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[Leadership] The city of Oyo in Oyo State was agog on Sunday afternoon with the influx of political office-holders, supporters and traditional rulers for the installation of new traditional chiefs by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade I.

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[This Day] Ghana has formally escalated the protracted River Park Estate dispute in Abuja to the ECOWAS Court, marking a significant diplomatic and legal turn in a controversy that now threatens to strain bilateral relations between Accra and Abuja.

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[This Day] The United States has ruled out deploying troops to Nigeria, saying its decision to designate the country as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) is intended to encourage reforms through diplomatic pressure and partnership rather than military intervention.

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[New Times] In recent times, there is a narrative that portrays post-genocide Rwanda as the source of all Congolese woes. It seems the world has been almost taken hostage by uncontrolled and scandalous anti-Tutsi and anti-Rwanda narratives that have become an easy refrain. Activists, academics, politicians, and even religious leaders continue to be manipulated by opportunist politicians and ethnic agitators.

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[New Times] When the government revised its national healthcare tariffs in July 2025, nearly eight years after the last adjustment, the move was widely welcomed as a long-overdue lifeline for private medical facilities struggling under rising operating costs.

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[People's Dispatch] The anti-government demonstrations erupted following the death of a young man who had been injured and severely beaten by the Tunisian police in late November.

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The Fulham midfielder will represent his birth country Nigeria in the competition featuring 24 nations.

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Nigerian authorities confirm the remaining students kidnapped from a Catholic school last month have been freed.

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[UN News] The path to long-awaited elections in Libya is paved with complications but they can be overcome, the UN Special Representative for the country said on Friday in a briefing to the Security Council.

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[UN News] The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year, as fighting in the country's east intensified amid renewed offensives by the M23 rebel group.

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[CFR] Frustrations rise as newly-public debt threatens PASTEF's agenda and creates a rift between its two leaders.

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[Dabanga] El Gezira -- A joint investigative report by Cable News Network (CNN) and Lighthouse Reports indicates the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied groups conducted a targeted campaign of ethnic-based killings in El Gezira state, central Sudan, between October 2024 and May 2025.

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[Ayin Network] A recruiter involved in enlisting young Sudanese men to fight in the Russian army told Ayin that only 15% of those recruited by Russia are actually fighting in Ukraine. Another recruiter, speaking about the risks, said that the probability of death or injury reaches 80%, with no opportunities to change their minds and return to Sudan.

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[Ayin Network] For much of Sudan's modern history, control of the air has marked the boundary between state power and insurgency. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) held aircraft, radars, and air defences. Armed groups moved on the ground, fast and lightly equipped, compensating for their vulnerability with mobility and brutality. That division has now collapsed.

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[UN News] As fighting escalates in Sudan, "people are scared, people are fleeing their homes", the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Friday, noting that more than 50,000 people have been uprooted since late October in the Kordofans region alone.

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The 5000-strong force is the latest in a series of measures by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to achieve closer integration

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As the rest of the world prepares for the end of the year festive period, Reggae fans and artists gathered in Abuja, Nigeria to celebrate Reggae festival 2025

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El-Sissi made the plea for a “more pluralistic” world order at a conference of the Russia-Africa partnership held in Cairo, which was attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and ministers from more than 50 African countries

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Nine people have died and at least 10 others were wounded after a group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of Sunday, authorities said

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The project falls under army ruler Captain Ibrahim Traore's Faso Mebo initiative, an ambitious plan to modernize the Sahel country

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After months of anticipation, the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finally kicks off today in Morocco. Twenty-four teams, six host cities, nine stadiums and a football-mad nation are ready to welcome the continent for Africa's biggest tournament.