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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- At least 62 people have died across the country following ongoing flooding triggered by heavy rains, according to the Ministry of Interior and National Administration.

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[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces of his decision to deploy 2 200 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for service in cooperation with the South African Police Service (SAPS).

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[AIM] Maputo -- The number of cases of cholera in Mozambique in the current epidemic has now reached 7,326, according to the National Public Health Directorate.

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[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Minister of Communications, Américo Muchanga, has claimed that the the government's new regulations on telecommunications will not restrict use of the Internet.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali authorities have detained members of the Public Guards and hotel security personnel following a shooting incident that erupted at Hotel Dayax in the Waaberi district of Mogadishu, police officials confirmed to Shabelle Media.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali police launched a series of targeted anti-narcotics operations in the southern town of Dhobley and the capital, Mogadishu, officials said Friday, as part of a nationwide crackdown on the illicit drug trade.

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[Nyasa Times] In a revelation that has deepened the mystery surrounding the controversial K128.7 billion purchase of the Amaryllis Hotel, former trustees of the Public Service Pensions Trust Fund have told Parliament that the board had already resolved not to buy the hotel--but the minutes documenting that decision have mysteriously disappeared.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Six people have been convicted over a series of violent robberies linked to the 2015 killing of former Kabete Member of Parliament George Muchai.

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[New Times] Cricket action returns this weekend at Gahanga Cricket Stadium with both the men and women competitions taking place on March 13-14.

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[New Times] François Twagirumukiza, a businessman and shareholder in CHIC Ltd, has been elected as Chairperson of Rwanda's Private Sector Federation (PSF).

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[New Times] A new National Insurance Strategy aimed at transforming the insurance sector by addressing long-standing challenges such as low insurance penetration, limited public awareness, and slow claims processing has been unveiled.

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[FrontPageAfrica] When the aircraft carrying Liberia's Foreign Minister, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, landed Thursday at Khartoum International Airport, she became the first African official to arrive at the city's airport since it resumed operations about two months ago.

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Karam Hassan was arrested the moment he returned home. Sudan, December 2013: fresh from his studies in India, he was accused of opposing the government, imprisoned, then forced to inform on his own neighbors. "It became unbearable, unlivable," he says. "I decided to flee."

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France returned a sacred drum that was taken from the Ivory Coast during colonial rule at a ceremony in Abidjan on Friday, marking the first official restitution of a cultural artefact from France to the West African country.

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Police officers and the army targeted illegal mining sites in the Gauteng Province, according to authorities.

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South Africa said it had seized four Chinese fishing vessels after they entered its Exclusive Economic Zone without authorization, triggering an inter-agency response.

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Since 2019, Boukambou and a handful of fellow volunteers have worked to save these archives in the national broadcaster's former headquarters in the capital Brazzaville, whose ceilings are crumbling to the ground.

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FIFA and the International Football Association Board (IFAB) have announced several rule changes that will take effect at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, aimed at speeding up play and improving consistency in refereeing.

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Kengo Kuma & Associates unveils Shanghai Ring, an ambitious mixed-use development that aims to break the monotony of the high rise skyline in the city.

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The move forms part of a broader process of returning cultural artefacts to African countries that started in 2017.‎

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[Afreximbank] Cairo -- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is pleased to launch the second season of its documentary series, Impact Stories. Building on the success of the inaugural season, the new collection of six films expands the series' geographic scope to capture the Bank's growing footprint across Global Africa, featuring stories from the Caribbean and Africa.