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[Daba Finance] Namibia's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 6.50%, citing the need to protect its currency peg with South Africa as policy conditions tighten across the border.

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[Daba Finance] Safaricom Plc raised KES 20 billion ($154 million) from the first tranche of its medium-term note programme after investor demand came in at almost three times its initial target.

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[Daba Finance] Hostinger, a Lithuania-based web hosting and website-building company, has launched operations in Nigeria, targeting small businesses and entrepreneurs with AI-powered tools and local currency payments.

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[UN News] Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and mass displacement as fighting spreads, undermining recent peace efforts and raising fears of a wider regional crisis.

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[Centre 4s] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has strong diplomatic relations with the Sahel, also based on the precious metal: gold. Concerned countries are: Sudan, Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, and Mauritania. Togo, a gold producer, is also of interest. All these countries are also fighting terrorism, which the UAE is combating everywhere. In 2024, the UAE imported nearly 1,400 tons of gold, worth over $105 billion, more than half of which--$748 billion--came from Africa.1 While its traceability is

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[Dabanga] South Sudanese troops have entered the Heglig oil field in West Kordofan after an agreement with Sudan's warring parties. The field processes some 130,000 barrels of South Sudanese crude for export via pipelines in Sudan.

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[UN News] In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to still be trapped in El Fasher in the Darfur region, but UN aid agencies believe they may soon get access to the embattled city.

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[Premium Times] The El-Rufai sons, Bashir and Bello, have repeatedly sparked national debate over vulgar, threatening, and politically charged posts on X.

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[Premium Times] Nurudeen Yusuf was appointed ADC to Mr Tinubu on 1 May 2023, about four weeks before the President's inauguration

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[Premium Times] The experts called for the early involvement of financiers in project design to align government expectations with lending requirements.

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[Premium Times] Our institutions pretend they cannot see what is happening. But the truth is starker: they have chosen not to look.

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[RFI] What is life like for the women living in the central Sahel, in areas controlled by the jihadist JNIM group? British researchers spoke with women from the Fulani ethnic group, which is strategically targeted for recruitment to the JNIM.

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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- In recent years, Ethiopia's tourism sector has gained remarkable momentum, fueled by substantial government investments and forward-thinking initiatives aimed at positioning the country as a premier global destination.

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[Leadership] The downward adjustment of the price of petrol by Dangote Petroleum Refinery from N828 to N699 per litre has triggered a wave of mixed reactions among motorists, transport operators and commuters in Lagos as they appraised the economic impact of the company's latest intervention in the downstream sector.

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[Premium Times] From Istanbul to the Premier League, Victor Osimhen, Calvin Bassey, Samuel Chukwueze and Alex Iwobi all left their mark.

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[Premium Times] Nigeria's decisive intervention in helping to stop the coup in Benin Republic was a good commitment to saving democracy for the country, and, maybe more important, for us. I have always taken sides with the argument that Africa's only option in consolidating democratic rule is to do so without recourse to the military, who are incapable, by their very nature, of deepening democracy and civic culture.

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[This Day] Abuja -- The 95th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States Council of Ministers ended at the weekend with the ministers expressing worries over the spread of violent extremism in the Sahel, the circulation of small arms, transnational organised crime, maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea, and the continued occurrence of unconstitutional changes of government.

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Election campaigning has officially begun in the Central African Republic ahead of the presidential vote scheduled for December 28.

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Iran introduced a new pricing tier Saturday for its nationally subsidized gasoline, attempting to rein in spiraling costs for the first time since a price hike in 2019 that sparked nationwide protests and a crackdown that reportedly killed over 300 people.

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Lionel Messi’s much-hyped tour of India got off to a rocky start Saturday with angry fans throwing bottles and attempting to vandalize a stadium after many of them failed to get more than just a glimpse of their hero.

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[Afreximbank] Cairo, Egypt -- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa's leading multilateral financial institution, today marked a historic milestone with the groundbreaking ceremony of the Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) in Egypt's New Capital, which will also be the home of the Bank's new global headquarters.