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[Premium Times] Mr Pate said beyond measles and yellow fever, five million children had received the pentavalent vaccine.

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It is the latest in a spate of violent attacks in Niger state, and comes a day after officials said schools could reopen following a mass abduction last year.

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[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- By Abdulgadir Mohammed, Former Senior Political Advisor and Head of Office, Sudan Mediation, United Nations

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[Dabanga] El Obeid -- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a drone attack at dawn today targeting a power station in El Obeid and Kenana Airport in White Nile state. The Media Coordination Council of the Sudan Electricity Company issued a press statement revealing that the El Abyad city power station was attacked by a drone belonging to the Rapid Support Forces in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Morocco laboured to a 1-0 win over Tanzania in a last 16 tie of the Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat on Sunday night.

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[Dabanga] Zarga, North Darfur / Amsterdam -- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) accused the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) forces of launching an attack with an Akanji drone on the Zarq area hospital and the Ghurair market in North Darfur State on Saturday, which resulted in the death of more than 64 civilians, including medical personnel.

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Pope Leo has expressed deep concern over the recent US raid in Venezuela, urging that the well-being of the Venezuelan people must take precedence over all other considerations.

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[RFI] Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant whose 54 years in the wild came to symbolise the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers.

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[The Conversation Africa] Large wild mammals - from elephants to antelopes - are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows that even the small creatures adapted to harsh, arid landscapes may be reaching their limits.

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At least 30 people have been killed and several others abducted after gunmen attacked a market in Nigeria’s Niger State, according to police. The attackers stormed Kasuwan Daji market in Demo village on Saturday afternoon, setting stalls on fire and looting food.

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Renewed tensions are flaring in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with fresh fighting reported around the city of Uvira in South Kivu province.

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Schools in "safe and secure areas" will be allowed to reopen after 250 children were taken in November.

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[The Conversation Africa] The US government paused all foreign assistance in January 2025. This abrupt decision affected the delivery of life-saving HIV medicines and the provision of HIV prevention services to millions of people. A UNAIDS report estimates there could be an additional 6 million new HIV infections and 4 million Aids-related deaths by 2029 if the world does not act.

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[The Conversation Africa] Uganda's police have long faced criticism for politically charged interventions. These include episodes in which lethal force has been used in ways that observers describe as excessive or indiscriminate. The main targets of restrictive or coercive tactics are supporters of the political opposition.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The African Union (AU) has expressed deep concern over the escalating crisis in Venezuela, warning that the country's complex internal challenges can only be resolved through inclusive political dialogue among Venezuelans themselves.

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[Premium Times] The African health organisation said that the study analysed more than 187,000 laboratory test results from 205 laboratories in 14 African countries, including Nigeria.

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[This Day] ·Gueye double fires Senegal through also

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[This Day] Nigeria reached 2026 at a delicate crossroads, balancing hard-won economic stabilisation against the rising pull of pre-election politics. Inflation has eased, the naira has steadied, and reforms are moving from design to execution, yet campaign spending and fiscal pressures are already gathering force. This is a year when budgets, markets, and institutions will be tested simultaneously. How policy discipline holds under political strain will shape business assurance and economic outcomes well beyond

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[This Day] Jose -- Gunmen attacked a village in Plateau State's Qua'an-Pan Local Government Area (LGA), killing seven people and injuring several others on Friday night.

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[Liberian Observer] Sixty-four years after it last sat at the world's most powerful peace and security table, Liberia on Friday formally reclaimed its place on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), marking a watershed moment in the country's diplomatic history and underscoring what many observers describe as the single most significant foreign policy achievement of the Boakai administration so far.

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[Ghanaian Times] Ghana has commenced diplomatic negotiations with Ukraine to secure the release of a Ghanaian national (name withheld) who is being held by the Ukrainians as a prisoner of war.