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[Nile Post] Outgoing Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Muhammad Nsereko, has called for strategic investment in Uganda's agricultural and industrial sectors while urging more direct communication between leadership and the youth.

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[Namibian] New International Olympic Committee chief Kirsty Coventry fought back tears on Wednesday as she urged nations to come together in the 2026 Winter Games, as the torch relay set off from ancient Olympia in Greece.

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[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa, November 26 -- Somaliland President Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro has issued a renewed national drought appeal, warning that conditions are rapidly deteriorating across several regions and urging immediate mobilisation of support from citizens, businesses and international partners.

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[Premium Times] Under the current law, Nigerians require a licence from the president of the country or the Inspector-General of Police to own a firearm, restricted to the type specified in the permit. Licensing is governed by the Firearms Act.

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[Premium Times] The officials who describe themselves as the "High Military Command for the Restoration of Order" read out the televised announcement on Wednesday.

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[Premium Times] "My fellow Nigerians, this is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas."

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[Premium Times] Nigeria's Anti-Terrorism Act prescribes a death penalty for kidnapping when the offence results in the death of a victim. Where no death occurs, other penalties apply depending on the circumstances, including life imprisonment for offences such as hostage-taking and kidnapping.

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In force since 2024, the so-called Kenya-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) drew opposition from experts who argued that the deal was supposed to be agreed with all east African countries, and not with Kenya alone

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[Nyasa Times] Chaos and uncertainty swept across the capital on Tuesday as members of the Malawi Police Service (MPS) moved to surround the Area 10 residence of former President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, triggering a furious political backlash and widespread unrest in surrounding communities.

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[Nile Post] President Museveni, the NRM presidential candidate, has cautioned arts teachers against pressuring the government over salary increases.

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[allAfrica] Nisrin Elamin is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and African Studies, specializing in Sociocultural Anthropology at the University of Toronto. She investigates "the connections between land, race, belonging and empire-making in Sudan and the broader Sahel region."

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[allAfrica] Interview with Ismail Adam, who grew up and was initially educated in El-Fasher, Darfur, Sudan before studying science at Khartoum University in Sudan's capital.

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After 2021's landslide win, Hakainde Hichilema has nine months to convince voters he deserves a second term.

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[MSF] After witnessing the deaths of his wife and daughter in the middle of bombings in El Fasher, Sudan, AM* set out on a gruelling journey towards Tawila, 60 kilometres away, on Monday, 27 October. They spent four agonising days walking on foot, in which he and his remaining family endured torture, beatings, and robbery. Along the way, in the village of Garni, he had to bury his niece, a young girl who had died of exhaustion and hunger.

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[Dabanga] Zalingei -- International humanitarian medical care NGO Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it has been compelled to withdraw staff from Zalingei hospital in Central Darfur for the second time this year, following a shooting incident at the hospital last week, which left a Ministry of Health stretcher bearer dead, and four people wounded.

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[CFR] A farcical election and brutal state violence make Tanzania the latest example of a government not fit for purpose.

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[Dabanga] The Sudan Media Forum (SMF) coalition of independent media outlets and organisations has expressed its deep concern regarding the fierce campaign waged by the Sudanese authorities and their judicial bodies against a number of journalists, pointing to the exploitation of the law in opening reports with articles whose punishment reaches the death penalty, and placing unarmed journalists in the same category as those who carry weapons, in a blatant attempt to confuse matters and criminalise free speech.

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[Premium Times] Abuja -- "My fellow Nigerians, this is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas."

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[Dabanga] London / El Fasher -- Harrowing new testimonies - some of the first from eyewitnesses who fled El Fasher after the fall of the city - tell of widespread summary executions, sexual violence, kidnapping, and a litany of atrocities and human rights violations, after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the North Darfur capital following the militia's complete control of the city on 26 October.

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[35Nord] Smart Africa Board Validates Digital Health Blueprint to Build a Single Digital Health Market - Historic decision on sidelines of Transform Africa Summit 2025 positions digital health as critical infrastructure for saving lives

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Residents were evacuated as the fire spread across seven of the eight high-rise residential buildings in the complex.