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Washington, USA, 16 January 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-The World Bank approved $100 million in financing from the International Development Association

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Police in the Ugandan capital of Kampala lobbed tear gas at protesters and put out fires lit after the Ugandan electoral commission announced early results showing incumbent president Yoweri Museveni leading a presidential ballot.

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President Yoweri Museveni is in a commanding lead ahead of his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine.

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[UN News] In war-torn Sudan, local communities say they don't have enough settlements for the internally displaced, few solutions for women who have suffered sexual violence - and there's a lack of aid available for people with disabilities.

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[African Arguments] The 15 January elections in Uganda are almost a foregone conclusion, preceded, as has become customary, by a violent crackdown against the opposition. As the results begin to trickle in, what are the prospects for the NUPs Bobi Wine and Uganda's Gen Z?

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[Maka] This text examines the espionage charges within Case File 3846/25-CE, the same case in which Judge António Negrão uncritically validated the terrorism theory already dismissed by the Public Prosecutor. If the claim of terrorism was absurd, the accusation of espionage is nothing short of a parody.

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[UN News] A staggering 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to suffer crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the lean season from June to August as funding cuts to humanitarian operations continue amid rising violence and displacement.

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[Afrobarometer] Majorities say crop failure and soil erosion have become more severe in their area over the past decade.

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[ISS] Last year's tragic events at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa show the danger of poor information in policing operations.

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[RFI] The bodies of at least 21 migrants have been found in a mass grave on a farm in eastern Libya, security sources have said, with as many as 10 others who survived captivity showing signs of of torture. It is the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the North African country.

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[RFI] Uganda's main opposition candidate, Bobi Wine, was under house arrest, his party said, as early results on Friday showed veteran President Yoweri Museveni with a commanding lead in the presidential election.

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Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan.

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Abubakar Abdullahi sheltered 262 people after they came under attack from Fulani herders in 2018.

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A Kenyan man who once lived on the streets now shares his small home with a small flock of rescued birds. Rodgers Oloo Magutha has nursed dozens of injured kites, owls and storks back to health, filling a gap in a country with few rehabilitation centres.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise call for improved diplomatic relations with Europe, saying Moscow is ready to restore dialogue despite ties remaining at their lowest point since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Ongoing floods in the north-eastern provinces of South Africa has led to the closure of the world-famous Kruger National Park.

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The controversy comes at a sensitive time for Pretoria, which is trying to repair strained relations with the United States. Ties have worsened under President Donald Trump’s administration, which has accused South Africa of anti-American policies, imposed steep trade tariffs

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Kampala remained tense and unusually quiet on Friday as Ugandans waited for the final results of the presidential election, with uncertainty gripping the capital.

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The game in Rabat (19:00 GMT) pits the continent's top two teams against one another, with the North Africans ranked 11th in the world and the Teranga Lions eight places below them.

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[Vanguard] Residents of the Odo-Kekere Community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, on Thursday evening, were thrown into panic following the sudden partial collapse of a structure in a local public school in the area.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has lauded the Dawoodi Bohra community for their longstanding contribution to Kenya's development, highlighting their role in housing, healthcare, and education.