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[Liberian Investigator] The Supreme Court of Liberia, through Justice in Chambers Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie, has placed a stay order on proceedings in the corruption case involving former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Thelma Duncan Sawyer. Sawyer faces multiple charges, including money laundering, theft of property, and misuse of public office.

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[Liberian Investigator] The Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has officially launched national activities marking the 2025 World Children's Day, reaffirming Liberia's commitment to upholding and protecting the rights of every child.

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[Liberian Investigator] As lawmakers debate President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's proposed bill to outlaw harmful cultural practices, former Miss Liberia Wokie Dolo has thrown fresh fuel on an already divisive national debate by calling for a complete ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) and other practices she described as violations of women's rights.

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[Liberian Investigator] A Liberian youth leader was reportedly shot and killed along the Cavalla River over the weekend in what residents say is another deadly act of aggression by Ivorian security forces along the volatile Liberia-Ivory Coast border.

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Comedy legend Eddie Murphy was on the red carpet on Wednesday for the premier of a new documentary “Being Eddie Murphy.”

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[The Point] The executive and entire membership of the National People's Party (NPP) France Chapter, under the leadership of Madam Assah Sillah, have expressed their deep appreciation to the Minister for Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, Hon Musa Drammeh, and his delegation for their recent visit to Paris, France.

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[The Point] The Centre for Policy, Research and Strategic Studies (CepRass) recently launched a two-year project titled "Assessing and Strengthening Democracy in The Gambia, under the theme "Building a Representative and Accountable Government," with funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

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[The Point] The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), in collaboration with partners, on Monday commenced a five-day intensive training for 60 government and non-government officials on drought risk modeling and early warning systems under the African Risk Capacity (ARC) initiative.

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[InfoWire] Mauritania's mining sector has become a cornerstone of national growth, accounting for nearly a fifth of the country's GDP and close to 25% of state revenues. Iron ore, gold, copper, and uranium projects form the backbone of the economy, with the state-owned Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) as the leading contributor, followed by Kinross Tasiast.

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[The Point] The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), in collaboration with the European Union through PRACSIS, recently organised the National Erasmus+ Information Day at its conference hall in Kanifing.

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[The Point] As part of government's ongoing commitment to enhancing national infrastructure, President Adama Barrow has announced an ambitious plan to construct an additional 700 kilometres of roads across The Gambia.

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[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government hopes to market 3.4 million tonnes of grain in the 2025-2026 agricultural years, which would be a seven per cent increase on this year's harvest.

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[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Interior Minister Paulo Chachine has confirmed that there are INTERPOL agents operating in the country as part of an operation aimed at combating drug trafficking, the trafficking in human body parts, and other transnational crimes.

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The United Nations and African Union Commission have announced a strengthened collaboration to align their flagship development agendas, aiming to eradicate conflicts across Africa and rectify the continent's underrepresentation in global governance, particularly at the UN Security Council.

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The Atlas Lions will face Mozambique on Friday and Uganda on Tuesday 18 November with both matches to be played in Tangiers.

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Exam results from areas which dropped English have declined, the education minister says, announcing the U-turn.

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[WHO-AFRO] Addis Ababa -- Health authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out further investigations and ramping up response after suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever were reported in the country's South Ethiopia Region. In support, the World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying an initial team of responders and delivering medical supplies to assist in the ongoing efforts to determine the cause of infection and halt further transmission.

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Godongwana accused Washington of spreading fear and misinformation, while praising Afrikaner groups who publicly rejected Trump’s remarks as unpatriotic propaganda.

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South African leaders across the political spectrum have condemned the U.S. decision to boycott the upcoming G20 summit, with President Cyril Ramaphosa calling the move a "loss" for Washington and opposition figures decrying the baseless claims about the country that prompted the snub.

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Nigeria Scraps Planned 15% Import Duty on Petrol and Diesel

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The family and lawyers of jailed Tunisian opposition leader Jawhar Ben Mbarek accused prison authorities on Wednesday of brutally assaulting him to try to force an end to his two-week-old hunger strike.