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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.

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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- The armed men who forced their way into Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine's house on Friday night wanted to know where he was, and they attacked his wife to try to find out.

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[Nigeria Health Watch] On routine immunisation days, parents gather at primary health care (PHC) facilities across Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, for routine immunisation for their children. Many now leave with more than vaccines; they leave with practical nutrition skills. They also learn how to feed children better using familiar staples such as rice, maize, and soya beans, which many households can access locally. In Ebonyi, as in many parts of Nigeria, treatment for severe acute malnutrition often relies on ready-to-use

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[Namibian] Weeks after the 2026 academic year officially started, some parents are calling on the education ministry to urgently set up temporary schools or tents to accommodate pupils who are still without placements.

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[Namibian] Namibia stands to benefit from growing global demand for uranium, as countries look to nuclear power to meet clean-energy goals.

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As tensions between Cuba and the United States rise and Cubans brace for further economic difficulties, priests and priestesses of the African-Cuban root religion known as Santería held several ceremonies on Sunday and offered gifts to deities to ask for peace.

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Iranian authorities unveiled a new mural in central Tehran on Sunday containing a clear warning to the United States: do not to attempt to strike our country. The move comes as rights groups say that the death toll from recent protests is close to 6,000 people.

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The UN mission says it is gravely concerned by "inflammatory rhetoric calling for violence against civilians".

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[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for renewed focus on investment and infrastructure development to ensure that South Africa's recent economic gains translate into sustained and inclusive growth.

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[263Chat] Prophetic Healing and Deliverance founder Walter Magaya's rape trial failed to kick off at the Harare Magistrates Court on Monday morning leaving the man of God to accuse the State of persecution.