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[This Day] Nigeria is approaching the decisive phase of its long internal security struggle. By 2026, the country can no longer afford a security doctrine defined by containment, reactive deployments or temporary suppression of threats posed by Boko Haram, ISWAP and entrenched bandit networks. The moment now calls for leadership capable of ending wars, not merely managing them. In Lt. Gen. Waheed Shaibu, Nigeria has a Chief of Army Staff whose career, command philosophy and operational posture point clearly toward

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[This Day] While the controversy over the new tax laws rages, the aviation industry has raised issues with the new tax regime, insisting that it will erode profitability and adversely affect domestic air travel.

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[This Day] The federal government yesterday outlined an expansive set of policies and priorities aimed at accelerating economic growth, creating jobs and mobilising large-scale investment in 2026, as Nigeria seeks to move to a new phase of expansion.

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[This Day] Abuja -- Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment (FMITI) said it had taken concrete steps to ensure Nigeria's substantive readiness to trade within Africa under the preferential terms of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement.

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[This Day] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is working on an agenda to support beleaguered and persecuted Christian communities in Nigeria.

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[Nile Post] President Museveni has commended Prophet David Isanga, the overseer and spiritual leader of the Universal Apostles Fellowship Church of Righteousness, for prioritising the message of wealth and job creation in his ministry.

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[Dabanga] Casablanca -- The coach of the Sudanese national soccer team 'Falcons of Jediane', James Kwesi Appiah, has confirmed that his focus is now on the team's upcoming match against Senegal in round 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) football tournament, currently being held in Morocco, which prompted him to play the team's last group stage match with substitutes.

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[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- The war raging in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), since its outbreak in mid-April 2023, is approaching its thousandth day, amid a continuous escalation in the pace of fighting and an increase in serious violations against civilians, which international and local observers believe amount to documented war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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[Dabanga] North Darfur -- Since the outbreak of war in Sudan on April 15, 2023, education has not been spared the repercussions of armed conflict; in fact, it has been one of the most severely affected sectors, particularly in historically fragile states like North Darfur. In the localities of Saraf Omra and Kutum, field reports prepared by the Darfur Victims Support Organisation reveal a dire educational situation, where armed violence intersects with poverty, natural disasters, and the collapse of state institutions, threatening

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[Dabanga] The states of South and North Kordofan have witnessed fierce battles and accelerated military developments during the past four days, characterized by the exchange of control over the sites at breakneck speed, amid uncertainty surrounding their results, and a difference in the analyses of military experts between those who believe that it is an attempt to drain the Rapid Support Forces without achieving actual control on the ground, and other analyses that are being carried out as a serious attempt to

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[RFI] In 2025, we reported on war and displacement, culture and climate, power and pushback. Our journalists followed conflicts, questioned politics, unpacked new technologies and listened to people living through change. Some stories were hard reads. Others offered hope, humour or human grit. These are our top picks from the year - stories that reflect what we try to do at RFI English: explain the world, and stay close to the people living through it. Thank you for staying with us along the journey.

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[The Conversation Africa] Three species of the melodic African warbler bird refuse to get up early and sing their customary daybreak songs when the weather is cold. This new discovery was made recently by a team of soundscape ecologists in South Africa's mountainous Golden Gate Highlands National Park. The team's research co-leader, Mosikidi Toka, studies how animals and the environment make and use sounds, especially in mountains, and is currently completing a PhD on the sounds of natural habitats. He deployed automated audio

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Millions around the world are living in the shadows as stateless people as they lack official papers.

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In his address to the nation on New Year's Eve, Bassirou Diomaye Faye promised major public investments in areas including education, health and water infrastructure.

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In the popular seaside resort of Taghazout, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, surfers did not hesitate to put on their wetsuits and grab their surfboards in the early hours of New Year's Day.

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The Congolese government has labelled the latest offensive of the Kigali-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo “a clear act of aggression.”

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Gabon's sports minister announces a series of punishments after the national team's "disgraceful performance" at the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya won 86.72% of the votes counted so far, according to Guinea's General Directorate of Elections.

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Istanbul welcomed the New Year from under a blanket of snow. On the first day of the new year, the Turkish city also received its first snowfall of the year.

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Driven in part by a tourism boom and the rapid expansion of short-term rentals such as Airbnb, property prices in the central business district have soared, pricing out workers who rely on living close to jobs and services.