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After the first few matchdays of the group stage, several teams have already established a strong position to qualify, while the battle for the round of 16 remains wide open in other groups.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's national army has carried out a planned security operation in the Moora Gaabey area, about 30 kilometres northeast of Xudur, the administrative centre of Bakool region, military officials said.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The European Union on Sunday called for Somalia's territorial integrity to be respected after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state.

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[Shabelle] New York -- The U.N. Security Council will convene an emergency meeting Monday as global backlash grew over Israel's controversial recognition of Somaliland as an independent state.

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[Shabelle] Beijing -- China on Monday rejected any moves to recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, stressing its support for Somalia's sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.

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Hundreds of people packed a stadium in the Libyan city of Misrata on Sunday for the funeral of three top military officers killed in a plane crash last week.

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Vote counting is underway in Ivory Coast following legislative elections to choose the country’s 255 members of the National Assembly, a vote shaped by deep political divisions and lingering tensions from the recent presidential poll.

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Hopes of peace in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are fading after new clashes erupted in Uvira on Friday.

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Polls opened in Guinea on Sunday in the country’s first presidential election since the 2021 coup that ousted President Alpha Condé.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has launched a scathing critique of the proposed Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Turkana oil project, warning that Kenyans risk losing meaningful benefits from the country's long-awaited petroleum resources.

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Shabana Mahmood is facing growing calls to revoke the citizenship of British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abdel Fattah after the emergence of social media posts.

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With both teams under pressure and little margin for error, the upcoming clash promises intensity, history, and high stakes

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[Nile Post] President Museveni has pledged that the government will inject Shs1 billion into each of the five mechanics' Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) operating in the five divisions of Kampala City.

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[Nile Post] Police in Kiboga District have arrested a man suspected of orchestrating illegal political graffiti recently painted along the Kampala-Kiboga-Hoima highway, an act authorities say was intended to provoke political tension.

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[Premium Times] Governor Makinde said the federal government released N30 billion and not â'¦50 billion to Oyo State in the afteath ofñ.

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[Premium Times] There is an avalanche of determined efforts by governments at the federal and sub-national levels to cripple press freedom in the country.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Senate has invited the public to submit written memoranda on the South Lokichar Field Development Plan (FDP) and the associated Production Sharing Contracts for Blocks T6 and T7 in Turkana County, as the government moves closer to unlocking commercial oil production in the northwest region.

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[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- The Government has stepped up interventions to mitigate the effects of ongoing heavy rainfall, which has already disrupted transport infrastructure in several regions, including the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

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Roughly 2.3 million voters are casting ballots for president, legislators, and local offices, with provisional results expected by early January. The vote has drawn international attention due to ongoing questions about fairness and opposition obstacles, even as many polling sites reported calm cond

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[DW] Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup, faces weak opposition as UN warns of intimidation and restricted freedoms ahead of the vote.

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[Nile Post] National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has criticised Uganda's healthcare system, saying poor medical services continue to cost citizens their lives and push families into poverty.