close friends in a car crash in Nigeria.

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Best Western Premier – Royal Golf View, Kigali is scheduled to open in July 2027 under Aleph Hospitality’s management

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ROME, Italy, 29 January 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of USD5.5 million from the

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On Wednesday the U.S. and African Union Commission green lighted a deal to create a task force between the two sides in order to bolster infrastructure and investment.

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Cocoa stocks have been piling up in co operatives in Ivory Coast, but now the country’s coffee and cocoa council has launched its initiative to buy beans so producers can get paid. Several factors led to a crisis in the sector.

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Diezani Alison-Madueke denies five counts of accepting bribes and a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.

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England captain Fran Williams says the Roses were "off the pace" against South Africa as they are beaten 52-48 in the opening game of the three-match series in Johannesburg.

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Nearly 700,000 people have been affected by weeks of severe flooding in Mozambique

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Gold surged to over $5,000 an ounce this week amid uncertain economic times.

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As fears of a return to conflict mount in Ethiopia, pssenger flights between the capital and cities in the northern Tigray region have been halted. Ethiopia airlines cited 'unplanned circumstances' for the cancellations.

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No reason has been given but the decision follows a huge fall-out between South Africa and the US.

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Tanzania is betting on local drug manufacturing to reduce imports and become East Africa’s pharmaceutical hub and we find out how Africa's private sector is fixing the supply chain to minimise the billions lost in post-harvest logistics.

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Some eight others sustained serious injuries and are receiving urgent medical care at nearby hospitals.

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Gang violence and political instability in Haiti have displaced close to one and a half million people. It’s also led to an explosion of sexual violence, as living conditions and public services deteriorate.

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[MFWA] The Ghana Armed Forces has launched an investigation into the assault of Solomon Kwame Kanaluwe, a journalist with the Media General Group, by military personnel in Walewale, in Ghana's North East Region.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's elite Danab commandos said Thursday they seized a cache of landmines and explosive materials during a security operation on the outskirts of Jabad Godane in the Middle Shabelle region.

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[The Point] Justice Ngui Mboob of the High Court at Kanifing on the 22nd January, 2026, convicted and sentenced Ansumana Ceesay, a teacher, to 10 years' imprisonment on count one for the offence of rape contrary to Section 3 (1) (a) and punishable under Section 4 ( 1 ) (bb) of the Sexual Offences Act, 2013, and another 10 years' imprisonment on count two for the offence of rape contrary to Section 3 (1) (a) and punishable under Section 4 (1) (cc) of the Sexual Offences Act, 2013. The sentences would run concurrently.