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Cameroon's president has been absent for two months while his team denies rumours about his health.

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Algeria is ushering in a new era after parting ways with head coach Vladimir Petković by mutual agreement, just weeks after their World Cup campaign.

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Nigeria’s National Economic Council has approved a major refinancing of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s oil-backed loan facility, creating a

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Relatives describe the mother as "the family's pride and joy".

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A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 14 people and injured several others at an Orthodox monastery in Ethiopia’s Amhara region on 3 August.

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The vessel, which has not been named, reported being "hit by an unknown projectile" and authorities were investigating, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said, adding the incident occurred 20 nautical miles (37 kilometres) northeast of Al Khasab, Oman.

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Cameroon’s 93-year-old President Paul Biya has reshuffled senior military leadership while remaining abroad and out of public view for nearly two months.

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Morocco is set to construct a $1.5 billion waste-to-energy facility in Casablanca, marking a significant step in sustainable urban management and clean power

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Artificial intelligence is now powering more than half of reported cybercrime across Africa, allowing criminals to launch faster, more convincing and larger-scale attacks, according to INTERPOL's African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026.

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Mali could raise up to 883 million dollars from recent mining reforms to help fund energy, water and transport projects, according to the country’s finance minister.

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The rain-triggered landslide sent rocks and earth crashing onto worshippers at a monastery, authorities say.

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The United Arab Emirates is rapidly emerging as one of Africa’s most influential economic partners, pouring capital into ports, mines, farmland, energy

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Families in Morocco are desperately searching for missing relatives days after a deadly mass crossing into Spain's enclave of Ceuta, while thousands of migrants who remain in the territory queue for their first food aid after days without assistance.

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Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is reportedly in intensive care after his condition dramatically worsened in custody. His wife says the 70-year-old is now in critical condition at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, with medical sources describing him as unresponsive.

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The bodies of Zimbabwean national Nothabo Zandile Tshuma and her two daughters have arrived in Harare ahead of their burial in Bulawayo. The trio were allegedly killed in the United Kingdom last month, while the children's father remains in custody in South Africa.

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Team Nigeria closed the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as the highest-ranked African nation, finishing seventh overall with 24 medals: 10 gold, seven

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Ghana has become one of the few African countries to embed artificial intelligence and coding into basic education, introducing the subjects from kindergarten

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Guinea has announced it will not join the planned ECOWAS single currency, the eco, set to launch in July 2027 among the bloc’s 12 member states. The country

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Nigeria plans to transition to a market-based domestic gas pricing system within the next one to two years, according to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream

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Africa’s expanding space sector is becoming a new arena for strategic competition between the United States and China as governments on the continent seek

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Emmanuel Akuoko did not return to Ghana with the wealth he had promised his family. Instead, he came back with the bitter feeling of having been forced to dismantle more than a decade of his life in just a few days