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Earthen, 3D printed architecture for young trees

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[DW] Away from COP30's official talks, African activists in Belem, Brazil, joined the People's Summit to expose climate injustices and push for reparations. DW spoke to some of the people leading this fight.

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[Premium Times] "Our security and intelligence agencies have been issued clear directives to locate, rescue, and safely return the students, and to ensure that the perpetrators face justice."

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[New Zimbabwe] At least 2,531 people were affected by political violence in October across the country, according to the latest report by the human rights watchdog Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP).

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[New Zimbabwe] The sentencing of convicted businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe was further delayed on Monday to 1430 hours after their lawyers insisted they could not proceed without the written judgment, prompting Justice Pisirayi Kwenda to reserve his ruling.

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[Daily Trust] The Kano Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed concern over what it described as the Federal Government's lack of genuine commitment to resolving lingering issues affecting Nigerian academics, warning that another round of strike action may be imminent.

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[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican authorities have dismissed, over the last five years across the country, 96 staff working in the administration of justice for their involvement in corruption.

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[Daily News] Mwanza -- The case involving 11 out of 172 suspects alleged to have been involved in criminal incidents that occurred during the October 29, 2025, general election has been adjourned again to November 26 this year, after the prosecution informed the court that investigations are still incomplete.

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[WHO] Today marks the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day - mandated by the World Health Assembly - a historic milestone in global efforts to end a preventable cancer. This day of action builds on powerful momentum, with countries and partners uniting to launch ambitious vaccination campaigns, expand screening and treatment services, and accelerate progress toward eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem.

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[The Conversation Africa] Aquaculture - the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms - is the world's fastest-growing food production system.

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[UN News] For millions of people worldwide caught up in conflict, "war and hunger are often two faces of the same crisis," UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the Security Council on Monday, as it met to examine how food insecurity fuels fighting.

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[IPS] Belém, Brazil -- This is a COP of implementation. I do not want to see more texts that pile up on promises. But what we need is to detail what has already been promised. I want much more emphasis on adaptation because we have been too occupied with mitigation. --Carlos Lopes, Special Envoy for Africa, COP30 Presidency

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[Afreximbank] Cairo, Egypt - 17 November 2025 -- The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a Shariah-based multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are pleased to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation in promoting trade and investment flows across Arab and African countries.

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[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name.

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Saving System has developed a device that it says can help firms save electricity.

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Three additional fatalities are being investigated for a possible connection to the disease.

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The attack took place before dawn on Monday. Gunmen also killed the school's vice principal.

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Israel says South Africa had previously agreed to receive the 153 Palestinians who arrived last week.

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[allAfrica] In recent years, Africa has increasingly found herself at the crossroads of global health politics. On one side stand Western philanthropists and international organisations with deep pockets and strong convictions about how tobacco control should look.

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A coalition of 13 countries has announced new taxes on luxury air travel, applying to private jets as well as business and first-class tickets. Most of the members are from the Global South.