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[Premium Times] The Nigerian Army says the latest victory followed a similar gunfight where troops killed more than 50 terrorists at Katarko, Yobe State

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Just days before the Dutch election, 45,000 people marched in The Hague, demanding urgent climate action.

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[Leadership] Oil and gas sector stakeholders have urged the federal government to boost local Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) production and processing capacity to curb rising cooking gas prices and stabilise domestic supply.

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[The Herald] ILLEGAL sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some Western countries are an impediment to the country's socio-economic development, hence they must be removed immediately and unconditionally, the African Union has said.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) chairman Ndiritu Mureithi has questioned the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) insistence on strict adherence to global fiscal rules, arguing that Kenya's economic management should be guided by local realities rather than rigid external benchmarks.

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As Israel continued to delay the reopening of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, hundreds of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid have been stuck in the nearby Egyptian city of Al-Arish.

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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, pledged Friday to further embrace his Muslim identity in response to growing attacks by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his surrogates that he characterized as “racist and baseless.”

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[MSF] Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has scaled up activities in Mueda town, Mozambique and the district following yet another wave of displacement after repeated violent incursions of a non-state armed group in Mocímboa da Praia and other areas of northern Mozambique. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than 92,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Cabo Delgado and the neighbouring Nampula province since late September, including about 23,000

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While the country awaits definitive results for the presidential elections, the electoral commission has announced first results that point to an overwhelming victory of current president Alassane Ouattara, who would thus start a fourth mandate aged 83.

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[UN Women] New York - Sweeping aid cuts are dismantling the very organizations that are critical to ending violence against women and girls. The new UN Women report, At Risk and Underfunded, based on a global survey of 428 women's rights and civil society organizations, finds that on the back of cuts by governments, more women are at risk of suffering violence with services diminishing and advocacy silenced.

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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital, on Sunday, responding to a nationwide call from opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary. Demonstrators—mostly young people—marched through major thoroughfares, demanding that authorities acknowledge Tchiroma’s victory

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[Care] Somalia faces further suffering as a worsening drought and fighting force thousands from their homes. The latest IPC analysis shows hunger tightening its grip across the country, with more than 3.4 million people already in crisis levels of food insecurity, and 1.85 million children suffering acute malnutrition. As in every crisis, it is women and girls who are paying the highest price, forced out of school, into early marriages, and into deeper cycles of poverty and despair.

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The fall of el-Fasher would cement the RSF's control of the west and reinforces a de facto split in the nation.

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[Shabelle] Mandera -- A Kenyan woman was shot and injured following a clash between two security agencies in Somalia's Bulla Hawa area near the Kenya-Somalia border in Mandera.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Heavy clashes erupted late Sunday after local Macawiisley militia fighters launched a coordinated attack on Al-Shabaab positions in the Goobo area, near Maxaas town in the central Somali region of Hiiraan, local sources said Monday.

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[New Times] Noel Nkurikiye, a cross-border truck driver and the secretary general of Rwanda Professional Truck Drivers Union, recalls how a small bridge crossing the Kagera River between Rwanda and Tanzania used to cause delays and inconveniences. The bridge, known as Rusumo International Bridge, was a bottleneck.

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[New Times] When Vianney Noheli, a young university graduate, completed his studies, he dreamed of a career in agribusiness. But like many youths in rural Rwanda, he lacked both the capital and the practical skills to turn that dream into reality.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Motorist Association of Kenya (MAK) is demanding the suspension of the Rironi - Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway Public-Private Partnership (PPP), accusing the government of secretly privatizing a taxpayer-funded road.

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[Vanguard] Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North, says peace has continued to elude the South-East region because of the perceived injustice and marginalisation faced by the zone under successive Nigerian governments.

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[Vanguard] LAGOS -- At least 15 persons have been rescued after a two-storey building collapsed in the early hours of Monday at No. 54 Cole Street, Cemetery Bus Stop, Oyingbo, Lagos.

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[Vanguard] The Lagos State Police Command has assured residents and motorists of adequate security following reports of a purported plan by some youths to disrupt movement on the Third Mainland Bridge.