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Israel pledged to reopen the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip once the search for the last hostage's remains ends. On Monday, Israeli authorities said they had recovered the body of police officer Ran Gvili.

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[Dabanga] Sudan's war, now more than 1,000 days old, has shifted from a military confrontation to what feminist and human rights groups describe as a widespread and systematic assault on women and girls.

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[Maka] Detained on 28 July 2025 after being shot by police on the first day of Angola's taxi drivers' strike, Serrote José de Oliveira -- widely known as "General Nila" -- has been held for over six months without formal charges. According to his family and lawyers, he remains in detention despite a guarantees judge's order for his hospitalization and the rejection of a habeas corpus petition.

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During a visit to Rabat on Monday, Sonko described post-AFCON tensions between Senegalese and Moroccan football fans as "excesses" only caused by sporting emotions.

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Prosecutors say Paul Mackenzie lured the latest victims to their deaths by writing notes from his prison cell.

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An investigation found that some of the 16 detained last year planned to unseat President Bola Tinubu.

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Sudan's gold industry, a key source of foreign currency, is reeling under ongoing conflict, infrastructure damage, and collapsing trade ties.

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The West African country is home to thousands of smallholder cocoa farmers, who are the backbone of the world's largest producer of the fruit. But the country currently faces major difficulties in selling its cocoa, hit by a slowdown in exports and a drop in global prices.

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Volunteers of the "Green Khartoum" initiative are hoping to plant 1,000 trees in the Sudanese capital, where reconstruction is underway.

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A major global crackdown on human traffickers and migrant smugglers, coordinated by Interpol, has led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects and helped over 4,400 potential victims of trafficking worldwide, the police organization announced on Monday.

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[Daily Maverick] Many residents of Orange Farm, Johannesburg, have lost faith in the police. A local group has stepped in to fill the vacuum, taking 'cases', dishing out 'discipline', returning stolen property and posting coerced confessions on social media.

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Scoring goals for a cervical cancer vaccine: this is the ambition of the Goal Getter Campaign. The initiative was first showcased in Tanzania and Eswatini earlier last year before moving to Zimbabwe in December, using soccer to build awareness and trust among girls in the HPV vaccine.

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) now functions as a cornerstone of Ethiopian national infrastructure, actively generating power and transforming the socio-economic landscape. Its operational presence on the Blue Nile marks an irreversible shift from speculative dispute to a concrete reality that demands governance through cooperation and law. This imperative, however, is being systematically undermined by a persistent and corrosive dynamic: the intervention of external actors whose profound

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) launched a large-scale attack on Sudan's Blue Nile region from South Sudanese territory on Sunday, Sudan Tribune reported, citing Sudanese government sources.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A Location Chief and a primary school teacher were killed early Monday in a suspected al-Shabaab attack in Hulugho town, Garissa County.

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[Shabelle] Cairo -- Egyptian forces are expected to soon join the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), officials said, as technical and legal arrangements are finalised.

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Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah announced the new 25-year agreement during the Libya ‌Energy and Economy Summit in Tripoli on Saturday.

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Egypt’s Parliament is looking into ways to regulate children’s use of social media platforms to combat what lawmakers called “digital choas,” following some western countries that are considering banning young teenagers from social media.

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[Nyasa Times] Forty (40) children drawn from Balaka, Dowa, Mchinji, Mwanza and Ntchisi on Saturday gathered in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, to provide their inputs and recommendations in the formulation of the forthcoming 2025-2026 National Budget.

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[Africa Check] Faked newspaper front page claims Kenyan president Ruto has settled on deputy president Kindiki as 2027 running mate

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[Scrolla] President Cyril Ramaphosa says the economy is growing with falling unemployment, poverty and inequality, and improved confidence in South Africa. Ramaphosa says over R1-trillion will be spent on infrastructure and Cabinet will meet to plan youth job creation in 2026.