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[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o has called on residents to turn-out in large numbers for the forthcoming visit by President William Ruto to launch the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha to Kisumu.

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Anti-apartheid activist, human rights campaigner, and constitutional lawyer, Nicholas “Fink” Haysom, died on Wednesday aged 73.

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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- March 20, 1956 was not an ordinary date, but a decisive milestone in Tunisia's contemporary history. On that day, after 75 years of French colonial domination, Tunisia broke with a past of subjugation, following the signing in Paris of the independence protocol.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President Joseph Boakai and members of the Liberian Senate are maintaining silence over the outcome of a crucial closed door meeting held at the Capitol Building in Monrovia, as unease continues to grow over mounting tensions along the border between Liberia and Guinea.

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[spotlight] The wins are there but the underlying reality remains, writes Professor Kogie Naidoo as she likens TB to a bridesmaid awaiting its turn to garner attention. The analogy is relevant given the overwhelming number of new TB infections and deaths each year globally for a disease persistently sitting in the shadow of other communicable and non-communicable diseases.

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[Vanguard] The Guinea Football Federation has urged the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to review the 1976 AFCON outcome, citing Morocco's walkout and a recent ruling against Senegal.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Defence Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has assured Kenyans that the country remains vigilant in the face of evolving global security threats, including developments linked to US- Iran - Israel conflict and wider Middle East instability.

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[Ghanaian Times] GHANA has long prided itself on being a nation rich in natural resources and human ingenuity. Yet, in the midst of our pursuit of gold, cocoa and oil, one invaluable sector continues to receive limited national attention, the shea industry.

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[allAfrica] Rwanda is improving its surgical care with the opening of a newly renovated surgical department at Kibungo Level Two Teaching Hospital, previously known as Kibungo Provincial Referral Hospital - a milestone that brings critical services closer to the community.

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Torrential rain that began on 18 March triggered severe flooding in Facatativá, a town 40 km west of Bogotá, affecting more than 1,000 families, according to local authorities.

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For the first time in decades, Al Aqsa is closed during Eid al Fitr, forcing Jerusalem worshippers to pray outside amid security tensions and tear gas.

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Donald Trump joked about Pearl Harbor while urging Sanae Takaichi to expand Japan’s role in securing the Strait of Hormuz, drawing a muted response.

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We obsess over billion-dollar startups and ignore the multi-billion-dollar hidden economy women quietly operate every day. Though acknowledging this reality

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They were part of a group of about 50 people dropped off by smugglers in the sea, with many unable to swim.

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Cape Town, 13 March 2026: Africa’s hospitality sector continues to expand, with the continent’s hotel development pipeline reaching 577 hotels and more than

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[GroundUp] Almost one in five residents of Clanwilliam and Citrusdal live in informal settlements with limited access to water, sanitation, and refuse removal

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[Dabanga] El Tina / N'djamena / Mabrouka -- Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby has ordered the immediate closure of Chad's 1,300-kilometre border with Sudan and placed the military on maximum alert following a deadly drone strike on a border town, yesterday.

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[African Arguments] The UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood recently announced an "emergency brake" on sponsored study visas for nationals from Sudan, Afghanistan, Cameroon and Myanmar. Presented as a crackdown on "visa abuse", the policy is framed as a technical adjustment within a broader effort to tighten immigration controls. In reality, it reveals something far more troubling. Sudanese students have become convenient collateral in Britain's domestic immigration politics.

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[The Conversation Africa] Namibia might not be well known in many parts of the world. But the arid southern African country has an extraordinary history.

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[The Conversation Africa] South African visual activist Zanele Muholi's celebrated work centres the lives and experiences of Black lesbians and trans people. For more than two decades Muholi has used photography to courageously open space for queer representation within and outside of art galleries in South Africa and across the world.

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[The Conversation Africa] Big projects bring big hopes and big dreams. They also bring big disappointment when they don't deliver on all the promises. Even when the projects work as they are supposed to.