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In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.

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King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted a Commonwealth reception at London's St James's Palace on Wednesday evening, ahead of a trip to Samoa for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] As Africa transitions toward a climate-resilient, low-carbon economy, the African Development Bank, with support from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), is reinforcing its commitment to a just transition across the continent. In line with this commitment, key decision-makers from Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Namibia recently gathered in Nairobi for the final session of the Just Transition Planning Masterclass, a critical capacity-building initiative to support African countries in planning a fair and

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's monthly inflation rate eased to 3.6 percent in September 2024 amid an increase in food and non-food commodity prices.

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[New Dawn] Liberia's former Finance and Development Planning Minister, Samuel D. Tweah, Jr., faces Police interrogation over the death of the Head of the Internal Auditing Agency Emmanuel Barthan Nyeswa days after he filed US8 Million criminal bond in a separate charge.

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[Independent (Kampala)] New York -- Tony Elumelu, Group Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, used his platform at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this September to urge world leaders and policymakers to invest in Africa's future. In a series of high-profile meetings, Elumelu emphasized the critical need for transformative economic growth across the continent, particularly to eradicate poverty, create youth employment, and ensure an equitable energy transition

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The locally made boat, whose capacity was 100 passengers, had about 300 people onboard along the Niger River when it overturned in Niger state’s Mokwa district ...

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[Ghanaian Times] The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, has urged the police to expedite investigations into the cases of the remanded 54 Democracy Hub protestors by the next court date on October 8.

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[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya -- Crop diversity presents an opportunity to address some of the most pressing issues Africa faces today, such as climate impacts, biodiversity loss, and land degradation.

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[AI London] The Togolese authorities must immediately conduct an investigation into the serious violence that took place on 29 September during a conference organized by the opposition political party Convention Démocratique des Peuples Africains (African Peoples' Democratic Convention - CDPA), Amnesty International said today.

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President Luis Abinader is determined to push through with the goal despite a United Nations call to end forced repatriations to the Carribean country caught in a wave of deadly gang violence

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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] Cheap and reliable hydroelectric supplies mean that the Gitega hospital can spend more money on medical equipment and hospital teams can focus on saving lives.

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In a ruling issued on Tuesday, an Argentinian court said it would allow the transfer of football legend Diego Maradona's remains to a public mausoleum in Buenos Aires. It comes after a request made by Maradona's five children. Several people are yet to stand trial for his death in 2020.

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[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] In Chókwè, Gaza, polling station staff (MMVs) are instructed as part of their training ''to do everything possible to guarantee victory for Frelimo'', one of the MMVs told CIP Eleições. It is one of a string of denunciations from Quissanga, (Cabo Delgado), Buzi (Sofala), Monapo (Nampula), Alto Molócuè (Zambézia) and elsewhere.

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[Premium Times] The Senate Leader said he is not working against the Yoruba nation as alleged by some persons.

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Djibouti’s coast guard said the tragedy struck some 150 meters off a beach near the northwest Khor Angar region. The boats had departed from Yemen carrying 310 people, the IOM said

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The award-winning music icon fell ill while on a music tour in Botswana last month, his management says.

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[RFI] France's interior minister has ordered authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte to arrange deportation flights for migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo, as Paris seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration to the island off the east coast of Africa.

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Djibouti’s coast guard said the tragedy struck some 150 meters off a beach near the northwest Khor Angar region. The boats had departed from Yemen carrying 310 people, the IOM said

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[CPJ] Abuja -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Gambian authorities to drop all charges against The Voice newspaper editors, Musa Sekou Sheriff and Momodou Justice Darboe, and to repeal Section 181A of the country's Criminal Code in line with the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court's landmark judgment and recommendations from the country's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission.