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Ukraine is turning FPV drone training into competitive tournaments to boost pilots’ speed, precision and tactics in its war against Russia.

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On the surface, Chinese leader Xi Jinping's back-to-back summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin looked pretty similar but the visits also revealed how different China's relationship is with the two countries.

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A village in Ghana will hold a parade with 30 motorcycles and a minibus to celebrate Aston Villa's Europa League victory.

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[Namibian] Twamanguluka youth organisation in partnership with the ministry of youth has launched a national initiative aimed at transforming youth centres into multi-purpose hubs for education, entrepreneurship, digital skills and employment opportunities.

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[Namibian] Prime minister Elijah Ngurare has described 16-year-old Cornelius Shimwaafeni as a hero after the teenager rescued toddler twins from drowning in a pond at Omutundungu village in the Omusati region on Sunday.

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[Namibian] Southern African Development Community (SADC) ministers of foreign affairs will gather in South Africa this week to map out a unified regional response to changing global geopolitical dynamics.

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[Nyasa Times] For years, accessing reliable DNA testing and professional background verification services in Malawi has been a major challenge. Because these services were considered expensive and highly secretive, many Malawians were left vulnerable to paternity shocks, identity fraud, and costly hiring mistakes.

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[Vanguard] The Sokoto Zonal Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), comprising 10 universities across the North-West, has raised serious concerns over what it described as the slow, distorted and selective implementation of the 2025 Federal Government ASUU Agreement, warning that continued neglect of lecturers' welfare and university governance issues could trigger avoidable industrial unrest in the nation's tertiary education sector.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The State Visit to Botswana is not merely a diplomatic formality, but a "coming together of brethren from the same family".

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[SAnews.gov.za] Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has outlined the government's plans to combat misinformation, disinformation and malinformation, including proposals for a public fact-checking platform, restrictions on fake news broadcasts, and mandatory disclosure of AI-generated content on digital platforms.

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[SAnews.gov.za] Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa, says government has intensified preparations for the 2026 Local Government Elections scheduled for 4 November 2026.

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[Premium Times] The respondents appealed to the government and electricity providers to improve power supply to boost socio-economic activities.

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[TrustAfrica] The African Risk Capacity Agency (ARC), a specialized agency of the African Union, and TrustAfrica today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership for advancing gender-responsive disaster risk management (DRM), climate action, and social inclusion across Africa.

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[Premium Times] JAMB advised candidates whose results were not yet released to check their status.

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[Health-e] We are surrounded by daily noise that affects our hearing, without realising it.

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From the streets of the Cuban capital, a defiant message has emerged after US federal prosecutors indicted former president Raúl Castro for the 1996 downing of two civilian planes.

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France hosted a large charity concert for Lebanon on Thursday evening at the Arab World Institute in Paris, where several hundred people gathered to support civilians affected by the conflict.

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Mali is a landlocked country and depends heavily on fuel transported from neighbouring countries.

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The United States military says it boarded an Irania-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday suspected of trying to violate an American blockade. It's the latest move by Washington to try and push Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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[Ghanaian Times] The call by Amnesty International (AI) Ghana on President John Dramani Mahama to grant pardons to prisoners on death row raises a critical national question that can no longer be ignored.

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has called off its national football team’s pre-World Cup training camp in Kinshasa after an Ebola outbreak in the country’s east.