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Violence around Tanzania’s October general election left 518 people dead, a government-appointed commission said Thursday — a figure far below opposition estimates of thousands killed.

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Cyril Ramaphosa said the suspension was because of the critical role Fannie Masemola plays in fighting crime.

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Delaying the closure of South Africa’s coal-fired power plants could lead to up to 32,000 preventable deaths between 2026 and 2050, climate rights groups warned on Wednesday.

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The United Nations says Libya is at a “critical” crossroads, facing deep political fragmentation, a distorted economy, and delayed elections that threaten the country’s stability.

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Caught between imported inflation, dependence on international markets, and structural fragilities, African economies find themselves on the front line of a crisis they did not cause.

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An envoy to United States President Donald Trump world football's governing body FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- --Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hosted Abdoulkader Houssain Omar, Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, at his office in the early hours of this morning.

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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia has recorded a major milestone in its industrial transformation, substituting imported goods worth 4.85 billion US dollars with locally produced alternatives over the past nine months, according to Industry Minister Melaku Alebel.

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[Vanguard] President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate, seeking approval to borrow a fresh $516,333,070 loan.

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The Tiwa Savage Music Foundation (TSMF), in partnership with Berklee College of Music, will this week deliver the first full instalment of Berklee in Nigeria:

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- As banks, financial institutions, telecommunications firms and payment service providers (PSPs) increasingly adopt stablecoins as core infrastructure for treasury management and cross-border payments, regulatory defensibility is emerging as a critical priority.

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[Daily Trust] Prof. Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said he accepted the responsibility of leading Nigeria's electoral body only after "a clear divine conviction that God would strengthen and help him in office".

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[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe welcomes more investment in mineral processing and refining as the country shifts from exporting raw minerals to domestic value addition, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said Wednesday.

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[Ghanaian Times] Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has engaged South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation over reported xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians.

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As Sierra Leone prepares for its next national election in 2028, political parties across the country have begun setting strategies and preparing to select

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[New Era] Abuja -- Nigeria is facing renewed violence from armed groups as the country heads towards elections, with assaults in the northeast killing high-ranking officers and analysts warning of the entrenchment of foreign jihadists in the west.

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Lusaka has been in a months-long dispute with his family over where he should be buried. Lungu died in South Africa last year.

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[Premium Times] The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, a joint task force in the North-east, have foiled a coordinated terror attack on Kukareta in Yobe State, killing at least 24 insurgents and recovering a large cache of arms and ammunition.

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[Liberian Observer] The government, through the Ministry of Health (MOH), has launched a high-level policy process aimed at tackling one of the most persistent challenges in its healthcare system: how to sustainably finance and retain the country's frontline health workers serving remote communities.

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[Liberian Observer] The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is drifting toward a systemic crisis, with new findings suggesting that what began as a survival livelihood for rural populations is rapidly mutating into an unregulated, semi-industrial gold rush--one that now threatens not only the environment and local communities, but also the country's economic stability and governance institutions.

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The Mauritius Financial Crimes Commission (FCC) has reported the seizure of ill-got assets worth Rs 160 million (approximately $3.4 million) and the