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Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, is denied entry to the United States.

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Cascador Pitch Day: Cascador, an Africa-focused platform for growth-stage founders building businesses with social impact, hosted its second annual Pitch

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A twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention drug has arrived in South Africa. The rollout of the drug, lenacapavir, is underway in the country that needs it the most, about a-year-and-a-half after US aid cuts hit some of its HIV programmes.

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A boat carrying dozens of migrants attempting to cross the sea from Africa to Europe reportedly capsized in the central Mediterranean Sea on Sunday

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Historic buildings became giant digital canvases as Burundi hosted Africa’s first-ever AFRICA ON MAPPING Festival. Combining video projections, dance, poetry and technology, the event transformed Bujumbura into a hub of immersive artistic expression.

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Activists allege there is a plan to build a car park on protected land belonging to a wildlife sanctuary.

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[Vanguard] ...Vows to arrest culprits behind false alarm

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[Premium Times] Mr Chude alleged widespread human rights abuses at the police Octopus Unit in Port Harcourt, including unlawful detention, torture, and extortion, while calling for urgent scrutiny and stronger oversight of detention facilities.

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[Premium Times] "Some of the brothers and sisters in-laws only aim at inheriting their late brothers' wives and property but don't talk about how to maintain the children of the deceased."

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Minister of Defence, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, met with China's ambassador to Somalia, Wang Yu, in Mogadishu on Monday to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation, particularly in the areas of defence, military training and support for Somalia's national security institutions.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The head of the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, met the European Union's ambassador to Somalia, Francesca Di Mauro, in Mogadishu on Monday to discuss ongoing efforts to strengthen peace, security and stability in the Horn of Africa nation.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's elite Danab Special Forces carried out a planned operation in the El Bashiir area near Buur Hakaba district in the Bay region, targeting suspected Al-Shabaab fighters, officials said on Monday.

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[Independent (Kampala)] Namisindwa -- More than 50 families have been forced to flee their homes in Bupoto Sub-county, Namisindwa District, after fresh cracks emerged following heavy rains, raising fears of a possible disaster. The latest cracks developed on Sunday as persistent rainfall continued to pound the area, leaving residents scrambling for safety and abandoning homes considered at risk of collapse.

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[New Zimbabwe] The High Court has dismissed the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) urgent application seeking to stop the implementation of government's grain import levy framework.

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Calling all southern african: Learners from across Southern Africa are invited to enter the 10th birthday edition of the annual Allan Gray

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Canada’s largest city will host six World Cup games, starting Friday when the host country’s team takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Environmental activists and conservationists staged a protest in Nairobi on Monday against plans to construct a parking facility inside Nairobi National Park.

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[State Department] The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the countries and organizations of Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, African Union (AU), the European Union (EU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the League of Arab States (LAS), and the United Nations (UN) on the occasion of the conclusion of the Quintet (AU, IGAD, LAS, EU, and UN) consultations with Sudanese political stakeholders in Addis

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Nigeria's Economic Reforms: On 29 May 2023, moments after taking the oath of office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared: “Fuel subsidy is gone.” The

This Is Africa  

A cosmic reckoning is leaking from the shadows. As credible insiders warn of an undeniable collision with Non-Human Intelligence, the modern nation-state faces total delegitimization. Stripped of human supremacy and engineered scarcity, our centralized systems will collapse. The elite are panicking—but localized, mutual aid networks can harvest the shock.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has called for stricter global standards on agricultural chemicals and stronger action against counterfeit farm inputs, warning that the continued circulation of substandard pesticides threatens public health, farmer livelihoods, and export markets.