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[Radio Dalsan] A harrowing maritime disaster has struck off the northwestern coast of Madagascar, where two boats carrying Somali migrants capsized, leaving at least 28 dead and dozens more unaccounted for.

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[GroundUp] Dossier handed to Special Investigating Unit

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[GroundUp] City of Tshwane promises they will be relocated

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[ISS] The AU was perhaps lucky that its first G20 was chaired by the like-minded Brazilian President Lula da Silva.

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[RFI] France says it's "very concerned" about the disappearance of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who has not been heard from since he was reportedly taken into police custody upon his arrival in Algeria on Saturday. Sansal is a well-known critic of Algeria's government and an vocal opponent of Islamic fundamentalism.

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[Nigeria Health Watch] "In the century since Alexander Fleming stumbled across penicillin in a laboratory in London, antibiotics have become a mainstay of medicine, transforming once-deadly infections into treatable and curable conditions. However, Antimicrobial Resistance threatens to unwind that progress making it, without question, one of the most pressing health challenges of our time." -- Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General speaking at the High-Level Meeting of Antimicrobial Resistance at the 79th United

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[Nigeria Health Watch] Ghari Primary Health Centre, the lifeline in the rural town of Ghari Local Government Area (LGA), Kano, is challenged by severe staffing shortages and an inadequately equipped ambulance. Despite adhering to the Minimum Service Package (MSP) guidelines, which require the centre to be operational 24/7.

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[VOA] Maputo, Mozambique -- Mozambique's presidential election runner-up, Venâncio Mondlane, has placed conditions on his participation in a meeting with the country's president to end weeks of political unrest over disputed elections. Mondlane delivered his proposal along with a proposed agenda and wants to meet Tuesday with President Filipe Nyusi and the three other presidential candidates.

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[VOA] Juba, South Sudan -- South Sudanese authorities say a confrontation between the People's Defense Forces and personnel protecting former spy chief General Akol Koor has been resolved peacefully, with both sides reaching an agreement to prevent further conflict. Heavy gunfire echoed for about an hour Thursday night around Koor's residence in the Thongpiny neighborhood of Juba, creating panic and raising concerns the confrontation between the two sides might escalate.

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[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigerian military authorities are praising the arrest of separatist leader Simon Ekpa in Finland on Thursday. Ekpa was arrested along with four others for alleged terror-related activities, including incitement to violence and terrorism financing in Nigeria.

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Women in Nigeria desperate to conceive are drawn into a disturbing scam involving trafficked babies.

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The anti-apartheid critic spent seven years in prison for opposing the white minority regime.

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[Premium Times] Eighty cheers to an outstanding scholar-statesman.

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[Premium Times] The Commission operates strictly within the ambit of its mandate and nothing testifies better to this than the fact that it has never lost a matter in court on account of acting ultra vires.

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The boats were carrying mostly Somali nationals, authorities said.

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[Dabanga] Dr Saad Yousif Obeid, professor in theatre at the Sudan University, had to flee his home in Omdurman after war broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April 2023. In El Gedaref, eastern Sudan, and later in Cairo, Egypt, he wrote about his and his son's experiences on the 99th day of the war, "maybe the blackest of our days ever", and what made him decide to leave.

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[UN News] Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday morning in Baku. Developing nations who had sought over $1 trillion in assistance called the agreement an "insult" and argued it did not give them the vital resources they required to truly address the complexities of the climate crisis.

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[Dabanga] Washington -- Two US Democratic lawmakers are pushing to block a $1.2 billion arms deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), accusing the Gulf state of supplying weapons to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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[Vanguard] IF Nigeria, our country, were to have been a place where ideas rule - as they do in developed countries and many emerging markets - men like Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari CFR would be kings and not only princes, as he happens to be by bloodline.

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[Vanguard] In recent times, the press has been inundated with claims and counter claims about PMS sales and pricing between the Dangote Refinery, the regulator, NNPCL and the marketing companies. These interactions are becoming rather an embarrassment to our nation.

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Ouagadougou, the vibrant capital of Burkina Faso, is buzzing with creativity as it hosts WEKRE, an open-air exhibition that brings contemporary art closer to the community. Meaning "emergence" in the Mooré language, WEKRE aims to make