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Police on Thursday detained a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine, accusing him of participating in bouts of violence in a remote part of central Uganda during last week's election.

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Residents of northern Nigeria's Kaduna state say kidnappers surrounded their village, beating up people, as they abducted dozens of Christian worshippers. "They took them from church on Sunday around 10am in the morning," says the mother of a kidnapped victim.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National Assembly Minority Leader and Suna East MP Junet Mohammed has made explosive claims that Raila Odinga could have won the 2017 presidential election had powerful figures within government fully supported his bid.

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[GroundUp] Former NLC KwaZulu-Natal client liaison officer Sibonelo Vilakazi used his position to obtain tens of millions of rands for himself and his wife

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It was initially designed as an initiative to cement the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

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Funerals for victims of Spain's train accident took place in Huelva province. Andrés Gallardo and David Cordon were among the mourned. The country is in national mourning with flags at half mast.

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The opposition politician is accused of election violence in which at least seven people were killed.

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Almost three years of war in Sudan have left more than eight million children out of school for nearly 500 days.

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At least eleven police officers were killed in a major jihadist assault in eastern Burkina Faso over the weekend, security sources confirmed, highlighting the persistent and deadly violence plaguing the country despite military claims of progress.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Jubilee Party has announced a major reorganisation of its leadership as it intensifies preparations for the August 2027 General Election.

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[Capital FM] Kisumu -- United Green Movement Party leader David Maraga has said the party may consider entering into a coalition with like-minded political groups ahead of the 2027 General Election, citing shared values on governance, accountability and anti-corruption.

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[263Chat] The country's major dams are averaging 89.1 percent full as at 21 January 2026, a significant improvement from 70.9 percent recorded during the same period last year reflecting strong inflows from the current rainy season, authorities have confirmed.

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[263Chat] A local human rights activist has called for the immediate suspension of Harare City Council alleging that more than US$200m in public funds may have been lost through what he describes as a deliberate "accounting blackout" and the manipulation of the city's financial systems.

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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary on Wednesday dismissed Elon Musk's idea of buying the budget airline and shrugged off insults from the billionaire, in a war of words that erupted over installing Starlink systems on aircraft.

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As Sudan’s brutal internal conflict nears its two-year mark, humanitarian leaders at the World Economic Forum issued a stark warning: the world’s largest displacement crisis is being dangerously neglected, with millions facing famine and disease while international attention remains elsewhere.

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Many Gazans are resorting to collecting scraps of plastic and paper in rubbish dumps to light fires.

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Regional powers Ecowas had previously warned junta head Horta N'Tam against such a long wait for elections.

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[Ghanaian Times] A member of the National Anti- Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat task force was shot in the thigh by armed assailants during a routine anti 'galamsey' operation in the Bono Region on Tuesday.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The global spotlight is set to shine on Liberia this Saturday, January 24, as the American internet sensation Darren Jason Watkins Jr., popularly known as "IShow Speed," arrives in the country for a landmark sports and tourism event at the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) Sports Complex.

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[Liberian Observer] Liberia has once again consolidated its position as the world's largest shipping registry, marking the third consecutive year the country has held the global maritime mantle and widening its lead over its closest competitor by nearly 45 million gross tons.

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[L'Express] Inside Mauritius' environmental leadership. How Mauritius learned to stop acting and love the status quo. At times even regressing. A carbon-free future fuelled by coal and plastic...