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Victoria, Seychelles — It has been 18 months since the United States reopened its embassy in Victoria, Seychelles, 27 years after Washington left the island nation. Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands strategically located in the Indian Ocean at...

Seychelles: Small nation where big powers compete

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The small island nation of the Seychelles off the east coast of Africa has become the unlikely setting of a great power rivalry. China has been making diplomatic inroads for years, while the U.S. has only recently returned to...

Seychelles: A small nation of islands where big po...

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NAIROBI, KENYA — The head of Uganda's military, who is also the son of longstanding President Yoweri Museveni, said he wanted to behead the country's most prominent opposition leader. Muhoozi Kainerugaba is widely believed to be the heir apparent to...

Uganda's military leader says he wants to behead o...

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BEIJING — China's top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly advance Beijing's already sizeable influence across the resource-rich continent as Europe's presence wanes and America's wavers. While global capitals...

China's top diplomat heads to Africa as West's att...

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Nine civilians including women and children were killed in an attack on a vehicle in Mali's Segou region last week, a civil society group and a rebel coalition said late Saturday, accusing the army and Russian mercenaries of being...

Mali rebels: Army, Russian fighters killed 9 civil...

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Kinshasa, DRC — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic eastern town near the provincial capital Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local politicians said Sunday. The Tutsi-led M23 group has been waging a renewed insurgency in eastern Congo...

M23 rebels seize key town in eastern DRC

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NAIROBI, KENYA — Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa. He once called helping with Zimbabwe's transition from white rule to independence "our greatest single success." And when he died at 100,...

'Our county ignored Africa,' Jimmy Carter said. He...

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Ethiopia’s government said it is evacuating approximately 80,000 people following a series of small-scale earthquakes in the Afar, Oromia and Amhara regions. At least 10 earthquakes were reported in Ethiopia since Friday, and there are signs of possible volcanic...

Ethiopia evacuates 80,000 after earthquakes, fears...

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YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Villagers in southern Cameroon say armed men crossed the border from Nigeria and killed at least seven government troops and displaced civilians from about 15 villages. Civilians say they believe the attackers are members of a militant...

Cameroon says Nigerian militant attack killed gove...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Secretary of the Committee of APC Diaspora Chairmen, Mr Ayoola Lawal has condemned the inclusion of President Bola  Tinubu in the recent global corruption ranking by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)....

APC Diaspora Kicks As Tinubu Named In 2024 Corrupt...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Government has confirmed the death of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Tayo Oluwatuyi. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by Chief ‘Wale Akinlosotu, the Commissioner for...

BREAKING: Ondo SSG Dies After Recent Road Accident...

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Gunmen from Nigeria have killed at least five Cameroonian soldiers and wounded several others.

Gunmen from Nigeria kill five Cameroonian soldiers...

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ACCRA, GHANA — Flipping through a family album, Keachia Bowers paused on a photo of her as a baby on her father's lap as he held the 1978 album "Africa Stand Alone" by the Jamaican reggae band Culture. "When I...

Ghana’s citizenship offer attracts some Black Amer...

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WASHINGTON — On a sunny Sunday morning along the Awash River in the small Ethiopian town of Hadar, a newly minted Ph.D. from the University of Chicago uncovered a fossil-rich site that would redefine human history. Fossil hunting in the...

Scientists hail impact of Ethiopia's Lucy fossil o...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has dissolved the Nasarawa State Executive Council. He announced the dissolution during an executive council meeting on Friday, 3rd January 2025. The governor appreciated the outgone commissioners and the Secretary to...

Nasarawa Gov Sule Dissolves Cabinet, Sacks SSG

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will experience a long period of power outages starting next week on Monday. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) announced this in a statement via its X handle on...

FCT Residents To Experience Two-Week Blackout

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The quake's epicenter was located 88 miles (142 km) east of the capital, Addis Ababa.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Ethiopia

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A cross-check of Trump’s website, social media accounts and leading U.S. media outlets shows he has not issued such statements. The footage is an AI-generated deepfake.

AI-generated deepfakes of Trump aimed at misleadin...

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GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels moved closer Friday to a key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, capturing a nearby area, sources told AFP. The March 23 Movement (M23), a militia supported by neighboring...

M23 rebels edge closer to key town in east DR Cong...

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BMA is ready to ensure the smooth return of travelers into South Africa through Beitbridge.

BMA ready to ensure smooth return of travelers to ...

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Washington — A top Ethiopian official visited Somalia’s capital Thursday in the first high-level meetings since relations plummeted a year ago because of Ethiopia’s plan to access the sea through the breakaway Somaliland region. Ethiopia’s minister of defense, Aisha Mohamed,...

Mogadishu and Addis Ababa take steps toward mendin...

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Yaounde — Cameroon’s military says it has seized several hundred weapons and combat uniforms that were being smuggled to a hideout of the Nigeria-based terrorist group Boko Haram. Officials say troops have been deployed in a bid to capture more...

Cameroon officials say country's military seized w...

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Human rights activists have hailed Zimbabwe's decision to formally abolish the death penalty.

Human rights activists hail Zim’s decision to abol...

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The budget allows the government to spend 68.1 billion Ghanaian cedis.

Ghana passes provisional budget, averts government...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Ekiti State has played host to the maiden edition of the World Iyan Carnival with the state’s rich culture displayed colourfully with thrilling performances. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Iyan (pounded yam) is...

World Iyan Carnival Debuts In Ekiti Amid Colourful...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities said Thursday they did not yet know why a suspect blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, an incident that investigators are probing as a potential act of “terror.”...

Motivation ‘Unknown’ For Cybertruck Blast At Trump...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police authorities in Borno State have recovered three projectiles in Borno State, averting an explosion.  The spokesman of the Borno Police Command Nahum Daso said the projectiles were recovered in the Dala Kafanti Area of Maiduguri,...

Police Recover Three Projectiles In Borno, Avert E...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political economist, Prof Pat Utomi, says successive governments in Nigeria have treated young people like idiots. “It has treated young people like they are idiots, repeatedly, and this is sad because most governments in Nigeria were...

Confab: Govt Has Treated Youths Like Idiots, Says ...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed the ₦1.1 trillion 2025 Budget into law. Fubara, in a speech after signing the bill into law on Thursday, January 2, 2025, thanked the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led State Assembly for...

Fubara Signs ₦1.1tn Rivers 2025 Budget Into Law

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anthony Joshua, Nigerian born British professional boxer, says his target in 2025 is to beat Tyson Fury and become a three-time world heavyweight champion. Joshua spoke with State House Correspondents after a visit to President Bola...

2025: I’m Targeting Tyson Fury – Anthony Joshua

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