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[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan president João Lourenço travels to Washington DC (United States of America) on Wednesday at the invitation of US authorities, according to the Press Services of the Presidency of the Republic in Luanda.

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[Premium Times] The record is intended as a permanent accountability mechanism, calling out public officers whose actions undermine media freedom in Nigeria.

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[Premium Times] Journalists have increasingly become targets for state actors, political operatives and security officials who act without consequences.

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[Premium Times] The lawmakers said over ₦30bn traced and recovered during investigations into the agency's finances has not been released for use, prompting concerns about transparency and programme paralysis.

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[Premium Times] The group said Mr Yakubu's nomination is ill-timed, inappropriate, and injurious to the electoral commission's independence.

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[Premium Times] The State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday arraigned Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, at the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly cyberbullying President Bola Tinubu by calling him a criminal.

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[Premium Times] The speaker's comments -- and his political alignment with former governor and now FCT Minister Nyesom Wike -- suggest the truce between Mr Fubara and Mr Wike may be weakening.

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Kenya has launched the largest ever rhino ear tagging program at the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary in Tsavo West National Park

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Morocco is among the world's top saffron producers.

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Known as "One Boss Lady", Ethel Chisono Edwards has become known for her rants about the president.

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Pagou replaced Marc Brys, the veteran Belgian coach whose appointment last year seemed to be the sports ministry's choice against the wishes of the soccer federation led by Cameroon great Samuel Eto’o.

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ICC prosecutors say Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, a former senior commander at Mitiga prison in Libya, ordered or oversaw murders, torture, rape and other sexual violence between 2015 and 2020.

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Newcastle striker Yoane Wissa has been left out of DR Congo’s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, ruling him out of the tournament in Morocco.

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[allAfrica] Geneva -- Intensified attacks on villages and the rapid spillover of the conflict into previously safe districts force tens of thousands of people to flee across northern Mozambique, with close to 100,000 displaced in the past fortnight alone, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says.

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[SNA] Khartoum -- The Armed Forces condemned the daily targeting of Babanusa city by artillery shelling and strategic drone attacks carried out by the terrorist Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia of the Dagalo family, describing their recent ceasefire announcement as a political manoeuvre aimed at misleading international public opinion.

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[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Prisons Service stands at a pivotal moment in its institutional evolution, embracing a new transformative strategic direction that reimagines the role of prison facilities in national development. Moving beyond traditional custodial functions, the Service has embarked on an ambitious journey that places equal emphasis on inmate rehabilitation, staff welfare, economic productivity, and special initiatives. This holistic approach recognises that true corrections reform must serve both humanitarian

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[New Era] Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao has urged the public to remain calm, saying the health ministry, supported by partners, is implementing full-scale surveillance and response measures across all 14 regions.

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[New Era] President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday commissioned three national task forces to serve as the main engines to drive the seven priority pillars of the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6). She described this as a major turning point in how government delivers services and responds to the country's pressing needs.

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Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame will meet the US president in Washington on Thursday.

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[New Era] Namibia has called for the international criminalisation of colonialism, saying global law has "deliberately ignored" atrocities committed in Africa and left a glaring accountability gap that must finally be closed.

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[Monusco] Arriving in February 2021 to lead one of the world's most exposed missions, Bintou Keita took the reins of MONUSCO in a context of endless offensives, repeated armed violence, apparent powerlessness, and growing pressure on peacekeeping personnel and resources. This period was marked by a triple urgency: protect civilians, stabilize a conflict zone, and then prepare the mission for a gradual withdrawal, in accordance with the wishes of the Congolese government and under the supervision of the United