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[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has given FCT Minister Nyesom Wike a 72-hour ultimatum to release the January 2026 staff salaries or risk a total shutdown of the territory's six area councils.

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[Daily Trust] Nigeria has executed only 10 cases out of the 66 cases decided by the ECOWAS Court since its inception in 2001.

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[RFI] Shaky relations between the US and South Africa face a key test as newly arrived ambassador Brent Bozell takes up his post in Pretoria.

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[The Conversation Africa] In the decades after Sierra Leone's civil war (1991-2002), there was pressure on the west African country to demonstrate progress on gender equality. Laws were passed to fight domestic violence, rape and teen pregnancy. But drawing on colonial legal models, the reforms don't always match social realities and in many cases are harming young people from poor communities. Punishment is being made more important than resolution or education.

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[The Conversation Africa] Uganda's Kizza Besigye has been described as possibly the most arrested man in Africa. Besigye was once President Yoweri Museveni's ally, and personal physician. He broke ranks with Museveni in 1999, and emerged as the most long-standing political opponent to the ageing president, who has run the country since 1986. For this, Besigye has been jailed, kept under house arrest, renditioned, forced into exile, and endured state violence countless times. He has been in jail since 2024. Barney Walsh and Dennis

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[UN News] As the war in Sudan approaches a fourth year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 123 partners appealed on Tuesday for $1.6 billion to support millions of people forced to flee the country in pursuit of safety.

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[UN News] Nearly two thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility, according to a report released on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners.

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"This is the only hustle we know," miners tell the BBC as they try their luck at the site in Springs.

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has criticised Israel’s move to recognise the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, saying the decision will not benefit Somaliland or the wider region.

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Energy major Eni continues to deliver on its exploration drive in Africa, announcing two major hydrocarbon discoveries in February 2026. In Ivory Coast, the

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The year 2026 is shaping up to be a defining year for African energy. Amid shifting geopolitics, intensifying trade disputes and the global push to diversify

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The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) (https://IsDBInstitute.org) is pleased to announce special complimentary access to all its e-books available on

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A delegation from Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPMN) met with the Energy Capital&Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) team to

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Herbert Mensah, President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the continental governing body of rugby across Africa, and a member of World Rugby’s

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 17 February 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-Africa.com announces a collaboration with In On Africa (IOA), one of the continent’s

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DUBAI, U.A.E., 17 February 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Karcher, the global leader in cleaning technology, has announced the promotion of Joe Lahoud to

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Crime-weary South Africa will deploy army units alongside police within 10 days to tackle rampant crime fuelled by drugs gangs and illegal miners, the police minister said Tuesday.

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Nigeria warned its nationals against being recruited for armed conflicts abroad after reports that some were duped into fighting for Russia in Ukraine, as were citizens of other African countries.

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As nations seek to cut fuel costs and reduce emissions, both countries have signed deals to assemble vehicles using kits produced by automakers in China.

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It is the latest twist over the fate of Lungu's body, which remains in a South African morgue since his death.

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[allAfrica] On World Pulses Day, the theme chosen by the Food and Agriculture Organization, ''Pulses of the world: from modesty to excellence,'' could not be more timely. It captures a quiet transformation already unfolding across kitchens, streets, and food labs, especially in low- and middle-income countries where pulses have long anchored diets, livelihoods, and resilience.