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[allAfrica] Accra, Ghana -- Foundational learning, the ability to read, write, and do basic math, is the bedrock of every child's education. This is not just an educational failure, but also a development emergency.

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[allAfrica] Tanzania's general elections triggered widespread protests in key cities including Dar es Salaam and Arusha as citizens demonstrated for the first time in 65 years. The absence of credible opposition candidates and the arrest of prominent opposition leader Tundu Lissu sparked the action as thousands of protesters took to the streets in defiance of a nationwide 6pm to 6am curfew imposed by authorities.

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Protesters gathered outside London’s Downing Street on Wednesday to show solidarity with the people of Sudan, as the country’s brutal two-year war enters a new and more dangerous phase.

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[Daily Maverick] One would have expected Tanzania, as the de facto leader of the Frontline States, to defend the gains of the liberation struggle and to be a leader in democratic practices. But alas, it has projected the worst of practices that are undemocratic in post-independent African states.

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[Capital FM] Kisumu -- A prominent Kisumu-based lawyer and former East Africa Law Society president James Aggrey Mwamu has called for urgent electoral reforms in Tanzania, saying the country stands at a "critical democratic crossroads."

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[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- ''No one can say they didn't know.''

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[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- ''No one can say they didn't know.''

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[Dabanga] Bara, North Kordofan -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reacted with "profound shock and outrage" to news of the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) volunteers in Bara, in Sudan's North Kordofan state.

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[Dabanga] El Fasher -- Horrific reports from the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, that has been captured and occupied by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), allege that 'Janaweed militiamen' have massacred wounded and sick patients in the city's Saudi Hospital, as well as civilians at the university, and the Interior Ministry. United Nations estimates say that at while least 26,000 people have fled in terror, amid the complete takeover of the city by the RSF, thousands of civilians remain trapped within the city

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President Vladimir Putin said the super torpedo, Poseidon, could not be intercepted.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was "appalled" by reports that 460 civilians had been killed in el-Fasher.

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The Hungarian and German visitors were travelling from the town of Diani on the Indian Ocean to the Maasai Mara reserve.

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] The president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Sidi Ould Tah is maintaining a steady pace of meetings with key players in Africa's financial sector.

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Incumbent president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is widely expected to strengthen her grip on power in the polls.

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England suffer a 125-run defeat by South Africa in the World Cup semi-final after Laura Wolvaardt's majestic 169 and Marizanne Kapp's five-wicket haul.

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[Shabelle] Baidoa -- Authorities in Somalia's Southwest State have announced a series of new measures aimed at holding accountable individuals accused of fuelling clan conflicts and revenge killings, in a bid to stem a resurgence of intercommunal violence across the region.

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Hurricane Melissa is grinding across eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

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The 40th Kreol Festival runs until November 2nd, and will return in October 2026, continuing its mission to preserve, celebrate and transmit Creole heritage to future generations.

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[Unicef] New York -- UNICEF is gravely concerned by the images and reports coming from Al Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan.

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An Ethiopian man who was mistakenly released from a British prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager has been deported to his home country, the U.K. government said Wednesday,

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[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has strongly condemned the resurgence of politically motivated bombings, warning that the latest incidents signal a potential return to an era of anarchy and intimidation.