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Investigations continued on Thursday morning at the site of Lisbon’s funicular crash, where officials confirmed the death toll had risen to 17 and dozens injured.

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[Vanguard] Ebonyi State Government has banned graduation ceremonies for nursery and primary schools, banned compulsory lessons and writing text/assignment inside textbooks all the schools in the state.

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[Premium Times] Mr Emmanuel was received at the airport by several politicians and Akwa Ibom government officials, including the Deputy Speaker of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Kufreabasi Edidem and at least three other state lawmakers - that of Eket, Etinan and Oruk Anam.

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[Vanguard] Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal, has said he can wipe out banditry in the state within two months if he is given control over security agencies.

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[ISS] Solving the problem requires understanding the multiple roles that women play in enabling kidnapping economies.

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Taliban officials say the death toll is now close to 1,500, but that number is expected to rise as rescue workers battle to pull bodies from destroyed buildings.

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[allAfrica] Climate change continues to have escalating impacts on the world, making the Conference of the Parties (COP) an essential global climate action platform. Climate-related disasters are increasing worldwide, affecting mostly developing countries that contribute very little to global emissions. In Africa, climate change costs countries between 2% and 5% of their GDP. Some nations even allocate up to 9% of their budgets for disaster relief. Climate change has a particularly adverse impact on women due to

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Residents of Bukavu struggle with damaged banknotes amid rebel control

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[Cosafa] COSAFA Qualifiers will be staged in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 11-20 with 12 teams hoping to reach the continental finals that are to be held next year.

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[Daily News] Dodoma -- MOTORISTS in the country are experiencing a reprieve following a 36/- and 23/- reduction in cap prices for petroleum and diesel, respectively, which is expected to lower transportation costs, ease inflationary pressures and boost overall economic activity.

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A fast-moving wildfire has burned homes in the historic California town of Chinese Camp, founded in the 1850s by Chinese miners forced out of a nearby settlement.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Sinoe County Senator Crayton Duncan has admitted that Liberian public officials, including members of the Legislature, are corrupt--but claims the country's international partners are far more corrupt and responsible for the majority of poverty and suffering among Liberians.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia's Minister of Information, Jerolinmek Matthew Piah, has distanced the government from an internal memorandum purportedly issued by the General Services Agency (GSA).

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has admitted that her administration did not do enough to address the social and emotional impact of the country's civil war, particularly on the youth.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- An audit by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) has revealed that the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning may be circumventing the approved salary structure by disbursing wages under the "Grants/Transfers" category in the national budget, instead of the standard "Basic Salaries" allocation.

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At a meeting of the joint oversight committee in Washington, members acknowledged the slowness of progress in implementing the agreement.

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[Government of Mauritius] The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China, Dr Huang Shifang, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Land Transport, Mr Mahomed Osman Cassam Mahomed, in Port Louis, yesterday.

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[Vanguard] Nigeria's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is on course to outperform oil and gas as the country's biggest revenue earner by 2027, according to Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani.

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[Africa CDC] When a public health emergency strikes, every hour counts. Rapid access to medical countermeasures can be the difference between containment and escalation.

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[Africa CDC] A year after mpox was declared a continental health threat, Africa's response has shown encouraging momentum. An interim analysis of a new study by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) reveals strong public engagement, with above-average vaccine acceptance across all surveyed countries and firm trust in health information shared via television, radio and frontline health workers.

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On the sidelines of World War II’s 80th anniversary celebrations in Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo.