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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's exhibition inspired by Proterocladus antiquus

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[UN News] The call for a more inclusive and representative Security Council resonated loud and clear at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, as African leaders demanded global powers address the longstanding inequity in the Council's composition.

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[Nyasa Times] Ministry of Health said it has intensified efforts to prepare against the emergence and spread of Mpox disease in the country.

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[CFR] The White House whitewashes the United Arab Emirates' role in the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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[Premium Times] the Edo Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, and the Deputy Governor-elect, Dennis Idahosa, presented their certificates of return to the president on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman / Khartoum North (Bahri) -- The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have launched a major ground offensive, supported by artillery and airstrikes, in key areas of Khartoum, according to reports earlier today. Pro-SAF sources claim the army has seized control of three vital bridges, Halafaya Bridge connecting Omdurman to Khartoum North (Bahri), the Blue Nile Bridge (Iron Bridge) linking Khartoum to Omdurman, and the White Nile Bridge, which leads to El Fitihab in Omdurman.

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[RFI] The Democratic Republic of Congo has brought a case against Rwanda to the East African Court of Justice, accusing it of "violating its sovereignty and national integrity" in the volatile eastern DRC. The court's first task is to determine if it has jurisdiction over the case.

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[VOA] United Nations -- Sudan's de facto ruler said Thursday that he wants to end the war in his country, but he said he will not sit with his rival general unless he withdraws his fighters.

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[Foroyaa] The New Responsibility party, led by former Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba, has formed alliance with the Socialist Party (PS) and other Left-wing parties ahead of the November 17 parliamentary polls.

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Prosecutors from the judicial divisions on terrorism in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso all issued the same statement apparently in coordination, aired on their national televisions late on Wednesday (Sep. 25).

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The British supermodel has been barred from being a charity trustee in England and Wales for five years after the poverty charity she founded nearly two decades ago was deemed Thursday (Sep. 26) to have been “poorly governed”. Two fellow trustees of 'Fashion foor Relief' were also sanctionned.

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World leaders taking the stage at this week’s United Nations General Assembly are warning about sea level rise and the impacts of climate change in the most dire and personal terms.

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Kenya's President William Ruto thanked the U.S. for the immense support that Africa has received in equipment and assistance during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York on Thursday.

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The head of Sudan's military told the United Nations General Assembly Thursday that the militias fighting in his country must put down their weapons and stop fighting.

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent.

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The BBC hears horrific accounts of rape from women trapped in the conflict between the army and the RSF.

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As he arrived in New York for the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that hopes for a cease-fire are fading, asserting that Israel will persist in its attacks on Hezbollah "with full force" until its goals are fulfilled.

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On Thursday, President Ruto spoke at the 79th annual UN General Assembly in New york and called on the international community to back the Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti, which is being led by Kenyan forces.

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In Benin, a new political crisis has erupted with the arrest of several personalities close to the ruling regime. They are accused of plotting a coup d'état.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the President of Equatorial Guinea, in Moscow.

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[Liberian Observer] The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republic of Liberia, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa, is set to lead a legislative delegation to the United States from September 27 to October 12, 2024. This mission will include participation in three major events: the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) 50th Anniversary, the Grand Kru County Development Association Convention, and the Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) Annual Convention.