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[Premium Times] The appointment of Nigerian energy leader, Akinwole II Omoboriowo comes as Botswana seeks to address persistent electricity supply challenges, expand its renewable energy footprint and become net exporter of clean energy within a short period of time

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- For the third consecutive year, Faith Kipyegon has been shortlisted for the most prestigious individual honor in sports: the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year.

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[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES gathered that on 15 January, he posted that he fulfilled one of his lifelong dreams by becoming a biker.

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US and Israeli strikes on Iran could encourage the Islamic Republic and its Arab neighbours to acquire nuclear weapons, Russia’s Foreign Minister warned on Tuesday.

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[GroundUp] Suspended Gauteng High Court Judge seeks to stop Parliament from proceeding with impeachment

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Embassy of Israel in Kenya has warned that Iran's ballistic missile capabilities extend far beyond Israel's borders, with ranges that could reach large parts of the Middle East, sections of Europe, and parts of Africa.

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Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko says he’s prepared to pull his Pastef party out of government and return to the opposition if President Bassirou Diomaye Faye drifts from the party’s vision.

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[Daily Maverick] Rescue teams retrieved the last body from the building collapse in Ormonde, Johannesburg, on Tuesday morning.

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[Shabelle] The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is deeply shocked and saddened by the killing of broadcast journalist Abshir Khalif Shide Omar, who was shot dead at approximately 19:30 on Monday, 2 March 2026, in Kismayo. The fatal shooting followed a short altercation between Abshir and a police officer, according to information gathered through initial enquiries by NUSOJ.

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Set in Georgia, where reproductive rights have been sharply restricted, the Oscar-nominated documentary short “The Devil Is Busy” captures a pivotal day inside a women’s health clinic navigating America’s new abortion landscape.

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Amid the escalating crisis, Washington has urged U.S. citizens in dozens of countries across the Middle East to leave, as fears grow of a prolonged and widening regional war.

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[263Chat] National Constitutional Assembly president Professor Lovemore Madhuku has criticised Parliament's public consultation process on the proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 describing it as "meaningless" and accusing Speaker Jacob Mudenda of failing to separate his party and parliamentary roles.

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[263Chat] SOUTH AFRICA - The bail application for Bellarmine Chatunga, the son of the late former President Robert Mugabe, alongside his co-accused Tobias Matonhodze, has been postponed to Thursday in the Alexandra Magistrates Court.

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[Health-e] For nine months, since May 2025, Kgorathuto Secondary School in Botshabelo in the Free State had ongoing water shortages, making the toilets unusable.

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[ISS] The effects of Africa's richest city running dry would be disastrous for its residents, the country's economy, and the continent.

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[Afreximbank] Afreximbank President, Dr George Elombi addresses the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the CARICOM in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis

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Amid concern among European leaders about wavering US commitments to defend the continent, President Emmanuel Macron said a new deterrence model was needed.

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African nationals were among those injured in an Iranian missile strike on the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement published on social media.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), working with international partners, killed a senior Al-Shabaab commander in a planned overnight operation in Lower Shabelle, authorities said.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, and the Transport Deputy Minister, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, have expressed their condolences to the bereaved family after one person died at sea and five crew members went missing, following the sinking of the MW Leo vessel near Mossel Bay.

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[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has called on all its citizens currently in the Middle East to urgently contact the relevant South African embassies accredited to their countries of residence to ensure that they are registered, and that their whereabouts are known to officials amid heightened regional tensions.