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Sierra Leone’s president uses UN Security Council presidency to urge more seats for Africa
Sierra Leone’s president says Africa cannot wait any longer to get a bigger voice in the United Nations’ most powerful body, the Security Council.
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Wrestling has been off-limits for women in Senegal. But one region is the exception
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Turkey hosts another round of talks to ease tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia
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Price instability rocks Ethiopia as it reels from foreign exchange rate reforms
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A trove of artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been found in 63 tombs
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AFRICA PULSE
A mass circumcision is marketed to tourists in a remote area of Uganda. Some are angrily objecting
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A chess club for kids thrives in a Congo refugee camp. It’s about more than the game
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As South Sudan’s oil revenues dwindle, even the security forces haven’t been paid in months
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Sierra Leone not long ago still chained mental health patients. A transformation is underway
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Islamic State-allied militants kill 12 people in eastern Congo, official says
A local official in eastern Congo says that militants allied with the Islamic State group in have killed at least 12 people in several villages in North Kivu province.
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Imane Khelif and Kaylia Nemour return from Olympics to a warm welcome in Algeria
Imane Khelif received a warm welcome on her return home as Algerians rallied around her in the face of international scrutiny and misconceptions about her sex.
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The UN says Sudan is at a ‘breaking point.’ Its military hasn’t committed to peace talks this week
The United Nations’ migration agency warns that the humanitarian crisis in war-wrecked Sudan is at “a catastrophic breaking point” ahead of peace talks planned for later this week.
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Death toll in Uganda rubbish heap collapse reaches 24 as rescue teams find more victims
The death toll from a mountain of rubbish that collapsed in the Ugandan capital rose to 24 on Monday as rescuers with excavators continued searching for victims, according to the city authority.
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Zambia and Congo reopen their border after resolving a trade dispute
Zambia and Congo agreed to reopen their border, resolving a trade dispute between the countries that had led to Zambia closing the border.
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Rubbish collapses at landfill site in Uganda’s capital, killing at least 18 people
At least 18 people were killed when a landfill collapsed in the Ugandan capital, according to the Red Cross.
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Italy’s Nadia Battocletti breaks Africa’s stranglehold on 10,000-meter podium with a silver in Paris
For three straight Olympics, nobody born outside of Africa had even come close to finishing on the podium in the women’s 10,000 meters.
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Mali ousts Swedish ambassador amid strained relations with the West
Mali’s government says Sweden’s ambassador was ordered to leave the country within 72 hours following what it said was a hostile statement by a Swedish minister.
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Flooding restricts aid to areas of Sudan facing famine, UN says
The United Nations refugee agency says flood conditions in Sudan are hindering the delivery of aid to areas where many are already facing starvation and famine, including to a camp for those who have fled the ongoing fighting in North Darfur.
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Polish diplomats seek release of students and a lecturer detained in Nigeria during protests
Polish diplomats are working to try to free seven Polish citizens who were detained in Nigeria in what Warsaw says is a misunderstanding during protests taking place in the West African country.
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Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou dies at 77
Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou has died. He was 77.
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Congolese military court hands down death sentence to leader of rebel coalition and 25 others
A military court in Congo has sentenced 25 people, including the leader of a rebel coalition, to death.
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Tunisia’s president replaces prime minister in the latest shakeup ahead of presidential election
Tunisia’s president has sacked the country’s prime minister and replaced him with another Cabinet member, the latest shakeup in the North African country ahead of the October presidential election.
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Tragic boat engine explosion in southern Nigeria kills at least 20, raises regulatory concerns
Local police say the engine of a wooden boat exploded and sank in a river in southern Nigeria, killing at least 20 people.
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Top UN official tells Security Council that Islamic State group, affiliates gaining power in Africa
A top U.N. counterterrorism official has told the Security Council that a vast stretch of Africa could fall under the control of groups affiliated with the Islamic State group and affiliated terrorist groups.
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As Nigerians marched against hunger, security forces responded with gunshots and force, killing 22
Rights groups say Nigerian security forces used gunshots and force to respond to mass protests against hardship and alleged bad governance in the country.
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Police in Kenya fire tear gas at protesters as new Cabinet ministers are sworn in
Police have fired tear gas at protesters calling for the president’s resignation in the Kenyan capital as a new Cabinet was being sworn in.
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Nigeria detains Polish students and a lecturer for allegedly displaying Russian flags during protest
Nigeria says it has detained seven Polish nationals, including six students and a lecturer, for allegedly displaying Russian flags amid protests against economic hardship in the country.
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UN health agency convening experts to determine if the mpox outbreak in Africa is a global emergency
The head of the World Health Organization says he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency.
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Congo’s president accuses former leader of backing a US-sanctioned rebel coalition
Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi is accusing former leader Joseph Kabila of backing a U.S.-sanctioned coalition of rebel groups.
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UN humanitarian official tells the Security Council that aid to starving Sudanese is being blocked
A U.N. humanitarian official tells the Security Council that life-saving supplies are “ready to be loaded and dispatched” to a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan but the civil war’s combatants won’t let them through.
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Tunisian opposition figure Moussi is sentenced to prison amid crackdown ahead of October election
A potential presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to two years in prison. It’s another setback to the country’s fledgling opposition challenging President Kais Saied as he seeks a new term in October’s election.
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Chad’s military was responsible for deaths of detainees after protests in 2022, a rights group says
Human Rights Watch says Chad’s military was responsible for the deaths of several detainees who were arrested after protests in October 2022.
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Mali cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine, accusing it of aiding a rebel attack in the African country
Mali’s government says it has diplomatic ties with Ukraine accusing Kyiv of aiding a rebel attack that killed dozens of Wagner mercenaries and Malian soldiers in July.
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At least 13 killed and 300 evacuated after deadly landslide in southern Ethiopia
A landslide triggered by heavy rains in southern Ethiopia’s Wolaita area killed at least 13 people and the number of fatalities is expected to rise, according to a local official.
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Tunisian President Saied files paperwork to run in October’s election
Tunisian President Kais Saied has filed the necessary paperwork to run in the presidential election in October.
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Nigerian protesters defy president’s request to stop amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in years
Protests against hardship have continued for a fifth day in several states in Nigeria, a day after the president urged an end to the demonstrations over the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
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Hundreds gather at Somalia beach to condemn attack that killed 37 and demand stronger security
Hundreds of people have gathered at a Somalia beach hotel, the site of an attack claimed by al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate that left 37 people dead and dozens wounded, to condemn the violence and demand stronger security measures.
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US hands over its last military base in Niger to the ruling junta
The U.S. has handed over its last military base in Niger — one of two crucial hubs for American counterterrorism operations in the country — to local authorities.
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90 Ethiopian migrants are rescued from a property in South Africa, police say
South African police say they have rescued 90 Ethiopian migrants who were being held against their will at a property in Johannesburg.
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Nigerian leader calls for end to hardship protests, blaming ‘political agenda’ for violence
Nigeria’s leader has called for an end to mass protests over economic hardship, saying the rallies have turned violent and blaming “a few with a political agenda” for driving them.
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Journalists covering Nigeria protests dodge bullets as police arrest nearly 700 people
Nigerian security forces were firing bullets and teargas at several journalists and protesters during demonstrations against the country’s economic crisis.
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Explosion and gunfire rock hotel at popular beach in Somalia’s capital, witnesses say
Authorities and witnesses in Somalia say an explosion and gunfire has rocked a hotel by the beach in the capital city of Mogadishu, and security forces are at the scene.
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Algeria courts disenchanted youth as 78-year-old president vies for second term
The young people who make up more than half of Algeria’s population are so disenchanted that they may not vote in next month’s presidential election.
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Rights group says security forces have killed 9 as Nigeria protests over hardship enter a second day
A rights group says at least nine people have been killed by security forces in Nigeria during mass protests against the economic crisis gripping the country.
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