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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] On the outskirts of Addis Ababa, 30-year-old Behailu Seboka, founder of Askema Engineering, manufactures brake pads from discarded slaughterhouse materials. What began as a university project now employs 268 people and serves 6,400 customers across Ethiopia. "With the right support, we can prove that the circular economy is not only good for the environment but also for business," he says.

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It said the company needs to be organised 'more leanly' to seize opportunities provided by artificial intelligence.

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Cameroon faced a second day of political turmoil on Tuesday following the official proclamation of presidential election results, with protests disrupting cities and drawing international condemnation over the violent suppression of demonstrations and arbitrary arrests.

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Endiama sees value in leveraging De Beers’ mining technologies and marketing infrastructure to propel Angola’s diamond industry forward.

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For now, the question remains whether new, admissible proceedings might be mounted — and whether this episode will dent Sall’s influence both domestically and internationally.

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The new cabinet includes several prominent critics of ousted President Andry Rajoelina.

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The man accused of assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pleaded guilty on Tuesday, admitting to shooting the politician with a homemade firearm during a 2022 campaign speech in a case that stunned the nation and prompted scrutiny of political security.

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Violent protests in Douala over alleged election fraud led to four deaths and over a hundred arrests, with the nation questioning its future under current rule.

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[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican livestock authorities have restricted the movement of cattle in Moamba district, in Maputo province, because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

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[AIM] Maputo -- Resident doctors at Beira Central Hospital (HCB), the largest health unit in central Mozambique, have decided to suspend the strike that was scheduled to start on Saturday, since the government has paid three months of the overtime debt that it owes them.

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[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- There is great concern for the approximately 260,000 civilians who have been trapped for 18 months in El-Fasher, a city that fell on October 26 into the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) (see Fides, 27/10/2025).

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As Tanzania's election campaign concluded Monday, opposition candidate Salum Mwalimu held his final rally, emerging as the primary challenger to President Samia Suluhu Hassan in a vote overshadowed by the exclusion of major rivals and an intensifying government crackdown.

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It is believed the lenacapavir shot could end HIV/Aids in the country within 14 to 18 years if enough people were to take it.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Suspected al-Shabaab militants launched an overnight attack on a government security checkpoint in Mogadishu's Kahda district, triggering heavy clashes with security forces, security sources said Tuesday.

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A small plane crashed in Kenya’s coastal region of Kwale early Tuesday October 28 while en route to Maasai Mara National Reserve, with 11 people feared dead,

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[allAfrica] Geneva -- The UN Human Rights Office said Tuesday it is receiving ''appalling reports'' from Sudan that members of one of the protagonists in the war, the Rapid Support Forces, are carrying out atrocities, including summary executions, after seizing control of new areas.

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[allAfrica] The proposal by Pastef MP Guy Marius Sagna called for the indictment of former President Macky Sall for "high treason," among other things, due to his management of Senegal 's public finances.

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[ISS] These beautifully patterned creatures face extinction due to habitat loss, land clearance, the illegal pet trade and climate change.

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[Health-e] In South Africa, two people can live with the same chronic condition yet face vastly different realities.

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[Daily Maverick] Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has relaunched the South African Tuberculosis Caucus, a platform for political leaders to advance the response to the disease in the country. This comes as the Department of Health's End TB Campaign aims to test five million people for TB in 2025/26.

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[Daily Maverick] Veteran journalist and author Mandy Wiener's just-published, The Deal: Inside the Talks that Shaped South Africa's Future, captures the remarkable machinations behind the formation of South Africa's second multiparty government.