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Pope Leo XIV will embark on his first major overseas trip of 2026 from April 13-23, visiting Algeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon—including a historic first-ever papal visit to Muslim-majority Algeria, the Vatican announced Wednesday.

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary General Mambwe Zimba of Zambia was arrested on Tuesday, allegedly over a fake image posted on Facebook, depicting the country's president lying in a casket.

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DR Congo government forces launched a major attack on the M23 rebel group in the east, using drones to strike a key mining site near Rubaya, North Kivu.

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[Leadership] Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 23 for the arraignment of former governor of Kaduna Dtate, Nasir El-Rufai.

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[Premium Times] Should the governor proceed with his defection to the APC, he would follow the lead of Taraba's Agbu Kefas and leave the PDP with only Bauchi State in the North-east region.

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The RSF's capture of the city in October was one of the most brutal chapters of Sudan's nearly three-year civil war.

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[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Since 2019 a total of 591 farmers in the Okavango District have benefited from government-provided artificial insemination services through the Nokaneng Artificial Insemination (AI) Camp.

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[Ghanaian Times] GHANA has significant potential to establish a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry to help reduce carbon emissions in the aviation sector, a study by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has revealed.

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[IFJ] According to media reports, journalist Ahmed Isah Sakpe was summoned to the police station following a complaint lodged by a protocol officer attached to the Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago. The complaint was triggered by a press statement published on the Crusader Radio Facebook page, which is managed by Sakpe, that exposed a political crisis in the Niger South Senatorial District.

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Ethiopia on Tuesday revoked the licence of independent online outlet Addis Standard saying it harmed national interests, in the latest curb on press freedom. Africa's second most populous nation s ranks 145th out of 180 in the press freedom index compiled by Reporters without Borders.

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Zimbabwe has pulled out of talks with the United States over a new health aid deal meant to replace a program dismantled under President Donald Trump. The agreement would have provided $367 million over five years, supporting 1.2 million Zimbabweans receiving HIV treatment.

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[GroundUp] Finance Minister warns budgets will be cut if performance targets are not met

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[GroundUp] Increases are slightly more than inflation

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Zimbabwe has imposed an immediate freeze on exports of all raw minerals and lithium concentrate, the mines ministry announced Wednesday, tightening state control over resources critical to global clean-energy and defense industries.

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Renewed student protests erupt at Tehran universities as a new semester begins, reviving slogans from recent unrest and highlighting growing tensions.

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[263Chat] Government has suspended the export of all raw minerals and lithium concentrates with immediate effect, in a move the government says is aimed at protecting national interests and boosting value addition.

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In the rugged hills of Somaliland, officials say vast treasure lies beneath the earth. The breakaway territory in northern Somalia claims it holds abundant critical minerals and potentially billions of barrels of oil, resources that could transform its economic future.

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Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on a rare visit to Ukraine on Wednesday urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to release two Ghanaian prisoners of war who were captured fighting for Russia.

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Access to biological samples raised flags for Zimbabwe as the US did not want to share the benefits of its research.

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Guinea's military has confirmed the detention of 16 Sierra Leonean soldiers after accusing them of crossing the border and raising their flag on Guinean soil, while Freetown maintains its troops were on its own territory constructing a border post.

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[Scrolla] 12.9 million children receive the Child Support Grant according to the January affordability data. The Child Support Grant is currently set at R560 per child per month in South Africa.