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The family of murdered Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba said Tuesday they hope to get justice, as a Belgian court weighs prosecuting the sole surviving suspect over the 1961 killing.

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Rescue operations are underway in South Africa and Mozambique, where flooding has claimed dozens of lives. It comes after weeks of heavy rains have lashed the two neighbouring countries.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has turned his fire on a deal between Britain and Mauritius to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested Indian Ocean archipelago that is home to a strategic U.S. military base.

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[Vanguard] The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday dragged a businessman, Sarumi Babafemi, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court over alleged N206 million fraud.

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[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- "The news is completely false; we have no evidence of any such attack," said Sule Shuaibu, Commissioner for Internal Security in Kaduna State, refuting to the press the reports of the alleged kidnapping of 163 faithful. This mass kidnapping reportedly took place on Sunday, January 18, in Kurmin Wali, a community in the Kajuru area of Kaduna State, while several religious services were being held simultaneously: a mass at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), another at a community belonging to the

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[WaterAid] Heavy rains over the last month have caused widespread flooding across Southern Africa, especially in Mozambique where more than half a million people have now been affected and the government has issued a red alert.

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The president of South Sudan has dismissed his interior minister, the wife of a detained opposition leader with whom he was running a unity government following a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war.

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Ogun state police say they have made one arrest as they look into the death of the Afrofuji artist.

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Energy is the lifeblood of modern economies, and for Africa, it is a decisive factor in shaping the continent’s infrastructure development, economic growth,

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Anthony Joshua’s two associates died in the December accident while he was hospitalised with injuries.

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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Informa Markets, a global leader in

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A high-level meeting has been held in Addis Ababa between Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), and Sheikh Shakhboot

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Morocco's Prime Minister has held discussions with a U.S. delegation as the two countries seek to bolster strategic relations. It comes after Morocco accepted an invite to join Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace'.

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Lagos, 15th January 2026 – Bloomwit, Africa’s best business communications academy, has launched public relations (PR) services tailored specifically for

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[Africa Check] No, US military has not bombed Nigeria's capital city in an attempt to capture president Bola Tinubu

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[Shabelle] Somalia's largest telecommunications company, Hormuud Telecom, has accused Kenyan government forces of deliberately destroying its telecommunications equipment and facilities in the Dhuyac-garoon area of the Lower Juba region, an incident the company says has severely disrupted civilian communications and mobile money services.

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Morocco’s Prince Moulay Rachid welcomed the country’s national football team at the Royal Guest Palace in Rabat on Monday, a day after their defeat against Senegal in the AFCON final.

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[Maka] Angola's proposed law against "false information on the internet" is a deeply flawed piece of legislation. It is presented as a response to disinformation, yet it reads more like a blueprint for state control of digital speech. In a country where civil liberties are legally established on paper but routinely constrained in practice, this bill accelerates an already dangerous trend: eroding legally established civil liberties through expansive enforcement powers, vague standards and punitive sanctions.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Uganda's army chief, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has sparked outrage and international concern after threatening to kill the country's main opposition leader Bobi Wine, just hours after giving him a 48-hour ultimatum to present himself to the police.

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[Premium Times] The industrial action stems from unresolved issues bordering on salary structures, professional recognition and welfare concerns.

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Nigerian police have rejected reports that worshippers were abducted from churches in Kaduna state on Sunday, insisting that no such attack took place.