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Funerals are never easy for families mourning their loss. They can also be a moment of financial stress. In Zimbabwe, some people are turning to burial societies for help. Those societies are now also helping the living pay for daily expenses.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has announced that schools across the country will proceed for the mid-term break between June 24 and June 28 amid growing concerns over student unrest in learning institutions.

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[GroundUp] Immigrants chased from Burnwood have spent days camped in a field

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[Liberian Observer] The interception of 198 compressed plates of cocaine valued at an estimated US$19.2 million at Roberts International Airport (RIA) has once again placed Liberia at the center of West Africa's expanding narcotics trafficking corridor, raising urgent questions about the country's evolving role as a trans-shipment route--and the legal outcomes that have followed earlier high-profile drug cases.

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[New Times] A new multicountry initiative has been launched in Kigali to accelerate the development of a vaccine against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease often mistaken for malaria due to its similar symptoms.

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[Liberian Observer] The Senate has confirmed Mr. Jonathan K. Weedor as Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), formally completing President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's swift replacement of the country's top electoral administrator following the resignation of former Chairperson Davidetta Browne-Lansanah.

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[Vanguard] ABUJA -- Demola Olarewaju, the Special Assistant on Digital Media Strategy to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has delivered a scathing assessment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration, declaring that the current level of economic hardship has effectively made former President Muhammadu Buhari "look like a saint."

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Pope Leo XIV made a rare visit to the cockpit mid-flight before greeting passengers and crew during his flight from Madrid to Barcelona on 9 June, marking the second stage of his week-long visit to Spain.

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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri stressed on Tuesday, while chairing a small cabinet meeting on the water system at the Government Palace in Kasbah, that the governance and reform of the water sector are among the national priorities on which the state is working in accordance with the directives of the President of the Republic.

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Omar Artan vows to officiate at the 2030 World Cup instead after arriving home in Somalia in the wake of being banned from entering the United States.

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The International Monetary Fund has approved a new $250 million extended credit facility for Rwanda, as the country's economy faces pressure from the Middle East war.

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Violent anti-immigration protests swept through Belfast after a refugee was charged over a brutal stabbing that shocked the United Kingdom. Buildings and vehicles were set ablaze, roads blocked and residents evacuated as tensions over immigration intensified.

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Renewables Outpaces Non-renewable Energy: Africa’s energy landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. In 2025, Standard Bank’s financing for

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T&D Africa 2027: While new generation capacity grabs headlines, the real bottleneck to Africa’s energy future lies in transmission and distribution.

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Morocco became Africa's first World Cup semi-finalists at Qatar 2022, but how close is a side from the continent to lifting the trophy?

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[SNA] Cairo -- The Minister of Human Resources and Social Welfare, Mua'tassim Ahmed Salih, affirmed that the "Government of Hope" is exerting significant efforts to restore security and stability in the country, noting that approximately four million Sudanese wish to return voluntarily to their homeland without dictates from any party or country.

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[Global Witness] Conflict coltan smuggled from the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is finding its way into global markets and popular consumer products, despite due diligence systems

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[Scrolla] · Twelve people were killed after gunmen stormed Jumpers informal settlement in Cleveland and opened fire on residents.

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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has surpassed 600 confirmed cases and claimed more than 100 lives, as health authorities warn that insecurity, resource shortages and travel restrictions are hampering efforts to contain the virus.

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AFC/M23 rebels and the Rwandan army have committed numerous war crimes in eastern DR Congo, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.

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Child Protection Week: In every classroom, every playground, every township street, and every rural village, there are children carrying their own unique