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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Raila Odinga Junior has intensified efforts to address the chronic water shortage in Kibra when on Thursday he led a delegation of local leaders to Nairobi City Hall for discussions with county officials aimed at finding practical solutions to the crisis.

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[Addis Standard] Mekelle -- Human Rights First has raised concern over what it described as a deteriorating human rights situation in the Tigray region, citing multiple allegations of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and physical harm.

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Guinea-Bissau has halted a US-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns, pending an emergency ethical review. The country’s health minister says a six-member ethics committee never met before the study was approved, a major red flag.

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Some 160 people are believed to be missing after attackers raided three churches in a Nigerian village on Sunday.

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[Darfur Network for Human Rights] On January 19, 2026, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a coordinated attack on Al-Gamara village, located in North Kutum locality, North Darfur, resulting in civilian deaths, widespread destruction of property, and mass forced displacement.

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[Daily Trust] The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined a request by the State House of Assembly to set up a judicial panel to investigate Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, citing subsisting court orders restraining him from taking such action.

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[Daily Trust] Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, says the trend of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), "not being accused of corruption", must be chcked.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National Assembly Minority Leader and Suna East MP Junet Mohammed has made explosive claims that Raila Odinga could have won the 2017 presidential election had powerful figures within government fully supported his bid.

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[GroundUp] Former NLC KwaZulu-Natal client liaison officer Sibonelo Vilakazi used his position to obtain tens of millions of rands for himself and his wife

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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has unveiled today CBE Connect, a digital platform that bundles together over seven financial services, eliminating barriers with direct transfers from global banks to Ethiopian fintech wallets.

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Thousands of Senegal fans join the parade to celebrate Afcon champions on their return home.

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The artificial borders separating African people are part of the most enduring legacies of colonialism in Africa. The vision of a borderless Africa promises to heal the deep wounds left by colonial borders drawn during the Berlin Conference, which arbitrarily divided communities and nations.

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Senegalese fans celebrate their team's victory at the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Ongoing floods in the north-eastern provinces of South Africa has led to the closure of the world-famous Kruger National Park.

This Is Africa  

African economies will register strong nominal growth in 2026. But many countries in the region will struggle to convert that growth into noticeable human development.

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A project in South Africa is putting radioactive material in rhino horns to make it harder to smuggle them over borders.

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According to reports, the boat had suffered motor failure before drifting to the edge of the dam.

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From meteor showers to supermoons, here are some of the sights that wowed stargazers this year.

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University of Sydney’s breakthrough paint that cools and harvests water

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Decathlon’s intra-vehicular space suit prototype

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Nick Vinson in collaboration with Avanti Architects, has reimagined the Italian Embassy at 4 Grosvenor Square in London.