Kenya Gives Undocumented Foreigners 90 Days to Regularize Status After Ruto Directive
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Kenya Gives Undocumented Foreigners 90 Days to Regularize Status After Ruto Directive
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Guinea-Bissau Approves New Constitution Expanding Presidential Powers Ahead of 2026 Election
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Niger Military Regains Control of Niamey After Soldiers Stage Mutiny
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Uganda’s Tooro King Oyo Dies at 34 After Three Decades on the Throne
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Ghana Declines MTN’s GHS20 Million Donation for Victims of South Africa Xenophobic Attacks
China Urges Citizens to Leave Eswatini as 40 Chinese Nationals Remain Detained
Ivory Coast Cocoa Exports Face Port Congestion Ahead of EU Deforestation Rules
Algeria Wildfires Kill at Least 12, Injure More Than 50 as Heatwave Fuels Blazes
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INTERPOL Arrests 58 in Operation Jackal IV Crackdown on West African Crime Networks
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Two UN Peacekeepers Killed, Seven Wounded in South Sudan’s Jonglei State
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Prince Harry Steps Down From African Parks Board After 10 Years Amid Abuse Scrutiny
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Nigeria School Kidnappings: Borno Parents Protest as Children Remain Missing Nearly 100 Days
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Liberia Charges Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor in $317 Million Cocaine Trafficking Case
Chidimma Adetshina Says She Was Born in South Africa as She Fights Deportation
Central African Republic Gold Mine Collapse Kills at Least 30 Near Cameroon Border
Kenya Helicopter Crash Kills Seven at Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County
Meta Launches AI Academy Nigeria With $5,000 Funding for AI Startups
Lake Kariba Ferry Disaster Kills 93 in Zimbabwe’s Deadliest Transport Accident
Nigeria Arrests Influencer ‘KC Luxury’ Over 184.5kg Cocaine Allegedly Bound for UK
Cholera Outbreak in Northern Cameroon Kills 28 as Cases Surpass 1,000
Nine Migrants Found Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Libya as Mediterranean Crossings Continue
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Ghana and Russia Seek Stronger Trade Ties as Moscow Reviews Missing Ghanaian Fighters in Ukraine
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Osun Election 2026: APC Says Campaign Chief’s Nephew Killed as Political Tensions Rise
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Spain Rejects Morocco’s Call for Talks Over Ceuta and Melilla Sovereignty
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DR Congo Groups Urge Tshisekedi to Drop Referendum Law Over Third-Term Fears
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Drone Strike Sparks Massive Fire at Libya’s Zawiya Oil Refinery
South Africa Mine Collapse Kills 14 Suspected Illegal Miners, Others Feared Trapped
DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Surpasses 2,000 Deaths in Fastest-Spreading Outbreak on Record
Ghana Appoints Kenneth Gilbert Adjei as Defense Minister One Year After Fatal Helicopter Crash
DRC Rules Out Ebola in Kinshasa-Bound Boat Passengers After Suspected Case
Nairobi Bids to Host 2029 World Athletics Championships in Potential First for Africa
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Former Mali Prime Minister Moussa Mara Released After Prison Sentence for Criticizing Military Government
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Hundreds Flee Tigray Into Sudan as Fresh Fighting Threatens Ethiopia’s Fragile Peace Deal
At Least 35 Killed in Suspected Sudan Army Drone Strike on North Darfur Court Gathering
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Bandits Kill 30, Including Eight Children, in Attack on Kaduna Village, Nigeria
DR Congo Ebola Response Disrupted as Health Workers Strike Over Unpaid Bonuses
Chad Announces Plans to Leave ICC, Becoming Fifth Country to Exit International Criminal Court
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Sudan Army Recaptures Al Sadarat Highway After Heavy Fighting With RSF
UK Cancels Military Training Exercise in Kenya After Government License Denied
Nigeria Expands Army to 12 Divisions as President Tinubu Approves Recruitment of 28,000 Troops
International Criminal Court Drops War Crimes Case Against Sudan’s Abdallah Banda
Dangote Refinery Secures $2.5 Billion Investment to Drive Expansion and Boost Africa’s Energy Security
Nigeria Jails Three Men for Life Over Oyo School Kidnappings Linked to Boko Haram Affiliate
Former Kenya Governor Okoth Obado Convicted of Murdering Sharon Otieno in Landmark Femicide Case
Uganda Launches Reintegration Program for Citizens Returning From South Africa After Anti-Immigration Protests
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Launch Joint Bid to Host 2032 Africa Cup of Nations Copy
Ghanaian Nationals Ask ICC to Investigate Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa as Possible Crimes Against Humanity
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Liberia Seizes $317 Million Worth of Cocaine in Largest Drug Bust in Country’s History
At Least 20 Killed in Zamfara Bandit Attack as Nigeria’s Security Crisis Deepens
143 Migrants Dead or Missing After Boat From The Gambia Drifts to Mauritania
UK Evacuates Humanitarian Worker After Possible Ebola Exposure in DR Congo
Ethiopia Arrests 17 Suspects Over Human Trafficking Network That Smuggled 40,000 Migrants to Saudi Arabia
Italy Opens Manslaughter Investigation Into Death of Abderrahim Fakir During Police Restraint
Ghana Court Sentences NPP Chairman Wontumi to 20 Years for Illegal Galamsey Operations
Eight Killed in Crowd Crush at Evangelical Gathering in Bujumbura, Burundi
Mali Ambush Reportedly Kills More Than 50 Soldiers and Russian Africa Corps Fighters
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