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[This Day] *Nigeria's military now on ground in Benin, Says Gen Oluyede

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[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has provided clarification on its involvement in ongoing regional efforts to counter an attempted coup in the Benin Republic, following unrest that erupted early Sunday.

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[New Times] As climate change tightens its grip and urban populations grow, the urgency of adopting nature-based solutions has never been more pressing. Rwanda's latest initiative, the Kigali Wetlands Revamp, is not only a bold environmental move but a globally significant model of how cities can harmonize development with sustainability.

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[New Times] The Government plans to rehabilitate 994 abandoned mining and quarrying sites by 2030 in partnership with various stakeholders, according to a new climate action plan covering 2025-2035.

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[New Times] The government is set to pilot a project to quantify climate-related health impacts by integrating climate and health data into early warning systems, officials have announced.

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[UN News] Talking to journalists earlier this week on his final day as the first UN Global Advocate for Persons with Disabilities in Conflict and Peacebuilding Situations, Giles Duley said he felt he had failed in his core mission. More importantly, he added, the system itself has failed.

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[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Kadugli -- Activists in the service committees in Kadugli, capital of South Kordofan, say that despite the relative calm prevailing in the city, this calm hides deep tension and escalating anxiety, in light of the worsening security, economic and service crises that are driving citizens to leave the city at an unprecedented rate.

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[Dabanga] Adré, Chad -- A drone strike on the weekly market in Adikon, near the Adré crossing at the Sudan-Chad border, left a large number of civilians dead and injured on Friday afternoon after a missile hit the market area, as well as humanitarian aid trucks en route to North Darfur and Kordofan. A resident of Adikon said the drone struck the market directly, causing heavy civilian casualties. She reported that more than ten charred bodies were recovered from shops that were completely destroyed by the explosions and

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[Dabanga] The Higher Committee for the Voluntary Repatriation of Sudanese Refugees from Uganda has confirmed that delays in organising departures for those wishing to return are due to a series of technical and logistical challenges -- foremost among them the high cost of transport and the lack of suitable means of travel other than by air. The situation, it said, requires complex arrangements that demand more time than initially anticipated.

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[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Port Sudan -- The reopening of the file concerning a Russian military base on Sudan's Red Sea coast has reignited debate in political and media circles, as the United States warns against proceeding with the deal. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Sudanese government has offered Russia the opportunity to establish its first naval base on the African continent -- a move that could shift the balance of power in one of the world's most strategic maritime corridors.

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[The Conversation Africa] South Africa opened its G20 presidency with an ambitious message for a world divided by conflict and economic strain: solidarity, equality and sustainability. The Johannesburg G20 leaders' summit tried to mend deep geopolitical rifts. Even those who chose to boycott the summit remained included - with their chairs left symbolically empty.

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[The Conversation Africa] Djibouti's president, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, pushed through constitutional changes removing presidential age limits in October 2025. The changes enable him to remain in power beyond 2026. He has already ruled for 26 years and is a shoo-in at elections in April 2026. Guelleh leads a country on the Horn of Africa where the Red Sea meets the Indian Ocean - one of the world's most strategically important locations. Federico Donelli, who has studied Djibouti's political landscape, unpacks the dynamics that

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[The Conversation Africa] The terrorism conviction and life sentence handed down by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, brings an end to a ten-year legal battle. But it opens up a larger political and security question for Nigeria.

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[Dabanga] Kalogi -- A series of drone strikes on Thursday killed and wounded dozens of people, many of them children, in Kalogi, South Kordofan. The attacks hit a kindergarten and the entrance to a hospital.

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[Dabanga] Hamrat El Sheikh -- A World Food Programme (WFP) truck travelling to Tawila in North Darfur came under attack on Thursday night in North Kordofan, injuring the driver and damaging the vehicle.

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[UN News] The United Nations on Friday welcomed a newly signed peace accord between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda as a "critical step" toward restoring trust, while warning that active fighting near border areas continue to exact a heavy toll on civilians.

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[UN News] The ongoing emergency in northern Mozambique continues to worsen as prolonged attacks by non-state armed groups in Nampula trigger one of the largest displacement surges of the year, the UN warned on Friday.

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A military coup declared in Benin on Sunday has failed, the country’s interior minister said, just hours after soldiers took over state television to announce the dissolution of government.

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Once the team’s star forward, Mohamed Salah cast doubt on his future at Liverpool on Saturday, saying he feels like he’s been “thrown under the bus” by the Premier League club.

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[RFI] Benin's interior minister on Sunday said that the army had thwarted an attempted coup by a group of soldiers. President Patrice Talon's entourage said he was safe while the regular army said it had regained control.

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M23 rebels, supported by the Rwandan army are continuing their advice in the South Kivu region of the DR Congo, local sources say. On Saturday, the rebels took control of the strategic town of Luvungi, near the border with Burundi, and several surrounding villages.