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[RFI] Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated on Monday, even as the opposition labelled it a "sham". This comes as African observers said Tanzanian citizens had not been able to "express their democratic will", citing intimidation, censorship, and lack of an opposition.

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[RFI] The fall of El Fasher, the last army stronghold in Darfur, has become a turning point in Sudan's war. Last week, after an 18-month siege, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the city, leaving thousands dead or displaced and many civilians still trapped. RFI spoke to an analyst who warns Sudan could now be on the brink of a split between east and west.

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[Ghanaian Times] Under the banner of the Decade of Our Repatriation (D.O.O.R.), Abibitumi, has announced the Abibitumi Series of Events under the Decade of Our Repatriation (D.O.O.R.) initiative catalyzing the global repatriation movement.

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[Ghanaian Times] Minister of Education Haruna Iddrisu has reiterated the government's determination to complete all ongoing and abandoned educational projects across the country while introducing new initiatives to improve access and quality.

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[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- Tens of thousands of civilians who fled El Fasher are currently considered missing. Humanitarian organizations operating in the Tawila refugee camp, about 50 km from the city, which was captured last week by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), had anticipated a larger influx of displaced people. When the city fell to the RSF, it had a population of approximately 260,000, of whom the UN estimates at least 65,000 have fled.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has urged the youth to rethink their attitudes toward relationships, warning that the modern trend of avoiding commitment in favour of a "fashionable lifestyle" is misleading and destructive.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Police Service (NPS) is facing renewed scrutiny over the airworthiness of its ageing helicopter fleet after a police chopper conducting a flood rescue mission in Chesongoch, Marakwet East, made a hard landing on Sunday when its lift reportedly failed mid-flight.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government will not introduce new taxes to finance the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF), Presidential Council of Economic Advisers Chairman David Ndii has said.

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[Capital FM] Nakuru -- It is a relief for thousands of tea farmers in the country as the government in collaboration with Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) imports close to 100,000 metric tonnes of subsidised fertiliser.

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Tuesday's game at Parc des Princes will be a repeat of the 2019-20 Champions League final in Lisbon, where Kingsley Coman scored the only goal as Bayern secured a sixth European crown

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A team of surgeons from the Kingdom of Morocco has arrived in Kenya for a week-long medical mission to perform Cochlear Implant surgeries on more than 50 children with hearing impairments, marking a major milestone in regional medical collaboration and child health advancement.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Emirates has revealed that it has flown over 6.6 million passengers on more than 34,000 flights to and from Kenya since it began operations in October 1995, underscoring its role in linking the country to global markets.

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In the heart of one of Nairobi's most impoverished neighborhoods, where corrugated iron roofs stretch across the Mukuru slum, a quiet revolution is unfolding.

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Prosecutors say Tewelde Goitom, also known as Amanuel Walid, ran an operation bringing East African migrants to Europe under horrific conditions, demanding huge sums of money from their relatives to free them from camps in Libya.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Election Observer Mission (SEOM) has declared that Tanzania's 2025 general election failed to meet the bloc's democratic standards, citing intimidation of opposition leaders, restricted freedoms, and a lack of transparency throughout the electoral process.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Samia Suluhu Hassan has vowed to safeguard Tanzania's peace and sovereignty "through all means and at all cost," warning that her government will not tolerate any attempts to destabilize the nation following violent post-election protests.

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The New York City Marathon made history on Sunday with a course record set in the women's competition and the closest race ever on the men's side, which was decided by a fraction of a second.

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Pix of the Day: November 03, 2025

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Beyond the immediate devastation, the disaster highlights a bigger story, how Kenya, like much of East Africa, is being tested by a changing climate and how communities are struggling and adapting in response.

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Sudan’s ambassador to Egypt has publicly accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of committing war crimes and called for the international community to formally classify the group as a terrorist organization, marking a significant escalation in the diplomatic front of the ongoing conflict.

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More than 62,000 people are believed to have fled the Sudanese city of el-Fasher between Sunday and Wednesday, after the last stronghold in the Darfur region was taken by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group.