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The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opened on Friday with a glittering ceremony at the San Siro stadium echoed by festivities at venues across the snow-capped Italian Alps. The opening ceremony sparked numerous reactions across the world - even in Russia, whose team is competing under a neutral flag.

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After one of the driest rainy seasons on record at the end of 2025, drought is spreading in Kenya. This time, it is also affecting areas that are usually less prone to droughts than the country's north.

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Ciara and Samuel L Jackson are among the big names who have become citizens of African countries in recent years.

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Tehran said the indirect discussions in Oman have ended with a broad agreement to maintain a diplomatic path.

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[Daba Finance] West Africa's regional stock market, the BRVM, advanced on Thursday, diverging from losses across global equities and digital assets.

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Saif al-Islam, once seen by some as his father’s heir apparent, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at his home in the city of Zintan on Tuesday.

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[263Chat] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on ZANU PF Central Committee members to take a leading role in fighting corruption and strengthening accountability as the country pursues Vision 2030.

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[263Chat] Outspoken war Veteran and former Zanu PF Blessed Runesu Geza, popularly known as "Bombshell" has died at a cardiac hospital in South Africa, his family has announced.

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Health experts fear that as testing and monitoring drops the risk of the further spread of HIV rises.

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For generations, Seynabou Tall's ancestors have fished, dived and rowed off the coast of Dakar. It's the same place where the 14-year-old, who quit school nearly four years ago, is now learning to surf.

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Despite the presence of the army, residents of Woro and Nuku wonder how they will rebuild their lives amid all the destruction.

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Russian and US negotiators have agreed on the need to quickly launch new talks on nuclear arms control, following discussions held this week in the United Arab Emirates.

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Japan welcomed a new attraction in Tokyo on Thursday with the opening of PokéPark Kanto, Pokémon’s first permanent theme park.

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[RFI] Athletes from around the world are in the Italian Alps for the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday - including 13 sportspeople from eight African countries. Though the continent isn't associated with winter sports, Africa has been a constant and growing presence at the Games since 1960.

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[Maka] On the first day of Angola's taxi drivers' strike, two teenage cousins left home in different parts of Luanda on ordinary errands. One would not return alive. The other has spent more than six months in prison without charge.

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[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on Transport has noted the suspension of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) implementation.

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[Parliament of South Africa] The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has concluded its provincial public participation process on the Marriage Bill. The committee is satisfied that the quality, depth and breadth of the engagements have adequately equipped Members of Parliament with the lived experiences and perspectives necessary to strengthen and refine the Bill.

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[Parliament of South Africa] The South African Forestry Company Limited (SAFCOL) is losing millions of rands from timber theft in its Mpumalanga plantations, and its nature reserves are damaged by illegal mining, threatening eco-tourism business.

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[Leadership] The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja of convicting and sentencing its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, without enough evidence.

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[Leadership] The Attah-Igala and chairman of the Kogi State Council of Traditional Rulers, Dr. Matthew Alaji Opaluwa Oguche Akpa, will on April 4, 2026, officially turban Captain Aliyu Ahmad Yakubu, Group Managing Director and CEO of Pyatic Group, with the prestigious honorary chieftaincy title of Abeneche-Attah Igala.

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[Leadership] The Kaduna Branch of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has commended Kaduna State Government, security agencies and all stakeholders whose efforts led to the rescue of Kurmin Wali kidnapped victims.