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[Daba Finance] The International Monetary Fund reached a staff-level agreement with Togo on the third and fourth reviews of its Extended Credit Facility program, a step that could unlock a $110.8 million disbursement.

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[The Conversation Africa] The United States' retreat from aspects of global climate and health leadership has exposed the risk Africa took in relying on external funding for these projects. When the US pulled back on aid, many African programmes and plans that relied on their funding, expertise, or political support had to abruptly end, leaving millions of people on the continent at risk of extreme poverty.

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[The Conversation Africa] Moving to renewable energy will fail unless wealthy nations help finance cleaner energy systems, industrialisation and local mineral processing across the African continent. This was the argument that African countries put to a recent meeting of 57 governments on phasing out fossil fuels.

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[The Conversation Africa] Several of Mali's major cities experienced coordinated attacks in April by a new coalition of jihadists and separatist groups.

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[IPS] Nairobi, Kenya -- Millions of African women live under laws that deny them equal rights at home. A well-funded global movement is working to make sure it stays that way.

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[UN News] There are more than 900 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 220 suspected deaths, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, said on Monday.

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Transforming healthcare and empowering: Following her recent recognition as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans 2025 by New African Magazine (UK),

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The 2026 Basketball Africa League (BAL) (www.BAL.NBA.com) Playoffs tipped off on Friday, May 22 at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, and will culminate with the

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Guyana confirmed to host: The second annual Caribbean Energy Week (CEW) will take place in Guyana in July 2027, convening regional governments,

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Canon demonstrates prints power: At FESPA Global Print Expo, 19th-22nd May 2026, Stand 2-E20 in Barcelona, Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) showcased how its

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Africa doesnt need to: By Rania El Rafie, Vice President, Public Relations&Strategic Communications at APO Group (www.APO-OPA.com).  Every year on 25

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Africa is not waiting: Pan-African campaign launches on Africa Day to spotlight the continent Africans are already building ADDIS ABABA / JOHANNESBURG /

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The famous annual cheese rolling contest brought chaos and excitement back to Brockworth on 25 May, where runners raced down a near-vertical hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester.

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A new political tone in Benin, fresh health fears over Ebola, the shadow of gold trafficking in Sudan, renewed turbulence in Senegal, and preparations for Eid al-Adha in Morocco are shaping Africa’s news agenda this week.

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Arsenal’s long-awaited Premier League triumph is being felt far beyond north London — including on the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone, where devoted Gunners fans are celebrating a title many thought they might never see.

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new wave of drone strikes has hit both rebel-held and government-controlled areas.

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Catholic worshippers gathered for Mass on Sunday in the city of Bunia, right in the heart of a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — despite a government ban on gatherings of more than 50 people.

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In the mountains of Dalgo Mahas in northern Sudan, unregulated miners armed with metal detectors search tirelessly for gold, hoping to earn enough to support their families amid deepening economic hardship.

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[MFWA] Ibrahim Abode, a reporter with Metro TV, was prevented from covering a government project launch in Ghana's Upper East Region on May 19, 2026, after a party official ordered him to leave and warned of consequences if he stayed.

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[State Department] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, emerged the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a total of 10,999,162 votes after the nationwide collation of results, promising to consolidate economic reforms, secure progress, and strengthen the foundation of a modern Nigeria in the second term.

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[State Department] Vice President Kashim Shettima has reaffirmed Nigeria's commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and a deeper strategic partnership with the Republic of Benin to sustain economic and democratic gains in the region.