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Many Nigerians associate bats with witchcraft but that did not deter ecologist Iroro Tanshi.

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Nigeria and Turkey have struck a defence agreement to help Africa's most populous nation fight its 17-year-long jihadist insurgency, the Nigerian defence minister said on Saturday.

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[263Chat] By Tinomudaishe Muzanenhamo

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[263Chat] Human rights violations rose sharply in March, driven largely by political tensions surrounding public hearings on the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3 according to a new report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP).

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[Namibian] THE governments of Namibia and Angola have finalised a N$4-billion agreement to build the Angola-Namibia Interconnector.

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[SADC] 20 April 2026, Gaborone, Botswana: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, in collaboration with the German Government through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit - Cooperation for the Enhancement of the SADC Regional Economic integration (GIZ-CESARE) Programme, will convene a High-Level Engagement Meetings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 27 April to 01 May 2026.

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[ISS] Reactive counter-terrorism posture risks entrenching armed groups in a new corridor linking northwest to southwest Nigeria.

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[Health-e] South Africans are being told that providing a new HIV prevention tool (lenacapavir) to just about 456,000 people is a victory. It is not. In a country that still records hundreds of new infections every day, partial coverage is unlikely to slow the epidemic in any meaningful way. Worse still, all of the supplies have not yet reached our shores.

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[RFI] MONUSCO, the UN's peacekeeping mission in DR Congo, has hailed progress after Kinshasa and rival M23 rebels agreed to ease humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days, following talks last week in Switzerland.

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[Premium Times] The party also banned its officials from wearing campaign materials or accepting gifts from aspirants.

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[GroundUp] But protesters say they are being billed for services they do not receive

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[Shabelle] Ankara -- Turkey has for the first time formally announced that it will directly support efforts to combat armed groups operating in Somalia, particularly Al-Shabaab and ISIS, according to officials.

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[GroundUp] "This march is a declaration that no one is illegal and that our future is bound together as one human race"

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's police counter-terrorism command said it carried out a planned operation targeting militant extortion activities in the Lower Shabelle region, killing a local leader and dismantling an illegal checkpoint, officials said.

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[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The Botswana National Front (BNF) marked its 60th anniversary in style on Saturday night, with President Advocate Duma Boko using the gala dinner to deliver a candid and forward-looking address centred on unity, economic reform and faith in the country's future.

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[Nyasa Times] A damning new United Nations assessment has laid bare a system gripped by corruption, procurement scandals and political interference, warning that Malawi's governance is steadily weakening under the weight of entrenched malpractice and selective accountability.

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Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering the sales of arms to Sudan's defence ministry on behalf of Iran.

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Pix of the Day, 20 April 2026

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[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is ranked the country with the second highest fuel prices on the African continent, recent data shows.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has been named among a growing list of countries accused of engaging in transnational repression, as regional security cooperation in East Africa comes under renewed scrutiny over alleged cross-border targeting of political dissidents.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Rongo MP Paul Abuor has proposed amendments to the Petroleum Act 2019 he says would accelerate the reduction of fuel prices when global oil costs fall, citing persistent delays under the current pricing regime.