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Egypt will hold a presidential vote on December 10 to 12, 2023, the country's election authority announced Monday.

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UFC fighter Israel Adesanya apologises for getting "behind the wheel after drinking at a dinner" in Auckland.

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Washington will "evaluate" its future steps on the Niger crisis after France announced the withdrawal of its ambassador and troops from the coup-hit nation, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday

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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that French troops in Niger will withdraw by the end of the year.

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Following Sunday's announcement that it will withdraw its troops from Niger, France appears increasingly isolated on the continent.

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The exercise was initially scheduled for the spring of 2024, the maximum period stipulated by the Constitution. Observers say economic considerations were behind the decision to hold the vote sooner. Egypt is caught between inflation and currency which have increased public anger

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NAIROBI, Kenya, 25 September, 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Today we’re honored to announce that our popular mobile browser, Opera Mini, has achieved a

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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Parents are often confused by the changes and diseases children are diagnosed with during the first days of reporting back to school for a new term. This is in most cases physically seen among children losing weight.

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[Premium Times] The report revealed that as of 27 August, Nigeria had recorded 84 suspected deaths, and 2,860 suspected cases across 25 states.

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Somaliland’s government declared autonomy from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained international recognition for independence

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Pioneering Zambian neobank, Lupiya, has successfully secured $8.25 million in a Series A funding round in collaboration with industry stakeholders.

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[New Era] The 2023 Population & Housing Census enumeration officially starts today and will conclude on 3 November. The census enumeration is where all households and dwelling units are enumerated.

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[New Era] Ongwediva -- Desperate farmers who are unable to afford feed, particularly those who live on the outskirts of towns in northern Namibia, are now depending on dumpsites.

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The ruling junta in Mali announced on Monday the postponement of presidential elections scheduled for February 2023.

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[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's first tenure has been characterised by a clampdown on human rights, a failure by the second dispensation to break out from the oppressive rule of Robert Mugabe.

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[Observer] .... Liberians need no one to tell them about the consequences of election violence. We are still feeling and seeing the very negative results of a war to revenge or correct an election fraud that escalated to a crisis the like of which Liberians had never experienced, it lasted for fourteen (14) nerve-wracking years.

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[Observer] Sara Beysolow Nyanti, one of the two female presidential candidates, is stirring the hearts and minds of Liberians with her "ambitious vision."

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[RFI] Niger, which reopened airspace at the start of September, says it welcomes all commercial flights except for French planes or flights chartered by French companies.

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Police tell Edgar Lungu to stop his runs alongside supporters as they amount to "political activism".

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[Dabanga] Khartoum / Nyala / El Fasher / El Obeid -- Battles between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued in large parts of Khartoum state on Sunday. In the South Darfur capital Nyala, fierce fighting resumed over the weekend. In El Fasher, North Darfur, a woman was gang-raped, and houses were plundered. The road between En Nehoud and Kosti is reportedly the 'most dangerous one' in the country.

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[Vanguard] Like a wild fire, the latest outbreak of Diphtheria in Nigeria has spread to 105 Local Government Areas across the country, killing 453 children as of 24th of September, 2023.