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[The Conversation Africa] Shea butter has become a highly sought-after ingredient in cosmetics and food manufacturing worldwide. Since the early 2000s its use as a substitute for cocoa butter has driven a dramatic rise in international demand. The shea butter industry has grown by more than 600% over the last 20 years.

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[The Conversation Africa] As the world shifts to clean energy, minerals such as lithium, cobalt and manganese have become as important as oil once was. Africa holds large reserves of these critical minerals. Yet they are mostly exported as raw materials, returning as expensive green technologies made in factories overseas. South Africa's G20 presidency set up a new critical minerals framework that aims to help Africa's mineral-rich countries benefit more from local processing and manufacturing. Geoscientists Glen Nwaila and Grant

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[The Conversation Africa] Somaliland is not internationally recognised as a sovereign state, though it declared independence from Somalia in 1991. A territory becomes a sovereign state when its independence is recognised by the United Nations. For this reason, it has no seat at the UN and is considered, under international law, part of Somalia.

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[The Conversation Africa] In Nigeria, agriculture contributes about 40% to national gross domestic product and supports the livelihoods of about 60% of the population. Finding ways to farm through climate change is vital for national development and poverty reduction.

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The interior minister condemned the attack, which police say they are investigating.

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The worst flooding in a generation hits Mozambique with teams from Brazil, South Africa and the UK helping with the rescue.

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An Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission announced in Luxor on Saturday that they have uncovered an ancient "sacred lake" at the Montu Temple precinct in the Karnak Temple Complex in the city renowned for its rich monuments in southern Egypt.

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty welcomed U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau to Cairo on Sunday for talks on bolstering the strategic partnership between Egypt and the United States.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud chaired a virtual meeting of the National Consultative Council (NCC) on Saturday, bringing together federal and regional leaders to review the country's security, political process and humanitarian challenges.

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Women are the main victims of abuse in Sudan's war, facing "the world's worst" sexual violence and other crimes committed with impunity, a rights activist turned social affairs minister for the army-backed government says.

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[Shabelle] Kismayo -- Somalia's elite Danab commandos, backed by Jubbaland's Darawish forces, have killed at least 28 al-Shabab militants in a series of operations in remote areas on the outskirts of Kudhaa district in southern Somalia, security officials said on Sunday.

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[Nile Post] By Brian Andresile

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[Nile Post] The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has strongly condemned the violent home invasion and assault on Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi at her residence in Magere, Wakiso District, describing the incident as a grave abuse of state power and a violation of fundamental human rights.

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[RFI] In almost three years of civil war in Sudan, the country's museums have been ravaged, with thousands of its archaeological treasures looted and feared trafficked. Researchers in Sudan and beyond are racing to catalogue and recover the losses, estimated at $110 million.

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[UN News] "Giving up is not an option - so many people depend on you," the words of Maryanne Gichanga, a participant in a UN supported initiative, which aims to help farmers in Kenya find solutions to alleviate the pressures of climate change on agriculture production.

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[RFI] Across Africa, a third of children under the age of five suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to Unicef, while in recent years the baby food industry has been rocked by a series of scandals, many involving major multinationals. But a growing number of local agri-food companies are moving into the baby food market.

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[Daba Finance] Senegal's football team beat hosts Morocco in a dramatic Africa Cup of Nations final over the weekend, triggering street celebrations across Dakar and other cities.

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[Daba Finance] African companies disclosed US$3.8 billion in funding in 2025, with deal volume up 32% and the number of announced transactions rising 8% from a year earlier, according to Briter's Africa Investment Report 2025.

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[Daba Finance] African tech startups raised US$4.1 billion in 2025, up 25% from a year earlier, marking the strongest funding year since 2022, according to Partech's annual Africa Tech Venture Capital Report released January 22, 2026.

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The wife of Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine speaks to journalists from her hospital bed in Kampala, describing what she says was an overnight raid on her home by armed men searching for her husband.

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President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt reiterated Saturday his country’s rejection of Israeli efforts to transfer Palestinians out of their territories in the Gaza Strip.