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[UN News] At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the "catch of the day" wasn't a seabass or a red mullet - it was a figure: 35 per cent. That's the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday.

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Senegal has made football history by defeating England 3-1 in a friendly, becoming the first African team to do so in 22 meetings. Despite Harry Kane’s

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Nigeria’s talks with Saudi oil giant Aramco over a record $5 billion oil-backed loan have hit a snag, as falling crude prices raise red flags among potential

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Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé is under mounting pressure after controversial constitutional changes sparked protests demanding his resignation. The

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Ayra Starr has finally won her first BET Award, taking home the Best International Act title after years of near misses. Beating out major stars like Rema,

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Russia has been luring young Africans like Jean Onana from Cameroon and Malik Diop from Senegal with promises of factory jobs and high pay—only to coerce

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A UN official warns that hundreds of thousands in the sprawling camp are "slowly starving".

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[Daily Trust] A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dele Momodu, has accused the minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, of acting as Nigeria's founding father.

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[Daily Trust] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed Julius Berger's exceptional commitment to excellence.

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[Premium Times] IPOB had introduced a sit-at-home order every Monday across the South-east to pressure the Nigerian government to release its detained leader, Mr Kanu, who is being tried for terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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[New Times] The government's contribution to the national school feeding programme is projected to rise from Rwf94 billion in the current year to Rwf135 billion in the 2025/26 fiscal year which will commence on July 1, an official has said.

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[New Times] The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascène Bizimana, has said that several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that emerged before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have been linked to partially or directly fueling the atrocities. Unlike what is typically expected of NGOs, he said, some were not founded for noble causes but were instead created to support the killing of targeted groups.

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[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over what it describes as a steady decline in Nigeria's democracy under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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[Civicus] CIVICUS discusses prospects for democracy in Guinea with Omolara Balogun, Head of Policy Influencing and Advocacy at the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), a civil society organisation that promotes civic space and youth and women's leadership and leverages technology for development.

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[Civicus] In May 2025, Tanzanian security forces stripped Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire naked, raped her and smeared her with excrement while they filmed her ordeal, seemingly to shame her into silence. Her crime: entering the country alongside fellow activist Boniface Mwangi from Kenya to attend the politically motivated trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Mwangi, arrested alongside her, was also subjected to torture . They were eventually dumped near the border.

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Swedish activist Greta Thunberg arrived in her home country Sweden on Tuesday after having been deported from Israel following the attempt by her and several other activists to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza via boat. Some activists from the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla" were detained by Israeli forces.

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South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada joins an elite Lord's club to increase the number of members to two, thanks to a five-wicket haul in the World Test Championship final.

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Child labour rates have fallen by almost half since the year 2000, but the world has missed the global target of eliminating child labour by 2025.

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Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway said Tuesday they have imposed sanctions on National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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The alleged rape is the latest allegation of misconduct made against soldiers at a controversial base in Kenya.

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] On Tuesday 3rd June, the African Development Bank ("AfDB"), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA (Moody's/S&P/Fitch) successfully priced a dual tranche comprising a new USD 2 billion 3-year Global Benchmark and a new USD 1 billion 10-year Global Benchmark. This transaction represents the Bank's first ever dual tranche and its inaugural 10-year USD Global Benchmark.