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[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that Nigerian senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has responded to the suggestion of the US setting up a military base in the oil-rich Port Harcourt and said that "whoever wants the oil can come and get it". But we found no evidence that he made this statement.

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For now, it’s the status quo — nothing has changed. Neither Bassirou Diomaye Faye nor Ousmane Sonko has spoken about the crisis shaking their party, their coalition, the “Diomaye President” coalition that brought Bassirou Diomaye Faye to power.

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[Premium Times] Last Thursday, the Nigerian government said the implementation of a 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel, approved by President Bola Tinubu, in October was "no longer in view".

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[SAnews.gov.za] Citizens have been urged to remain cautious as the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Level 9 weather warning.

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[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially sworn into office two newly appointed members of the National Executive at a ceremony held at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, on Monday.

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At least 25 students have been abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Nigeria's Maga town, Kebbi State, following an overnight attack by gunmen.

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The army is called in to help the police search nearby forests and rescue the kidnapped girls.

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[Nile Post] As Sudan's war enters its third year, the strategic region of Kordofan has once again become a flashpoint of violence, leaving civilians trapped in a spiraling humanitarian crisis. Despite constant shifts on the battlefield, the toll on ordinary people continues to mount, underscoring the urgent need for a ceasefire.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has confirmed that a series of hacker attacks targeting multiple state websites early Monday were successfully contained, with most digital services gradually returning to normal.

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The structure fell after panicked miners reportedly fled from military gunfire.

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As world leaders meet at the COP30 summit in Brazil, the urgent need to hit a global target of protecting 30 percent of the world’s ocean by 2030 has been brought into stark focus by an international science mission which has just returned with new evidence from the depths of the Indian Ocean.

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The Confederation of African Football has unveiled the final shortlists for the 2025 CAF Awards, and Morocco is shining across almost every category.

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Titled in Swahili “Chini ya Ardhi”, meaning “Underground” in French, the exhibition presents works carrying powerful messages. Paintings and sculptures illustrate Goma’s environmental realities — the presence of the volcano, as well as a tense security climate that weighs on daily life.

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Africa is being faced with a rare and worrying convergence. Ethiopia has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus, what many have described as a deadly relative of Ebola, while across the continent, cholera is surging at its fastest pace in 25 years.

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[New Dawn] Monrovia, November 17, 2025: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has officially relieved Mr. James A.S. Momoh of his duties as Superintendent of the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS), following damning findings from the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC).

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The ECDC says the region could still meet its testing targets for HIV, but that it will be harder to improve detection for hepatitis B and C.

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Nearly a month after being sworn in as Madagascar’s President, Michael Randrianirina, made his highly anticipated first address to the nation.

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[The Patriot] India has stepped in to assist Botswana in addressing its acute shortage of essential medicines, with availability levels reported to be as low as 36 percent. The announcement was made during a joint media briefing on Tuesday by President Duma Boko and visiting Indian President Droupadi Murmu, following the signing of a series of agreements aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two nations.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) Board Chairperson Josphat Gichunge Kabeabea has denied corruption charges after prosecutors accused him of soliciting and receiving a Sh5 million bribe from a businessman.

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[Daily Maverick] In the wake of Environment Minister Dion George's dismissal from office during COP30, for the first time South Africa is not being represented by a head of state at the annual global forum where nations will agree on legally binding or non-binding international actions to address the climate crisis - an increasingly deadly threat that South Africa knows all too well.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The global gaze will begin to turn towards Gauteng this week, as it hosts the people-centred G20 Social Summit on Tuesday.