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Greece marks Clean Monday with Galaxidi’s flour war, as crowds throw dyed flour to close the carnival season.

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Basel’s 700-year-old carnival begins with the 4am Morgenstreich, as lights go out and masked musicians parade with glowing, satirical lanterns.

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A church service scheduled to honour jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been cancelled on the orders of the president, Besigye’s wife said on Monday.

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[Daily News] Dodoma -- Clears 93pc of economic cases

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New York was blanketed by nearly 60 centimetres of snow, shutting schools, silencing traffic and turning Central Park into a playground of sledges and snowmen.

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Ukraine marks four years since Russia’s invasion as Ursula von der Leyen visits Kyiv, vowing sustained EU financial and military support.

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[Our City News] The crisis facing Johannesburg's water systems is not only widespread structural decline, but a massive financial crisis where there is no money to pay Rand Water, contractors and repair crews.

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[Nile Post] Three times a year, Uganda rehearses the same distressing ritual: long queues outside bursars' offices, whispered negotiations for "one more week," and children sent home over partial payments. EDUCATION, our most reliable ladder out of poverty, turns into a termly liquidity crisis.

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[Scrolla] Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi admitted Meadowlands still has water problems linked to the Doornkop reservoir and said engineers will fix it urgently. Democratic Alliance provincial leader Solly Msimanga blamed poor governance and lack of maintenance for potholes, sinkholes and crumbling infrastructure across Gauteng.

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[DW] As mining companies scour Zambia's Copperbelt for metals used in sustainable energy, locals are dealing with unchecked pollution and contamination.

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Six people were injured and flights temporarily suspended after a fire broke out at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, late Monday afternoon, airport authorities said.

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[Daily Maverick] Most of the 17 South Africans who were trapped on the front line in Ukraine are out of the war zone. They were allegedly recruited by the MK party.

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[Premium Times] An aide to former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has provided a detailed update on the politician's continued detention, eight days after he voluntarily honoured an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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[Daily Maverick] A combination of high temperature, low oxygen and high levels of ammonia and 'organic pollution' have been implicated in the massive fish kill in a river estuary north of Durban.

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[Daily Trust] Executive Chairman of Hong Local Government Area in Adamawa State, Hon. Usman Inuwa, said that normalcy has returned to the attacked communities in his council.

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[Daily Trust] The Federal Ministry of Education, in partnership with the World Bank, on Monday flagged off the training of over 1,500 youths in Kano on carpentry, phone repairs and other vocational skills.

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[Vanguard] Makurdi--The Benue State Government has clarified that its planned rehabilitation centre targets youths forcibly recruited into criminal gangs, not hardened terrorists.

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[Vanguard] The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, in partnership with the British High Commission, has warned Nigerians against deceptive overseas job offers used to traffic unsuspecting victims.

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[This Day] Abuja -- Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, yesterday urged ministerial aides to support their principals in enhancing public policy formulation and implementation.

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[This Day] Eminent experts from across the country and beyond, the academia, as well as leading public and private sector players have called for deliberate and coordinated efforts, stronger policy discipline, macroeconomic stability and far-reaching market reforms to achieve Africa's economic integration.

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[This Day] President Bola Tinubu, last night, held an interfaith breaking of fast with governors across political divides, with a declaration that Nigeria was out of the woods, although the best was yet to come.