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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Uganda's army chief, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has sparked outrage and international concern after threatening to kill the country's main opposition leader Bobi Wine, just hours after giving him a 48-hour ultimatum to present himself to the police.

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[Premium Times] The industrial action stems from unresolved issues bordering on salary structures, professional recognition and welfare concerns.

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Nigerian police have rejected reports that worshippers were abducted from churches in Kaduna state on Sunday, insisting that no such attack took place.

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[Scrolla] Gauteng officials say the school taxi driver in the Vanderbijlpark crash did not have a valid operating licence. The minibus taxi involved may also not have been licensed to transport learners to school.

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[Scrolla] The National Treasury plans a 20% tax on online gambling and extends the public comment deadline to 27 February 2026. Treasury says the tax aims to slow gambling addiction as online betting grows quickly across South Africa.

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Millions of Ethiopian Christians have been celebrating Timket, or the Orthodox festival of Epiphany.

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[Vanguard] Kaduna -- Confusion yesterday trailed the alleged kidnapping of over 170 worshippers by terrorists in three churches in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

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The ICC deputy prosecutor told the United Nations that civilians are being subjected to collective torture.

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Armed men with "sophisticated weapons" attacked at least two churches in Nigeria's Kaduna State on Sunday, according to local clergy members and police.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Intense, high-level deliberations are underway at the Executive Mansion as President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. weighs whether to veto--again--the re-enacted Liberia Sea and Inland Ports Regulatory Act, exposing a sharp divide within his inner circle and placing the administration in a state of political and legal ambivalence.

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The former heavyweight champion was a passenger in the crash, which killed two of his team members.

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The health of jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is failing, his party said on Tuesday, after he was driven overnight to a medical facility in the capital of Kampala.

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[Nyasa Times] In Malawi's public hospitals, a quiet but devastating crisis is unfolding. Patients are increasingly being forced to buy medicines that are supposed to be free, as chronic drug shortages continue to erode confidence in the country's already fragile health system.

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[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Government says carbon trading presents a new and significant financing frontier for sustainable socio-economic development.

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[SciDev.Net] Kampala, Scidev.Net -- A new wave of bilateral health deals with the United States is facing growing resistance across Africa, as courts, civil society groups and public-health experts question how the deals reconfigure control over health data, pathogen samples and national priorities.

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[Daily Trust] A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 22 for the definite trial of activist, Omoyele Sowore, in the amended Cyberbullying charges brought against him by the Department of State Service (DSS) for allegedly calling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a 'criminal'.

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[Nyasa Times] Former President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has broken his silence with a scathing warning over what he describes as a dangerous collapse of the rule of law, accusing the State of using law enforcement agencies to target opposition figures through intimidation, unlawful arrests and abuse of due process.

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[Vanguard] President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has explained why Super Eagles players were absent from the medal ceremony at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

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[Shabelle] Jerusalem -- Israeli political and security circles are increasingly alarmed by what they see as Egypt's accelerating military and diplomatic footprint in Somalia and the wider Horn of Africa, moves viewed in Tel Aviv as a direct response to Israel's growing regional presence, Israeli media reported.

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[Leadership] The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD) has dismissed claims by the Northern Elders' Forum (NEF) that the federal government sited a gold refinery in Lagos in violation of the principle of federal character, describing the allegation as false and misleading.