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[GroundUp] This overturns a high court ruling that the health department would provide treatment at state facilities instead of paying cash damages

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[GroundUp] The Bill proposes fines of up to R1-million and prison terms of up to five years

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[Nile Post] The Government of Uganda, in partnership with Japan, has launched a project to reconstruct and maintain bridges in climate-vulnerable and refugee-hosting sub-regions, including West Nile, Sebei, and Buliisa.

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[Nile Post] Despite decades of government programs aimed at boosting rural livelihoods, President Museveni has acknowledged that millions of Ugandans remain in subsistence-level farming, or what he described as "working for the stomach."

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[Namibian] Opposition parties are united in opposing a bill that proposes shifting oil and gas regulatory powers from the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Energy to the Presidency.

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[DA] President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address tonight comes amidst a backdrop of an improving economy, but South Africa needs faster growth and more investment to deliver on the promise of the GNU.

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[Ayin Network] For months, El Fasher was cut off from the world. No safe roads, no reliable communications, no functioning supply chains. Inside the besieged city, hospitals became islands of desperation. Doctors worked without anaesthesia, without electricity, and often without hope. Yet they kept going.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has ordered an immediate inquiry into a security incident that occurred on Wednesday during a public event in Wajir County attended by President William Ruto.

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[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The 2026/27 budget deliberations in Parliament have revealed a division among lawmakers, with government defending its heavy investment in healthcare and economic diversification while the opposition warns of recycled promises and fiscal sabotage.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court in Nairobi has ruled that Sh22 million arising from the late Justice David Majanja's Group Life Assurance (GLA) policy will not be handed to a single beneficiary under his Will, but will instead be distributed as part of his intestate estate.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has warned that drunkenness and drug abuse within the police service pose a serious threat to discipline, security operations and public trust.

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[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- A catechist, his pregnant wife, and 30 other people were kidnapped in Kadarko, in the Kadarko Local Government Area, Kaduna State, in north-central Nigeria. The catechist serves at the local parish of St. Joseph. The mass kidnapping occurred around 2:00 a.m. on February 10, when a group of armed bandits stormed into two areas near the village. The parish priest of St. Joseph Church, Father Linus Matthew Bobai, told local broadcaster Arise TV that "before the attack, the bandits had called one of my

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Nairobi City County Government has disbursed Sh 297.5 million in ward bursaries to support thousands of needy learners across the capital, reaffirming Governor Johnson Sakaja's commitment to accessible education.

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[This Day] In a landmark move to progress Nigerian trade facilitation, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has officially approved the activation of the Lagos Free Zone Green Channel.

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[Daily Maverick] President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcements during Sona of a water committee and the deployment of the SANDF were welcomed by GNU partners, with focus now shifting to implementation.

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[Daily Maverick] Cyril Ramaphosa's 2026 State of the Nation Address delivers a political balancing act, addressing diverse interests while avoiding contentious issues, showcasing the art of subtle governance.

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[The Conversation Africa] The Tigray region in Ethiopia's north has endured one of the world's deadliest armed conflicts of the 21st century. Between 2020 and 2022, as many as 800,000 people were killed (out of a regional population of about 7 million). This rivals estimates from recent major conflicts, including those in Ukraine, Yemen, Sudan and Syria.

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[Dabanga] Khartoum -- In Sudan, citizens trapped in conflict zones have not only been besieged by direct war violence, but also by social and economic complexities and harmful habits that civil society institutions, organizations, and community initiatives have been fighting for years, especially in relation to gender-based violence.

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The US president has shaken up international relations and the continent is working out where it stands.

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In a bid to lower high rates of gang violence and other crime, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced he’ll deploy the army to work with the police.

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An exhibition in connection with the 36th anniversary of the Operation Fenkil commemoration was opened this morning in the port city of Massawa under the