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[RFI] In almost three years of civil war in Sudan, the country's museums have been ravaged, with thousands of its archaeological treasures looted and feared trafficked. Researchers in Sudan and beyond are racing to catalogue and recover the losses, estimated at $110 million.

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[UN News] "Giving up is not an option - so many people depend on you," the words of Maryanne Gichanga, a participant in a UN supported initiative, which aims to help farmers in Kenya find solutions to alleviate the pressures of climate change on agriculture production.

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[RFI] Across Africa, a third of children under the age of five suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to Unicef, while in recent years the baby food industry has been rocked by a series of scandals, many involving major multinationals. But a growing number of local agri-food companies are moving into the baby food market.

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[Daba Finance] Senegal's football team beat hosts Morocco in a dramatic Africa Cup of Nations final over the weekend, triggering street celebrations across Dakar and other cities.

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[Daba Finance] African companies disclosed US$3.8 billion in funding in 2025, with deal volume up 32% and the number of announced transactions rising 8% from a year earlier, according to Briter's Africa Investment Report 2025.

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[Daba Finance] African tech startups raised US$4.1 billion in 2025, up 25% from a year earlier, marking the strongest funding year since 2022, according to Partech's annual Africa Tech Venture Capital Report released January 22, 2026.

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The wife of Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine speaks to journalists from her hospital bed in Kampala, describing what she says was an overnight raid on her home by armed men searching for her husband.

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President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt reiterated Saturday his country’s rejection of Israeli efforts to transfer Palestinians out of their territories in the Gaza Strip.

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Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the United States Consulate embassy in Johannesburg, South Africa, to hand over a memorandum calling for the release of former president Nicolas Maduro.

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Catastrophic flooding across Mozambique has affected more than 640,000 people, authorities say, with more than half of those in Gaza province.

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[Scrolla] Sunrisers Eastern Cape stormed into the Betway SA20 final with a commanding seven-wicket win over the Paarl Royals in qualifier two at the Wanderers on Friday.

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Thick plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing from the scene as firefighters worked to contain the blaze

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Within a vast, echoing multipurpose hall, the fifteen candidates took turns to sing their hearts out on a purple-themed stage in front of an audience made up of prison officials, volunteers and fellow detainees, who clapped and sang along with them

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced a government reshuffle Friday in which most ministers retained their posts and his brother, the current defence minister, also became deputy premier

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Rolling Stone magazine has named IShowSpeed the Most Influential Creator of 2025 while Forbes estimates his net worth at $20 million

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Haiti’s long-running political crisis deepened Friday when the country’s transitional presidential council announced it had voted to fire Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, just two weeks before the panel is supposed to step down

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A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected in Libreville next month, as the central African country seeks the multilateral lender's help to implement a reform program

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[United States Senate] Washington, DC -- U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below on Uganda's recent elections.

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Twins whose classmates were killed by shelling say their deaths have made them determined to finish their studies.

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[United States Senate] Washington, DC -- Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, released the following statement after the elections held in Uganda on January 15, 2026.

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[State Department] The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: