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Geneva, Switzerland, 19 November 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-Zimbabwe is intensifying efforts to improve the prevention, early detection and treatment

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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince urged him to take action to help end Sudan’s devastating civil war, raising the prospect of new US involvement in a conflict that has already claimed more than 40,000 lives.

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Achraf Hakimi and Ghizlane Chebbak deliver a double success for Morocco as they are named 2025 African men's and women's footballer of the year respectively.

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Uganda’s opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) says police blocked its staff from accessing a planned campaign venue in the key northern city of Arua on Wednesday.

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] We regret to announce that the 2025 African Economic Conference (AEC), originally scheduled to take place from 7-8 December 2025, has been postponed.

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] World Toilet Day, an annual United Nations observance held on 19 November, aims to raise awareness about the global sanitation crisis and the urgent need for safe toilets for everyone, everywhere.

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] The African Development Bank Group on Tuesday commenced a round of high-level meetings with African development finance institutions and private sector financial partners to forge a bold, historic blueprint for a New African Financial Architecture, designed to bridge the financing gap for the continent's development needs.

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At a parade on Wednesday, national police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, told officers the country was depending on them for the summit to go smoothly.

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The United Nations estimates that over 2,000 pregnant women have fled El-Fasher since the Rapid Support Forces seized the city in late October.

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[InfoWire] Eight years after the launch of their alliance, Arsenal and Visit Rwanda have announced that they will conclude their partnership in June 2026. This joint decision, formalised in a common statement released this morning, marks the end of a highly successful cycle.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti is firmly in control and executing decisive operations against criminal networks, Kenyan Force Commander Godfrey Otunge has said, amid concerns over the transition from the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM).

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Earlier this month, the US leader said he would send troops into the country if Abuja did not protect the religious community.

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Pix of the Day: November 19, 2025

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[Daily Trust] Ilorin -- Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has called for an urgent security reinforcement in Eruku following Tuesday's attack on the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun, where two worshippers were killed.

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Macron will visit Mauritius, South Africa, Gabon and Angola for both bilateral meetings and multilateral summits.

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[AIM] Maputo -- Almost 1,600 people have fled from their homes over the past few days in Muidumbe district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, as a result of attacks by Islamist terrorists, according to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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Authorities in South Africa are investigating the fatal shooting of a school principal and an administrative staff member at Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa.

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[Premium Times] Mr Kwankwaso, in a statement on Facebook, described the killing of the military general and kidnapping of the schoolgirls as "a surge in insecurity in Nigeria (that) has reached a level that demands urgent attention from all authorities, especially the Federal Government".

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[Premium Times] The minister described the number of Nigerian Christians being killed as widely exaggerated.

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[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, according to new data from its Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP), which monitors the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhoea.

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President Bola Tinubu calls for swift action to return the schoolgirls to safety.