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[Premium Times] The textbook, "Living History", reportedly excluded the history and culture of the Igbo people, according to several posts on social media.

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[New Times] The court of appeal in Paris on Tuesday, on February 3, opened the appeal trial of genocide suspect Claude Muhayimana, who was convicted for his role in massacres of Tutsi civilians in the Bisesero area in Karongi District.

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Kenya's central bank has warned that using banknotes to create floral-style bouquets is illegal and could lead to a prison sentence.

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[The Point] Raised blood pressure continues to be one of the strongest predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality with an estimated 1.38 billion people worldwide suffering with hypertension.

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[The Point] The Gambia marked a historic milestone on January 29, with the launched of the Edward Francis Small (E.F. Small) Center for Rights and Justice, commemorating what would have been the 135th birthday of one of the nation's foremost pioneers of political activism, civic resistance, and trade unionism.

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[The Point] Billions of dalasis were wrongly recorded or misclassified in the government's 2024 financial statements, prompting the Auditor General, Cherno Amadou Sowe, to issue an adverse opinion and declare that the accounts do not fairly reflect the true financial position of the state, during his presentation on Monday to the Finance and Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly.

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[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- "There is no other country where 10 people are killed on Monday, 50 on Tuesday, 100 on Wednesday, and it continues every week. How can such a country move forward?" asked Msgr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto. "What is happening in Nigeria cannot happen in Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Ghana or any other country in the world," he added, speaking in Yola, the capital of Nigeria's Adamawa State, at the presentation of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri's biography.

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The army has been deployed to support relief efforts in the region impacted by severe weather and flooding.

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[Global Witness] Global Witness is calling for businesses and governments to better consider the human cost of rare earth minerals, following the horrific mine disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently.

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Abiy Ahmed admitted for the first time in parliament that Eritrean troops had killed people in Aksum.

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[Nyasa Times] Three senior former government officials - former Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba, former Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale, and former Minister of Finance Sosten Gwengwe - have been arrested as part of a major corruption investigation involving billions of kwacha in public funds.

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Nigerian billionaire Matthew Tonlagha has signed a lucrative contract with the American lobbying firm Valcour, aimed at improving Abuja’s relations with Washington, according to documents reviewed by AFP on Monday.

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The Malawian government has declared a polio outbreak, bringing fears of another resurgence of the disease since the 2022 crisis.

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The United Nations has announced that it would shortly send a mission to the city of Uvira in eastern DR Congo in order to closely monitor adherence to the ceasefire in the region.

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Three Libyan soldiers from the army of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar were killed in clashes at the border with Niger, the force announced on Monday.

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Hodan Mohamud Diiriye faced a firing squad after being found guilty of beating Saabirin Saylaan to death.

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The deportation protection has allowed roughly 350,000 people from the island to live and work in the US.

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[Afrobarometer] Most citizens say rich countries should help Zimbabwe respond to climate crisis.

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[263Chat] The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested a 29-year-old man in Harare accused of impersonating the multi-award-winning musician Ti-Gonzi following an incident involving reckless driving and suspected drug possession.

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[263Chat] Ruling Zanu-PF youth league political commissar Taurai Kandishaya says the party is actively seeking to engage former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa as it steps up efforts to project itself as a broad church open to political returnees and new members alike.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The number of Kenyans using WhatsApp fell by about one percentage point to 53.9 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the 2025/26 financial year, according to new data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).