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[New Dawn] MONROVIA, August 20, 2026 -- The first group of 20 people transferred from the United States has arrived in Liberia, marking the beginning of an arrangement under which the country has agreed to receive up to 1,200 third-country nationals from the U.S.

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Young Mexicans are taking part in 'aura battles', where creativity, confidence and humour decide the winner. The trend is moving from social media to live events.

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It comes amid growing economic pressures during a summer of extreme heat that has left many Tunisians short of water and electricity.

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[Nile Post] Every morning, 538 children squeeze into three cramped classrooms at Paleo NFE School in Nebbi District, where a severe shortage of teachers, classrooms and desks has left pupils learning in overcrowded and difficult conditions.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has ordered political aspirants and other political actors to remove its logo from campaign materials within five days, warning that continued use will attract action.

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[GroundUp] It could take another 15 years to settle outstanding claims lodged by 1998

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Spain began relocating migrants from a makeshift camp on Ceuta’s El Trampolín beach on Thursday, 20 August, nearly three weeks after a mass border surge left thousands living without adequate shelter in the North African enclave.

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Tottenham are working on a deal for Omar Marmoush, but what could the Man City forward bring to the north London team?

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Residents of Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district spent Thursday assessing the damage after a Russian overnight barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones tore through a residential area.

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Authorities in the Central African Republic have closed an artisanal gold mine near the Cameroon border after a landslide killed at least 49 people, according to the official toll. Local sources say the death toll could be around 100, with many miners still missing.

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[New Zimbabwe] THE government is losing millions of dollars through the theft of medication and hospital supplies by employees at public health institutions, Health and Child Care deputy minister Sleiman Kwidini has said.

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Twenty migrants deported from the United States have arrived in Liberia, the first group of up to 1,200 people the West African country says it will receive under a new agreement.

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[CJID] August 20, 2026 -- The Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) strongly condemns the violent physical assault, harassment, unlawful seizure, and destruction of working tools belonging to Sunday Michael Ogwu, Editor of Pinnacle Daily, by officers of the Nigeria Police Force, supervised and led by the DPO of the Lugbe Police Division and members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN).

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Once a giant of African politics, the PDP is in danger of being wiped out after January's elections.

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The incident took place in the country's northwest ​Sokoto state, with many of the victims feared to be children.

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A navigation tool built in Kenya is using AI to help people with visual impairment understand what lies ahead as they move through Nairobi. 'Sightra' runs as a phone based web app, detecting cars, trees, furniture and other obstacles in real time and sending spoken descriptions through an earpiece.

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Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Cairo on Thursday for talks on bilateral cooperation and regional deescalation.

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Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders is calling for the release of two French journalists and their fixer detained in Togo.

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President Paul Biya, 93, returned to Cameroon on Thursday, after a 73-day absence that fuelled speculation about his health.