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The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers. The record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places.

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[SAPS] Mthatha -- The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola will meet with the Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya , the Provincial Commissioner of EC, Lieutenant General Nomethetheleli Mene, and the multidisciplinary team deployed to investigate mass shootings in the province.

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Samara University has reported that an earthquake, which struck the Awash Fentale district and surrounding areas on the night of 06 October 2024, caused structural damage to homes and ground fissures.

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In his first speech as Ethiopia's newly appointed President, Taye Atske Selassie emphasized the need to ensure, from now on, that "the monopoly of violence" belongs solely to "the government and its security apparatuses."

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[Addis Standard] Led by Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) announced that it has removed five members of the interim administration of the Tigray region from their positions, including President Getachew Reda.

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[Premium Times] Governor Peter Mbah-led administration in Enugu State has been demolishing properties linked to kidnapping and violent crimes in the state.

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[VOA] The Frelimo party has ruled Mozambique since its independence from Portugal in 1975. Argentina Bebe, 69, is among those who say the country, located in southern Africa, is doing fine under a dominant political party. She said she is too old for change and wants continuity to emerge from the general elections slated for Wednesday.

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[HIVR4P2024] Lima, Peru -- New data from the PURPOSE 2 study of twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention are among the scientific highlights at HIVR4P 2024, the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, taking place in Lima, Peru, and virtually from 6 to 10 October.

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Nearly 6,300 people have fled their homes in the aftermath of an attack in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members that killed at least 70 people, according to the U.N.’s migration agency.

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ndia stepped up its development assistance to the Maldives after Modi and Maldive's President Mohamed Muizzu held talks in New Delhi Monday in a bid to repair strained ties that saw the president of the Indian Ocean archipelago forging closer relations with China

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Sahle-Work Zewde was the country's first female head of state - a largely ceremonial position.

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The trio appeared before a regional court in Limpopo province, where the case was postponed until November 26.

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[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- About 40 million people live with hearing loss in the African region, but the figure could rise to 54 million by 2030 if urgent measures are not take to address the problem, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report.

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[Dabanga] An aircraft chartered by UNICEF carrying 1.4 million doses of oral cholera vaccines landed in Port Sudan on Saturday, to bolster efforts to protect children from the ongoing cholera outbreak affecting the country. The new batch of vaccines adds to the 404,000 doses UNICEF delivered to Sudan last month and will be used in the ongoing immunisation campaigns. The campaigns aim to vaccinate 1.81 million people against cholera in the hardest-hit states: El Gedaref, Kassala and River Nile.

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[Nile Post] As Uganda prepares to celebrate over 60 years of independence, the nation faces an alarming environmental crisis driven by rapid population growth and unsustainable exploitation of natural resources.

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[Reporter] Financial distress is often defined as the looming threat of bankruptcy, which hinges on a company's liquid assets and access to credit. It typically arises when a business posts consecutive losses--negative pre-tax operating income or net income--for at least three years. Empirical analysis reveals that once a company enters financial distress, it faces severe cash flow constraints and is often forced to halt dividend payments. Sharp dividend cuts, combined with sustained negative income, serve as early

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[Nyasa Times] With exception of Kamuzu Banda, who had excessive powers, not even one president--during this democratic dispensation--has taken the right steps to trim their power and studies show that all of them, including incumbent Lazarus Chakwera, have defied the Constitution for the sake of consolidating power.

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[Nile Post] Police in Kampala have kicked off investigations into circumstances under which a nine-year-old was found hanging in the Nsambya Police barracks.

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[New Era] Two people who were allegedly shot by their 59-year-old colleague at Henning Crusher at Ondangwa on Friday have been identified as 43-year-old John Myburgh and 44-year-old Johana Richter.

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[GhanaToday] Ghana's Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) recorded exponential growth in 2023, generating $3.944 billion in revenue.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- President Ahmed Madobe of Jubaland walked out of a crucial National Consultative Council (NCC) meeting in Mogadishu today, marking a significant point of contention in ongoing political discussions.