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[This Day] Abuja -- Nigeria's oil and gas industry recorded a significant increase in drilling activity in the first quarter of 2026, with the number of active rigs rising by over 40 per cent between February and March, according to data released by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).

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[This Day] Nigeria has reverted to high volume of petrol importation, with petrol imports surging to their highest level in four months in May, highlighting the country's partial dependence on foreign fuel supplies.

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[New Zimbabwe] SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been told to hold the Zimbabwean government to account over the immigration crisis unfolding in his country.

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[New Zimbabwe] HARARE Mayor Jacob Mafume has warned residents of the capital against purchasing land within the capital and proceeding to build without verifying with council.

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[New Zimbabwe] VERY few of his colleagues in the Stand Up comedy business thought he would fill up Reps Theatre, of which they can be forgiven as Tinaye Wayne had last been on set over a year ago and even then he had not been the main act.

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[New Zimbabwe] A COALITION of civil society organisations has rejected the contentious Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 (CAB3), insisting that the proposed changes be put to a national referendum.

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[New Zimbabwe] SUB-aqua diver Victor Kazembe risked his own life by descending into a sewer-filled trench in Budiriro Sunday night to recover what rescuers believed was the body of one drowning victim.

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US Customs and Border Protection said Monday that a Somali national who was planning to referee in the World Cup had been denied entry after arriving to Miami International Airport from Istanbul on Saturday.

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[CFR] The most recent abductions and executions in southwestern Nigeria have brought home the religious character of the threat to peace and security in the country.

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[The New Humanitarian] Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- "We must learn from the past. During the 2018 epidemic, basic health structures were insufficiently involved."

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[Afrobarometer] Government performance ratings improve slightly, but still overwhelmingly negative.

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[UN News] The United Nations climate chief called on Monday for countries to step up action to implement existing commitments, warning that fossil fuel dependency is deepening economic instability and exposing vulnerable communities to worsening climate impacts.

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[UN News] Plastic pollution is choking the ocean, but sustainable alternatives - including seaweed - remain held back by tariffs, fragmented regulations and the overwhelming market advantage enjoyed by fossil fuel-based plastics.

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[African Arguments] The passage and lightning-fast presidential signing of the Protection of Sovereignty Act, 2026 represents a defining crossroads in our nation's governance. Tabled by State Minister for Internal Affairs General David Muhoozi and defended by President Yoweri Museveni, the Act introduces state surveillance, aggressive disclosure mandates, and up to ten years of imprisonment for individuals and civil society organizations labeled as "agents of foreign influence."

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[The Conversation Africa] In the rugged and mountainous Drakensberg grasslands of South Africa's Eastern Cape province, farmers rear sheep for food, cultural practices and financial security.

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[The Conversation Africa] Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected, opening a new radio astronomy frontier. A hydroxyl megamaser is a natural space laser, and this one is located in a violently merging galaxy more than 8 billion light-years away.

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[The Conversation Africa] HIV can damage the brain and cause memory and cognitive problems. And once HIV enters the brain, it does not leave.

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[The Conversation Africa] Anti-migrant campaigns in South Africa are increasingly being framed as acts of community protection. Protesters present their efforts as a response to community concerns about crime, unemployment and failing public services.

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[The Conversation Africa] In Ghana, community resource management areas are the main way that local communities get involved in managing natural resources that fall outside protected areas. In this way, rural people protect their natural environment and earn a living from using nature sustainably.

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[The Conversation Africa] The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda has now killed 61 people, with 359 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo strain of the virus has a fatality rate of between 30% and 50%, and there is currently no vaccine approved for it. Two scientists at the University of Oxford, Teresa Lambe and Rebecca Makinson, are part of the group who are working to develop one. In early June, Oxford was one of three organisations to receive funding from the Coalition for Epidemic

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[Dabanga] Nyala / Kubum / Markondi / Umm Basa / Ed El Fursan -- More than 13,000 people have fled their homes in South Darfur in the past week as fighting between the Beni Halba and Salamat tribes continues to spread across the region. In a recent International Organization for Migration (IOM) report, they state that 11,630 people were displaced between 4 and 6 June alone following clashes in Kubum locality.