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Nigeria: Ex-VP Atiku Resigns From PDP

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[Leadership] Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has officially resigned his membership from the People's Democratic Party (PDP), citing irreconcilable differences and a divergence from the party's founding principles.

Kenya: Tears, Anger As 12-Year-Old Bridget Njoki Laid to Rest After Police Shooting

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Emotions ran high at the burial mass of 12-year-old Bridget Njoki in Kiambu County on Tuesday, as family, friends, and Kenyans from all walks of life gathered to mourn the tragic loss of a young life cut short by police action.

Kenya: Killer Squads Do Not Exist in Our Police Formations - Murkomen

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has dismissed claims regarding the existence of a so-called "killer squad" within Kenya's police formations.

Kenya: 5.2 Million Children, 74,000 With Zero-Dose Record, Get Measles Rubella Jab

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Over 5.18 million children have been vaccinated against Measles and Rubella (MR) in the just-concluded national immunization campaign, with 74,000 previously unvaccinated (zero-dose) children receiving protection for the first time.

Rwanda: Cabinet Ratifies Rwanda-DR Congo Peace Agreement

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[New Times] A Cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on Wednesday, July 16, approved the June 27 peace agreement signed in Washington DC between Rwanda and DR Congo.

Kenya: Inside Ruto's Housing Job Claims - What the Data Really Says

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto's latest push to absorb 4,000 young professionals into the Affordable Housing Programme has reignited the debate over whether his government is actually delivering on the ambitious job creation pledges it made or simply making more promises.

Sudan: From Crop Failure to Weak Security - War Disrupts Farming Across Sudan

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[Ayin English] Recent reports from across Sudan pinpoint the difficult challenges that farmers face as the war continue into the third year. In Gedaref, eastern Sudan, farmers cannot find markets to sell their produce despite abundant crop yields. In Al-Jazeera State, farmers lack the state capital that used to support their operations, forcing them to curb production, and farmers in South Kordofan face constant insecurity, making it increasingly dangerous to farm their crops and transport them to market.

Sudan: Sudanese Lawyers Slam ICC Prosecutor's Report

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[Dabanga] Dabanga Sudan -- Sudanese legal experts and rights defenders have strongly criticised the latest report by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the UN Security Council, calling it a "chronic failure" in delivering justice for victims of atrocities in Darfur over the past two decades.

Africa: Green Energy and Protecting Nature Get the Thumbs Up in Climate Change Study in 68 Countries

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[The Conversation Africa] Africa has begun experiencing frequent extreme weather events. Extreme weather is defined as the kind of heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods that have historically been rare occurrences for the place and time, and which pose a danger to large numbers of people and the economy. Marina Joubert researches how the public connects with science. She was part of a multidisciplinary team who investigated how people in 68 countries understand the connection of extreme weather with climate change.

Sudan: Sudan's War Is an Economic Disaster - Here's How Bad It Could Get

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[The Conversation Africa] Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a struggle for power has turned into a national catastrophe. More than 14 million people have been displaced. Health and education systems have collapsed and food insecurity threatens over half the population of about 50 million.

Sudan: Sudan - Unicef Condemns Weekend Attacks That Killed 35 Children

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[UN News] More than 450 civilians were killed in recent "horrific attacks" in Sudan's North Kordofan state which the UN Children's Fund UNICEF has condemned in the strongest possible terms.

West Africa: How Stolen Cattle Links Ghana to the Jihadist Conflict in the Sahel

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[The New Humanitarian] Accra -- "If we had peace tomorrow, it would still take five to 10 years just to stabilise the country's livestock population."

Nigeria: Wave of Kidnappings in the Bight of Biafra

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[ISS] A decline in piracy has pushed criminals toward hostage-taking, creating a growing ransom economy in the ocean region from Nigeria to Gabon.

Prince Harry in Diana's footsteps with landmine walk in Angola

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The Duke of Sussex visited a mine-clearing charity in Angola once supported by Princess Diana.

Ramaphosa struggles to mend fences with Trump

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President Ramaphosa's special envoy has reportedly been rejected by the US, in the latest sign of frosty relations.

Mars rock found in Niger sells for $4.3m at auction

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The meteorite was discovered in Niger in November 2023 and is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars recovered on Earth.

Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma

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GENEVA, Switzerland – July 15, 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a

Nigeria: inflation falls slightly for third month straight, crisis not over

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Despite the slowdown of inflation in the country, economic hardship is still a reality for many Nigerians. Contrary to headline inflation, food inflation rose slightly in the past month.

Trump downplays US State Department's failure to release more Epstein files

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A bloc of Republicans have demanded more transparency from the White House, after the US State Department failed to release several files in the Epstein sex trafficking case. The US president has rarely been criticised this harshly in his own camp.

Africa: World Youth Skills Day - For Jenny Ambukiyenyi Onya, Ai Is Transforming African Women Livestock Farmers' Herds Into a Source of Finance

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] Editor's note: 15 July 2025 marks the 10thanniversary of the United Nations World Youth Skills Day. This year's theme focuses on empowering young people through artificial intelligence and digital skills.

Gabon: Gabon Restored to Full Membership Within the Commonwealth

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[Commonwealth] The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) was formed in 1995 to be a custodian of fundamental political values of the Commonwealth. It is made up of a rotating group of foreign ministers from eight countries, drawn from different regions, plus the foreign minister of Samoa as the Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office.

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