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[Unicef] Juba/New York -- More than 450,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition as the hostilities are causing mass displacement and halting of critical health and nutrition services in Jonglei state, warned UNICEF in South Sudan.

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[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Simplex Chithyola Banda, has put Speaker of Parliament Sameer Suleman under intense pressure, accusing him of failing to protect lawmakers after police arrested two Members of Parliament while official Parliamentary Committee meetings were in progress.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has claimed that the military is fully occupying his residence, with armed personnel stationed inside, outside, and around the property, preventing his family from accessing it.

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[MSF] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have returned to south-eastern Mauritania to provide care to Malian refugees and the communities hosting them. Over the past two years in this border region of Hodh Ech Chargui, there has been a steady increase in refugee arrivals. Our activities focus on providing general and specialised healthcare, particularly paediatric and women's health services, and on caring for victims of violence.

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[Premium Times] The textbook, "Living History", reportedly excluded the history and culture of the Igbo people, according to several posts on social media.

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[New Times] The court of appeal in Paris on Tuesday, on February 3, opened the appeal trial of genocide suspect Claude Muhayimana, who was convicted for his role in massacres of Tutsi civilians in the Bisesero area in Karongi District.

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Kenya's central bank has warned that using banknotes to create floral-style bouquets is illegal and could lead to a prison sentence.

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[The Point] Raised blood pressure continues to be one of the strongest predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality with an estimated 1.38 billion people worldwide suffering with hypertension.

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[The Point] The Gambia marked a historic milestone on January 29, with the launched of the Edward Francis Small (E.F. Small) Center for Rights and Justice, commemorating what would have been the 135th birthday of one of the nation's foremost pioneers of political activism, civic resistance, and trade unionism.

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[The Point] Billions of dalasis were wrongly recorded or misclassified in the government's 2024 financial statements, prompting the Auditor General, Cherno Amadou Sowe, to issue an adverse opinion and declare that the accounts do not fairly reflect the true financial position of the state, during his presentation on Monday to the Finance and Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly.

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[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- "There is no other country where 10 people are killed on Monday, 50 on Tuesday, 100 on Wednesday, and it continues every week. How can such a country move forward?" asked Msgr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto. "What is happening in Nigeria cannot happen in Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Ghana or any other country in the world," he added, speaking in Yola, the capital of Nigeria's Adamawa State, at the presentation of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri's biography.

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The army has been deployed to support relief efforts in the region impacted by severe weather and flooding.

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[Global Witness] Global Witness is calling for businesses and governments to better consider the human cost of rare earth minerals, following the horrific mine disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently.

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Abiy Ahmed admitted for the first time in parliament that Eritrean troops had killed people in Aksum.

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[Nyasa Times] Three senior former government officials - former Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba, former Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale, and former Minister of Finance Sosten Gwengwe - have been arrested as part of a major corruption investigation involving billions of kwacha in public funds.

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Nigerian billionaire Matthew Tonlagha has signed a lucrative contract with the American lobbying firm Valcour, aimed at improving Abuja’s relations with Washington, according to documents reviewed by AFP on Monday.

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The Malawian government has declared a polio outbreak, bringing fears of another resurgence of the disease since the 2022 crisis.

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The United Nations has announced that it would shortly send a mission to the city of Uvira in eastern DR Congo in order to closely monitor adherence to the ceasefire in the region.

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Three Libyan soldiers from the army of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar were killed in clashes at the border with Niger, the force announced on Monday.

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Hodan Mohamud Diiriye faced a firing squad after being found guilty of beating Saabirin Saylaan to death.

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Eight African nations will be represented in Milan-Cortina - can any bring home medals?