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[Capital FM] London, UK -- President William Ruto says 1,000 hospitals have been shut down over fraudulent Social Health Authority (SHA) claims.

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[Premium Times] The Equatorial Guinean who went viral in November after explicit sex videos involving him and multiple women surfaced online has returned to the spotlight.

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[allAfrica] On World Malaria Day 2014, in Dakar, Senegal, parents, health workers, students, government officials, athletes, teachers, and community and national leaders stood up and said, "Zero Malaria Starts with Me." Today, that commitment is alive across the African continent.

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His unexpected withdrawal has sparked speculation of a power struggle within the ruling party.

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[Premium Times] On Wednesday, the National Opposition Coalition Group adopted the African Democratic Congress as its platform for the 2027 general election.

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[Scrolla] Boreholes in Tzaneen have run dry, and 42 have been vandalised as villagers cry out for help during a drought. Mayor Pule Shayi says R45-million has been set aside to fix boreholes, but locals want the Rain Queen to step in.

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[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security partnerships.

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[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai will this weekend lead the country in yet another powerful national healing event, this time honoring the thousands of Liberians who lost their lives during the civil war, the Ebola epidemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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[Radio Dalsan] Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is scheduled to hold a highly anticipated and sensitive meeting today in Mogadishu with leaders from the Council of the Opposition Forum, headed by former President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

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Many survivors were pulled from the sea unconscious after hours adrift. Family members, gripped by fear, gathered at the port desperate for news.

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Authorities are implementing containment measures to prevent further spread.

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Progress was confirmed during a high-level meeting held on 16 June in Kinshasa between the Vice Prime Minister, H.E. Jean-Pierre Bemba, and a senior DP World

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The Court rejected the current prime minister's appeal against the six-month suspended sentence. Sonko has however affirmed that for him, the case was not yet closed.

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"The message being sent is that if you are a powerful foreign billionaire, you can sidestep South Africa’s laws, while our local businesses are forced to jump through hoops", said Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, deputy leader of the opposition party Build One South Africa.

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[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- A disturbing pattern is emerging across Africa where courts are being weaponised to silence journalists, with two high-profile cases this week highlighting how the judicial system is being used to punish reporters for simply doing their jobs.

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By De Wet Joubert, Operations & Strategic Projects Director, RS South Africa

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The draft text includes the creation of a Senate and most importantly a longer presidential term, increasing from five to seven years, renewable once. Guinea's transitional government has announced that the draft would be submitted to a referendum in September.

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The Spanish civil guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his brother were found dead after their car went off a road near the western city of Zamora.

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Botswana's Keitumetse Dithebe says the lowest-ranked side at Wafcon 2024 carry belief after reaching the last eight on their debut.

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How rural communities are reaping the rewards of clean water access

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[Vanguard] Abuja -- Coalition leaders, including former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Labour Party in 2023 election, Peter Obi, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and ex-Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday took over control of African Democratic Party, ADC, as the platform to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.