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[New Zimbabwe] Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder Walter Magaya's bodyguard, Tapiwa Felix Chikondo, has appeared before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzayi, charged with obstructing the course of justice.

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[This Day] US President, Donald Trump, yesterday doubled down on his claim that Christians are being killed "in very large numbers", and hinted at military intervention, noting that airstrikes as well as having US military boots on the ground in Nigeria were options that were being considered.

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[This Day] The federal government has appealed to striking Resident Doctors to return to work and allow both parties to use the opportunity of the ongoing negotiations to resolve all outstanding issues holistically and sustainably.

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[New Times] Two new industrial parks under development in Nyagatare and Nyabihu districts will be exclusively dedicated to agro-processing and integrated with circular economy models to convert industrial waste into valuable resources, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM).

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[GroundUp] Number of viral load tests is significantly lower than expected

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[UN News] Sudan's hunger crisis has deepened further, with new UN-backed analysis confirming that famine is underway in parts of Darfur and Kordofan, where fighting and sieges have cut off entire communities from food and aid.

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[UN News] A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world's vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting - and where you live, could determine how badly impacted you are.

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[The New Humanitarian] Tawila, Sudan -- "We left with nothing. Even water and food were thrown to the ground."

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[IPS] Johannesburg -- Closing the chapter on child marriages is still a distant ambition in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, and despite great strides at developing and passing legislation to eradicate it, existing and emerging drivers are still at play, making youngsters vulnerable to the practice.

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Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo will either lead a breakaway state or seek to take control of the whole country, Sudanese say.

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An Emirati presidential diplomatic adviser said "looking back" everyone made a mistake in the handling of developments in Sudan.

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There were mixed reactions in Lagos on Monday after US President Donald Trump said he'd ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria, as he stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.

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Col Mamadi Doumbouya has broken his promise to hand power to a civilian government.

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More than 40 people are known to have died since last week, according to officials.

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Italy's right-wing government has announced plans to issue 500,000 work permits for non-EU workers from 2026 to 2028.

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[Liberian Observer] Dr. Kalilou Sylla, ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture is optimistically that the deployment of the automated regional transit solution - also referred to as the Interconnected system for the management of goods in transit (SIGMAT) between Cote d'ivoire, Guinea and Liberia will bolster trade and improve local revenues in the three countries.

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[CPJ] Abuja -- As the world marks yet another International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists without accountability for the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls for global solidarity.

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[Ghanaian Times] The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters to take over investigations into the attack on the Director of Operations of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) and his team by thugs at Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region.

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[Ghanaian Times] Ghanaian media professional Bridget Bonnie-Agbenyor has been appointed as the Head of Information at the Ghana High Commission in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

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[RFI] Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated on Monday, even as the opposition labelled it a "sham". This comes as African observers said Tanzanian citizens had not been able to "express their democratic will", citing intimidation, censorship, and lack of an opposition.

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[RFI] The fall of El Fasher, the last army stronghold in Darfur, has become a turning point in Sudan's war. Last week, after an 18-month siege, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city, leaving thousands dead or displaced and many civilians still trapped. RFI spoke to an analyst who warns Sudan could now be on the brink of a split between east and west.