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Chaos erupts as Palestinians pick up aid at a distribution center in Rafah
Chaos erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new U.S.-backed group in Gaza as desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a center distributing food on Tuesday, breaking through fences.
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AfDB downgrades Africa growth outlook but sees signs of resilience
The African Development Bank has downgraded Africa’s growth forecast for the next two years amid what it described as “unprecedented global circumstances” and “seismic shifts in the trade policies of major economies.”
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South Africa denies watering down Black ownership rules for Musk’s Starlink
Elon Musk’s Starlink telecoms business will not be given special dispensation by South Africa to bypass the country’s Black ownership requirements, Communications Minister Solly Malatsi said on Tuesday.
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New cholera outbreak in Sudan kills 172 people in a week
The alarming spike began mid-May and sickened more than 2,500 people over the past week.
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South African actor Presley Chweneyagae dies aged 40
“His passion for empowering the next generation of artists will remain integral to his legacy,”
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Amnesty International accuses DR Congo’s M23 rebels of possible war crimes
In a report published on Tuesday, it claimed the Rwanda-back militants were responsible for killing, torturing, and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in areas under its control.
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South African swims around Martha’s Vineyard to raise awareness of need to protect sharks
A South African endurance swimmer has become the first person to swim around the island of Martha’s Vineyard on America’s East Coast. Ocean advocate Lewis Pugh started out on May 15 and spent several hours in the water each day before completing the 100 kilometre circuit on Monday.
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Football: Inter Milan gears up ahead of Champions League final against PSG
Striker Marcus Thuram and defender Denzel Umfries spoke of the challenge ahead during a press conference on Monday.
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Senegal and SUEZ win UN prize for model water partnership
The award, presented to SEN’EAU, a joint venture between SUEZ and the Senegalese government, recognizes the project’s impact in delivering sustainable and high-quality water services, and its contribution toward achieving the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Nigeria scraps controversial bill making voting mandatory
The bill sailed through its second reading 10 days, but was sharply criticised by lawyers and rights groups.
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Namibia to hold first official commemoration of german clonial-era genocide
The upcoming commemoration is seen as a significant step in Namibia’s efforts to acknowledge and remember this painful chapter of its history.
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Football: Liverpool celebrates record-tying 20th Premier League title
The club’s players celebrated their season’s achievements with a 16-kilometre parade marked by an incident that wounded about 50 people.
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Twenty-seven hospitalised following Liverpool parade ramming incident
A 53-year-old British man was arrested after a car ploughed into people attending the Liverpool soccer team’s Premier League victory parade.
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What has changed since the murder of George Floyd 5 years ago?
The intersection where a crowd of concerned onlookers urged Chauvin and other officers to listen to the cries of the dying Floyd quickly became George Floyd Square.
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Boko Haram resurgence: the Nigerian army’s constant challenges
Since its inception in 2009, Boko Haram has fought against Western education and sought to impose a radical version of Islamic law.
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Algeria: Three former presidential candidates sentenced to 10 years in jail
Saïda Neghza, Belkacem Sahli and Abdelhakim Hamadi had seen their candidacies for the 2024 presidential election dismissed after they were accused of corruption.
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Senegal indicts fifth former minister amid intensifying anti-corruption campaign
President Faye’s administration has so far remained firm in its stance, stating that no one is above the law and that public resources must be safeguarded in the interest of national development.
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Somali families devastated as child hunger worsens amid aid cuts
The closures of feeding centers, the layoffs of health workers, and the absence of critical supplies have left families like Ma’ow’s without options—and children like Maka’il without a second chance.
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Former president Joseph Kabila returns to the DRC, ending political exile
The M23 confirmed Kabila’s arrival in Goma on Monday.
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Ghanaian Nurse Naomi Ohene Oti wins 2025 Global Nursing Award for cancer care work
Ohene Oti, who heads nursing at the National Radiotherapy Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Centre at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, was selected from among 100,000 applicants representing 199 countries.
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Visa denied: African travellers hit hard by soaring Schengen rejections
This year alone, the Schengen zone, made up of 29 European countries including France, Germany, and Spain, received more than 11.7 million short-stay visa applications.
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Doctor’s nine children killed in Israeli airstrike, Gaza Officials Say
A Gaza doctor’s husband and sole surviving child are being treated in a Khan Younis hospital after an Israeli airstrike destroyed her home, claiming the lives of nine of her ten children.
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Conflict and disease put a strain on South Sudan’s fragile healthcare system
The country is facing a cholera outbreak, among other medical challenges.
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Ghana temporarily closes embassy in Washington D.C. over corruption scandal
“This is part of a decisive effort to restructure and overhaul embassy operations following shocking audit findings,”
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“Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, and Return”, Morocco’s strategy to save stray dogs
Morocco is scaling up a nationwide program to sterilize, vaccinate, and release stray dogs, as part of efforts to manage their population while addressing concerns about public health and animal welfare.
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Separatists’ sit-at-home protests caused 700 deaths in Nigeria’s southeast, report finds
The Indigenous People of Biafra launched a weekly sit-at-home protest in 2021, following the arrest of the group’s leader Nnamdi Kanu.
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Malaysia slams double standards on Israel’s atrocities in Gaza
Malaysia on Sunday condemned Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip, saying it reflected “indifference and double standards” on the plight of Palestinian people.
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Sudan’s Zamzam camp seized by RSF amid famine and mass displacement
The RSF’s actions in Zamzam have exacerbated the humanitarian crisis, drawing international condemnation and calls for increased aid and intervention.
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Rabat transformed into an open-air museum for annual street art festival
Artists add a pop of color to the Moroccan city of Rabat, covering some of its walls with murals during a street art festival.
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Uganda cuts military ties with Germany amid diplomatic rift
This sudden fallout threatens a decades-long partnership and underscores growing international unease about Uganda’s political environment ahead of its 2026 presidential elections. The move also reflects Uganda’s broader pushback against perceived foreign interference in domestic affairs.
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FIFA U17 World Cup draw takes place in Qatar
The draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025, held on Sunday in Doha, placed the Qatari national team in Group A alongside Italy, South Africa, and Bolivia.
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Ancelotti arrives in Brazil to take over as head coach of the national team
Carlo Ancelotti wore a Brazil national team cap when arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday on the eve of his formal introduction as head coach. He is the first foreigner to coach the five-time World Cup winners full-time in a century.
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U.S. military shifts strategy in Africa amid rising insurgencies
Analysts warn that scaling back Western engagement, especially in volatile regions like the Sahel, risks allowing extremists to thrive amid weak governance and poor infrastructure.
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Mali’s Diarra Sidiki wins 2025 Tour du Togo
Cyclists from France, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, Mali and Togo jointly wrote a new page in the history of West African cycling
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Elephant spotted in Senegalese park gives hope to conservationists
Senegal has one of the most threatened elephant populations in Africa, with the population in the Niokolo-Koba park diminishing from 450 in the late 1970s to between 5 and 10 currently, according to the Elephant Crisis Fund
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Morocco seeks to preserve traditional cooking and recipes through UNESCO project
Morocco has launched a national consultation process for a UNESCO project aiming for the first time to publish an International Atlas of Food Heritage, as well as a digital platform aiming to preserve, promote and popularise these heritage foods for future generations
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Five years after murder of George Floyd, police distrust remains in Minneapolis
Anger over the deaths of Black men in police custody in Minnesota and across the country had long been simmering, and the pandemic lockdowns provided the conditions for a flashpoint
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Haiti running out of HIV medication due to USAID funding cuts
More than 150,000 people in Haiti have HIV or AIDS, although the number is believed to be much higher
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Dr. Dre helps open new Compton high school
The hip-hop legend and executive, who grew up nearby, donated $10 million to the campus and its Andre “Dr. Dre” Young Performing Arts Center
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Zambia’s Banda scores fastest hat-trick in NWSL history
The Zambian national scored three goals in the first 38 minutes of the match for the first hat trick in team history and also the first by an African player in the NWSL