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World’s top sporting tribunal confirms Senegal has lodged AFCON appeal
Senegal’s Football Association president described the stripping of the team’s title by CAF as “administrative robbery”.
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Humanoid robot joins Melania Trump at White House education summit
Melania Trump hosts a White House roundtable urging over 40 countries to expand children’s access to digital education, AI tools and online safety.
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Heavy downpour floods roads in Egypt
Heavy rainfall strikes several parts of Egypt, including New Cairo. Local authorities expect two days of heavy rains to hit the country bringing thunderstorms, strong winds, and lower temperatures
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Eye Haïdara named Mistress of ceremonies for Cannes film festival
The French actress, best known for her role in the hit comedy The Sense of Wonder, will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 79th edition on May 12 and 23, succeeding Laurent Laffite.
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Cape Town mayor campaigns for leadership of Democratic Alliance
Geordin Hill-Lewis says he wants to “build a relationship of trust” to draw more voters to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party in the country’s ruling coalition
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WTO members gather in Yaounde amid deep divisions and calls for reform
The World Trade Organization’s 166 members opened a key ministerial conference in Cameroon’s capital on Thursday, sharply divided over the future of the institution as geopolitical tensions, protectionism and the fallout fromthe Middle East war cast a shadow over global trade.
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Residents injured after blast in Israeli home amid new Iranian barrage
Medics rushed to a blasted residential area in Kafr Qasim, central Israel, as Iran launched further projectiles, injuring five people and heightening fears of more strikes.
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Tunisian Foreign Minister doubles down over “voluntary return” policy
Mohamed Ali Nafti, Tunisian Foreign Minister, doubled down on Wednesday on his country’s voluntary return policy. He said the country supports the process of voluntary returns “as a mechanism for safekeeping irregular migrants on Tunisian land” rather than forced removals of Tunisian nationals.
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ECOWAS appoints veteran diplomat to mediate with Sahel States
Lansana Kouyaté, a former Guinean prime minister, has been tasked with re-establishing dialogue with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso after their withdrawal from the regional bloc last year.
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Toumba Diakité, principal figure in 2009 massacre in Guinea, has died
One of the principal figures convicted in an infamous 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea died in custody Wednesday in the capital Conakry, the west African country’s prison service said.
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Gaza: Strike near Deir al‑Balāḥ tents kills at least one
Video from the scene shows a blast landing close to the camp, sending smoke into the air and triggering a fire as residents and medics rushed to carry away the wounded.
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Mexico races to clean crude from Veracruz coastline
Cleanup crews and navy personnel remained deployed along Mexico’s Gulf coast on 26 March after crude oil polluted beaches in Veracruz and Tabasco. Authorities said 128 tonnes of contaminated waste had been removed, while the source remains under investigation.
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Venezuela deploys robotic dogs for patrols in Caracas
Two robotic dogs are now patrolling public spaces in one of Caracas’s wealthiest districts. Officials say the technology is meant to support, not replace, police officers on the ground.
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South Africa: 12 police officers charged with corruption appear in court
South African anti-graft investigators have arrested 12 senior police officers on allegations of corruption and fraud, prosecutors said Wednesday. The officers appeared later in a court in the capital, Pretoria.
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Egypt ready to host meetings related to de-escalating Iran war, says FM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said during a press conference on Wednesday that his country’s mediation between Iran and the US “continues in cooperation with Pakistan and Turkey,” adding that the war should end “based on a win-win situation, not a zero-sum game.” He also offered to host an
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Congolese rapper, Gims, arrested in Paris over alleged money laundering
Africa Intelligence is reporting that the singer, whose real name is Gandhi Djuna, was taken into custody at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport
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UN declares transatlantic slave trade a crime against humanity, demands reparations
The landmark resolution was an historic victory for Ghana which tabled the motion earlier this month.
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Protesters in South Africa call for stricter immigration laws and border controls
A controversial civic group took to the streets of Durban on Wednesday to demand the immediate arrest of illegal immigrants.
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South Africa’s top cop to be charged in corruption case
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola has been served with a summons to appear in court next month, said a spokesman for South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority
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In search of gas supplies: Italian Prime Minister Meloni visits Algiers
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni travelled to Algiers on Wednesday. It is her second visit to Algeria since taking office and Meloni comes with clear goals: more gas supplies and tighter relations.
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Food security concerns mount as Iran war hurts fertilizer trade
Countries like Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, and Mozambique rely heavily on imported fertilizers – much of it coming through the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, fertilizer use across the region is already among the lowest in the world
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UN migration agency says 2025 was deadliest year on Red Sea migrant route
The IOM says the number of people who died or went missing on this route doubled to 922.
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Uganda: economy expanded by 8.5% in last quarter in December
Strong consumer demand and high activity in sectors such as construction drove Uganda’s economy to expand by 8.5% during the financial quarter that ended in December 2025.
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Kenya finalises trade deal with China as they deepen bilateral ties
Among the deals was an agreement that will grant Kenya duty-free and quota-free access to the Chinese market starting in May.
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Senegal denies secret €650M borrowing allegations
Debt-laden Senegal has denied a report in the Financial Times that it covertly borrowed 650 million euros ($754 million) to avoid a default, saying it acted in line with “market transparency rules”.
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Floods in Kenya worsen as 2 rivers burst banks, with death toll climbing
At least 21 counties have been affected by the floods, raising concerns over public safety, infrastructure damage and growing humanitarian needs
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South Africa arrests 12 senior police officers on suspicion of corruption
South African anti-graft investigators have arrested 12 senior police officers on allegations of corruption and fraud, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Mo Salah to leave Liverpool at the end of the season
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah announced Tuesday he will leave the English club at the end of the season, marking an earlier-than-planned departure for one of the club’s greatest-ever scorers and soccer’s biggest names.
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A two hour wait for fuel: Kinshasa feels first effects of Middle East war
Long lines of motorcycles and cars were growing in front of petrol stations in Kinshasa this week, with fear of shortages and price hikes, as the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo began to feel the effects of Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Mass grave of 32 Bodies, including children, discovered in Kenya
Authorities in Kenya have uncovered a disturbing mass grave in Kericho, where officials exhumed dozens of bodies, including foetuses, in a case that is rapidly expanding in scale. The investigation began earlier this week after police received reports of a secret burial site over the weekend.
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Ghana pushes UN Resolution to recognize Slave Trade as crime against humanity
Ghana is intensifying its diplomatic campaign at the United Nations, combining cultural expression and political advocacy to push for global recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
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Second set of rare gorilla twins born in DR Congo reserve Goma, DR Congo
An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region’s litany of conflicts.
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Ivory Coast cocoa producers suffer amid global price fall
Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast are counting on losses from the reduced global prices.
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Ghana, European Union agree defence pact
The agreement, signed in Accra by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Ghanaian Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, is aimed at strengthening cooperation in areas including counterterrorism, intelligence sharing and crisis response
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Kenya fuel retailers running short of supplies amid Middle East war
Hundreds of fuel retailers are running short of supplies due to the current war in the Middle East, according to the head of the Petroleum Outlets Association of Kenya.
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Iran parliament speaker: ‘No negotiations with the US’
Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, denied on Monday that Iran was negotiating with the US to end the war.
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US university cancels Mahama honour over LGBTQ bill concerns
Ghana’s embassy in the United States has criticised Lincoln University’s last-minute decision to cancel plans to confer an honorary doctorate on former President John Dramani Mahama.
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Senegal fishermen bear the cost of industrial and illegal fishing
In the port town of Rufisque, fishermen who have worked in these waters for decades say industrial and illegal fleets have stripped the sea bare. With no catch and no income, young men are now making a desperate choice: to leave.
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DR Congo plans to conduct second national census after 40 years
The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to hold the second general census in its history, more than 40 years after the previous one, conducted in 1984.
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Bill Cosby ordered to pay $19.25m to woman in decades-old assault case
A California court has awarded $19.25m in damages to a woman who accused actor Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her somewhere in the early 1970s.







































