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[Leadership] The Senate on Wednesday received the interim report of its Ad Hoc Committee investigating the incessant and nefarious acts of crude oil theft and related sabotage in the Niger Delta region, with findings indicating that Nigeria may have lost over $300 billion in unaccounted crude oil proceeds.

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[New Times] Picture this: It is 5:17am and the hills are still dark. Claudine, a head nurse, walks into her health post. The generator makes a low sound. A few people are already waiting: someone with a cough, another with swollen feet, and a mother holding a sleepy child. Claudine works fast but calm. She takes blood pressure. She listens. She gives a kind word that helps more than any machine.

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[Leadership] Palpable fear has gripped the people of the Ohimini local government area of Benue State, who have continued to flee in droves, following the invasion and killing of seven farmers in Oglewu-Icho council ward by the marauding herdsmen.

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[This Day] The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah, will be headlining the public presentation of three new books authored by renowned journalist, broadcaster, and public intellectual, Dr. Reuben Abati, on Friday, November 7, at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos.

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[New Times] For years, Rwanda's human health sector had been tracking diseases digitally, but the animal and wildlife sectors lagged behind. That changed on November 3, when the country observed World One Health Day by launching the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (e-IDSR) system.

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[This Day] Senate, yesterday, approved the interim report of its Ad-hoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft, which unearthed shocking discrepancies amounting to over $200 billion in unaccounted crude oil sales proceeds between 2015 and 2023.

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[This Day] As part of moves aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy security, Dangote Cement Plc has expressed its commitment to ensuring that all its trucks are 100 per cent Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered by 2026.

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[This Day] Nigeria's return to the international capital market defied political headwinds yesterday, as its $2.35 billion Eurobond issuance attracted orders worth $13 billion, representing an oversubscription by 453 percent or $10.65 billion.

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[This Day] The federal government yesterday doubled down on its position on President Donald Trump's threat of a military intervention by the US government, maintaining that the notion of Christian genocide in Nigeria is based on faulty data.

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[Lesotho Times] Lesotho has renewed its unwavering commitment to advancing social protection, poverty reduction, and inclusive growth.

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[AI London] At least 40 people reportedly killed in drone attack outside El Obeid

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[WFP] Tripoli -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Libya welcomes a generous contribution of EUR 3 million from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) to support the urgent food needs of Sudanese refugees and Libyan host communities. Since conflict erupted in Sudan in April 2023, the number of Sudanese refugees arriving in Libya has surged, reaching over 357,000 by the end of August 2025. Despite security

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[New Zimbabwe] Residents of Glenview, one of Harare's cholera hotspots, have petitioned Mayor Jacob Mafume to stop the planned demolition of a public borehole that serves more than 2,800 people.

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[Dabanga] El Fasher -- The North Darfur capital of El Fasher is suffering from a complete communications and internet blackout, making it extremely difficult to obtain accurate information about the humanitarian situation and the number of missing persons, and allowing for the spread of misinformation and the suppression of facts. The Freedom Secretariat of the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate warns against attempts to silence the press and target journalists to prevent the world from following events in Darfur. In a statement

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[UN News] Decades of progress in protecting the planet's carbon dioxide-busting forests are at risk as the climate crisis continues to accelerate, UN forestry experts said on Wednesday.

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[The New Humanitarian] Maiduguri, Nigeria -- "You can't just return people and expect them to face whatever is out there."

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[The New Humanitarian] Kampala -- "There is a particular cruelty to safety when your family is dying."

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[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name.

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[African Arguments] The Zambezi is one of Africa's great rivers. Its basin, covering approximately 1,370,000 km2, is home to approximately 50 million people and spreads across eight countries: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The river cascades over Victoria Falls, Mosi-oa-Tunya, "the smoke that thunders," a name used by the Indigenous Batonga and Lozi people, and one of the natural wonders of the world, while also powering major hydroelectric dams such as Kariba and Cahora

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[The Conversation Africa] There is now a growing global consensus that additional measures are needed to support the agency of social protection beneficiaries. Such support will strengthen their self-sustaining livelihoods and pathways that would accelerate social and economic improvements and participation in the labour market, and promote wider social and political stability.

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[The Conversation Africa] A "blesser" is typically an older, relatively wealthier man who provides a younger woman with money, gifts, school fees or lifestyle access in exchange for a relationship that includes sex. Similar arrangements exist around the world, often called "sugar-daddy" relationships, but the South African version is closely tied to extreme inequality, youth unemployment, and a culture in which conspicuous consumption carries strong social currency. As a result, "blesser" has become a mainstream, even aspirational