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World Athletics rejects the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey as the requests were "part of a coordinated recruitment strategy" by the country's government "to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts".

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The consequences are already being felt through rising energy costs, with Birol warning of “two big problems”: soaring prices and dwindling availability of key petroleum products.

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Pope Leo XIV condemned an "endless cycle of destabilisation and death" as he visited Cameroon's English-speaking northwest on Thursday.

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Julius Malema was convicted in October last year unlawful possession of an assault rifle and firing it in the air at a 2018 rally.

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Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters, has been handed an effective five-year prison sentence over a 2018 incident in which he

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Bodo is a one-man performance that draws on Ngano, a traditional Shona storytelling method, blending it with modern visual and audio elements to create an immersive experience. Through this fusion of tradition and contemporary theatre, Guzha seeks not only to entertain but to provoke reflection

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After a strong 2025, African economies are facing a new threat: the war in the Middle East. The IMF now expects regional growth to slow to 4.3% this year. What’s different this time is that planners have tool kits to better absorb the shock

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A cargo ship sits low in the water at a harbor in Dar es Salaam, its massive steel hull groaning against the dock. On the manifest are the essentials of

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Gabon authorities have arrested main opposition leader and vocal government critic Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, his political party said Thursday.

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The pontiff was unusually forthright in his address at the presidential palace.

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The morning market in a typical regional hub is no longer the symphony of commerce it once was. A vendor sifts through a bag of grain, her brow furrowed at

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[FrontPageAfrica] DUAZON -- Summary:

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It said the humanitarian and security situations in the Great Lakes region has worsened to a “worrisome level", despite intensified diplomatic initiatives.

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Back in Sudan, only 63% of health facilities remain operational, according to the World Health Organization, as disease outbreaks such as cholera spread rapidly. Attacks on healthcare workers and infrastructure have further crippled the system.

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On April 2, Haiti’s government announced a 37% increase in the cost of diesel and a 29% increase in the cost of gasoline. With higher oil prices came a hike in the prices of essential food products

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[Africa Check] Ugandan president Museveni did not ask Kenyan counterpart to deal with opposition leaders 'with some lethal force' - graphics fabricated

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[Africa Check] No evidence of former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua being 'saved' from government-linked plot - image AI-generated

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[Liberian Observer] Retired Major General Daniel Ziankahn, former Minister of National Defense and Co-Chair of Liberia's National Joint Security, has told Criminal Court "C" that he had no knowledge of the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) being formally admitted into the national security architecture during his tenure, raising fresh questions in the ongoing US$6.2 million corruption trial involving former government officials.

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[RFI] Pope Leo XIV is travelling to the western Cameroon city of Bamenda to preach a message of peace in the epicenter of a separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world's most neglected crises.

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[HRW] Johannesburg -- Accountability Needed for Decades-Long Violations of Children's Rights

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[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition Simplex Chithyola Banda has declared that his recent arrest has not shaken his resolve, striking a tone that is at once emotional, reflective, and firmly defiant.