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Torrential rain caused severe flooding in Santiago, Chile, leaving homes, clinics and university buildings under water.

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[DW] The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which Yemeni government forces are trying to take back from the Houthis, is located not far from Djibouti and other African states.

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[allAfrica] The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has withdrawn a directive on the intake of asylum applications following violent anti-immigration protests in Durban and Soweto, as the government seeks to find a way to implement a Constitutional Court ruling without further escalating tensions.

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Protests in Soweto and Durban opposed the Constitutional Court’s decision to remove procedural barriers to seeking asylum. They followed months of anti-immigrant tensions

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has confirmed that a patient in Wajir County who was being assessed for a possible Ebola infection has tested negative for the virus but positive for malaria.

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[New Zimbabwe] As the old adage goes, even the mightiest oak falls at last.

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[Leadership] Guinea-Bissau's Prime Minister, Ilídio Vieira Té, on Thursday said the conditions necessary to organise presidential and legislative elections scheduled for December 6 had not been met, raising the prospect of a delay in the polls.

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[New Times] Callixte Mbarushimana, a former United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) employee and senior figure in the FDLR, died in France at the age of 63.

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[HRW] Lawyer Tried on Bogus Charges; Journalist Feared Forcibly Disappeared

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[Daily Maverick] Eswatini has repatriated 10 of its 31 deportees from the US, probably through South Africa, and there are rumours that they were released through informal border crossings.

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In its ruling on Wednesday, the Gauteng High Court avoided taking a position on whether the code was constitutional or on its goals for racial transformation

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[Daily Maverick] Ten cars were set alight in Orlando West, Soweto, on Thursday following violence between community members and foreign shop owners.

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South Africa has experienced recurrent outbreaks of violence, often targeting migrants from neighbouring countries.

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Nelson Mutongi critiques Andrew Chatora's essay collection as a fierce defence of authentic authorship against the threat of generative AI, framing the book as an urgent interrogation of the human creative voice amid technological disruption.

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As AI industry leaders fracture over existential risks and political leaders dismiss safety warnings as a hoax, unchecked tech monopolies accelerate a race toward cognitive and social destruction. Without democratic public ownership and binding international oversight, algorithmic capitalism threatens to reduce human agency to voluntary digital servitude.

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As US and Chinese superpowers weaponise artificial intelligence for global hegemony, African nations face a critical governance deficit. Without preemptive regulatory frameworks and rigorous contract scrutiny, unvetted foreign tech integration risks entrenching systemic dependence, compromising citizen data, and eroding institutional sovereignty.

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[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- The 54 WHO recognized African countries represent nearly 30% of WHO Membership. Therefore, when leaders of this global health institution are selected, Africans should have the opportunity to hear directly from the candidates: their vision, priorities, and commitments to our continent.