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A migrant boat from Saint-Louis capsized off northwestern Senegal on Sunday. Reports put the dead at 34 to 39.

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South Africa's ANC won 30.76% of the vote in municipal elections, its worst result since 1994, according to Telesur. Reuters reports that voters rebuffed the party, accelerating a shift toward coalition politics.

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Al Jazeera reports that more than 50,000 people have been displaced by deadly clashes on the Ethiopian border. Families arriving in Kenya have little food or shelter, and host communities are struggling to cope.

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A collision between two trains in Giza killed seven people and injured 112, according to Global Times. The National reports growing calls for the transport minister to resign, while authorities investigate the cause.

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Le Monde reports that clinical trials of several vaccines and treatments are under way in Bunia, in eastern Congo, where the epidemic is hitting hard. The Telegraph reports that Islamic State militants killed dozens in a raid on a health post, leaving medical staff and patients in fear.

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A Giza-Fayoum train rammed another passenger train near al-Ayyat on Sunday. Seven people died and more than 110 were injured.

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A migrant boat capsized off Kébémer in northwestern Senegal, and the provisional toll has risen from 21 to as many as 35 dead. Searches continue.

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The ANC won 31 percent nationally with 99 percent of votes counted, according to Al Jazeera, and lost sole control of all major cities, FAZ reports. Reuters says coalition talks are due to follow.

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Sudan has detained Ahmed Haroun, chairman of the former ruling party, according to two party officials cited by Reuters. The National describes him as wanted by the International Criminal Court.

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An attack by an Islamic State-linked group killed at least 44 people in a hotspot of Congo's growing Ebola outbreak, officials told the New York Times. Ebola patients fled the clinic.

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Armed men blamed on the ADF killed at least 33 people in Cantine, North Kivu, and burned a health post. Ebola patients fled the attack.

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The UN warns that fewer than 1 million of the 15.4 million people in Sudan who need emergency shelter have received assistance, as funds run low. According to the UN humanitarian office OCHA, more than 980,000 Sudanese have fled to Chad since April 2023.

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The ANC took about 32% in Wednesday's South African local elections, its worst result, ahead of the DA at about 24%.

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Ethiopia's federal army retook the Tigray capital Mekelle in early October, after rebels led by Debretsion Gebremichael revived the fighting in late September, Le Monde reports. The Tigrayan fighters have since entrenched themselves in the region's mountainous areas.

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A Tanzanian court sentenced opposition leader Tundu Lissu to four years in prison on Friday for incitement over statements made before the October 2025 presidential election. The treason charge was dismissed, so Lissu avoids the death penalty; the case is widely condemned as politically motivated.

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Kenya's High Court sentenced Paul Mackenzie, leader of a doomsday cult, to 200 years in prison on Friday for the murders of 191 people, 190 children and one adult. Followers had been ordered to starve themselves and their families, in what media called the Shakahola forest massacre.

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A British man has tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is to be flown to the UK for treatment. London says the risk to the public remains low.

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Early results from South Africa's local elections show a sharp drop in ANC support compared with 2021. Reuters reports the party narrowly leading the Democratic Alliance (DA).

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A Nigerian court voided the candidacy of opposition figure Atiku Abubakar for the 2027 presidential election, Reuters and Le Monde report. Atiku, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), finished second in the 2023 election with 29 percent of the vote.

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A British health worker infected with Ebola in Congo is being flown to the UK. The WHO approved trials of two vaccines designed for the Bundibugyo strain.

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South Africans voted in local elections on Wednesday, with polls suggesting the ANC could fall below 40 percent (Al Jazeera) amid anger over water outages and power cuts, while the Guardian expects it to win less than a third of the vote. Helen Zille, 75, is running for mayor of Johannesburg, which could get its first white mayor since 1994, according to FAZ.

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Bandits reportedly killed a soldier and a pregnant woman and abducted 15 residents at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday in the Kuka Sarkin Yamma and Ruwan-Zafi communities, according to Premium Times. Separately, suspected armed bandits killed four people and injured five at Abeda Shitile market in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, residents say.

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Africa CDC counts 5,376 deaths among 10,444 cases in the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, almost all in Congo. On Tuesday Israel put two travelers returning from Congo in isolation as suspected cases.

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Drones are the leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan this year, according to the United Nations, as reported by the New York Times. Sudan has demanded UN accountability over drone attacks by the RSF, Al Jazeera reports.

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Bandits abducted 14 Islamic school pupils and a teacher in Rafi local government area of Niger state, police confirmed, according to Premium Times. Separately, attackers ambushed police in Zamfara state and killed at least eight, officials told Reuters.

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The United States has suspended South Africa and Rwanda from the AGOA trade programme, according to Premium Times. Reuters reports that South Africa is bracing for some job losses as its US trade benefits end.

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UN peacekeepers are set to leave the disputed region after 35 years, the Financial Times reports. Analysts warn of the potential for hostilities between Morocco and Algeria.

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Africa CDC counts 5,376 Ebola deaths, almost all in Congo, from the Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine or treatment is approved. Congo's public health institute puts its fatality rate at 51.6%.

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The WHO says renewed fighting between rebels from northern Tigray and the government in Addis Ababa has shattered the 2022 peace deal and is pushing the health system in northern Ethiopia toward collapse. Separately, Sudan has filed complaints against Ethiopia with the UN, with Khartoum saying one-way drone attacks have killed or wounded 484 civilians since February.

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A UN envoy expects talks with the RSF on a transition to civilian rule within weeks, according to The National. Al Jazeera reports new drone attacks on Sudan's power system, army claims of fresh RSF defections and growing famine warnings for displaced people.

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The UN mission MINURSO officially ceased to exist on Sunday after 35 years, Le Monde reports. Refugees in camps in southern Algeria cling to hopes of return (South China Morning Post), while Russia's delegation voted against the US-drafted resolution and its Foreign Ministry opposes ultimatum-based solutions, TASS reports.

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The Trump administration has removed South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade programme, the New York Times reports. It is the latest measure against Pretoria, which the administration has accused of discriminating against white people.

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Unknown attackers set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in Bafwasende, in north-central Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday, Telesur reports. Bloomberg reports that the outbreak's fatality rate now exceeds 50% after hundreds of deaths were added to the toll.

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The UN mission MINURSO, set up to monitor a 1991 ceasefire in Western Sahara, ended after 35 years when its mandate expired on Sunday, according to the UN chief as cited by Reuters. The UN warns of security risks, while Morocco celebrates the defeat of a UN resolution, Al Jazeera reports.

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At least 25 people died and 22 were injured in clashes between communities over the weekend on the border between the Hadjer-Lamis and Bahr El-Ghazal provinces, Telesur reports. The outlet places the area in the central-west of the country.

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Somali pirates have seized an Iranian fishing vessel carrying 23 people, according to the EU's Maritime Security Centre Indian Ocean (MSCIO). The centre warned that the captured ship is approaching a commercial vessel.

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African health ministers agreed to keep their borders open while strengthening surveillance and cross-border cooperation amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Daily Sabah. Africa CDC mourned a Congolese doctor who died from the virus, and Mr Kaseya called the continued loss of young health professionals "deeply painful and outrageous", Premium Times reports.

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Drone strikes on the Hyiq Jari 2 camp for displaced people in Ethiopia's Amhara region killed between 14 and 16 people on Thursday, according to witnesses, Reuters sources and Telesur. Children were among the dead according to The Hindu, Telesur reports 22 wounded, and the available reports do not say who carried out the strikes.

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A probe committee reports that 33 detainees, 14 of them minors, died in the custody of the NSCDC in Niger State, according to Premium Times. The committee says Commandant Siyaka Suberu personally issued a fabricated statement to conceal the deaths.

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RSF commander Siddiq Ander says he has defected from Hemedti's forces, in an exclusive video obtained by Al Jazeera. A separate investigation by the unit CIR identifies 25 commanders present at five sites during periods of reported sexual violence.

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The Russia-Africa summit in Moscow ended on Thursday, with Putin promising more trade with Africa, according to Le Monde. TASS reports that he is to hold more than 10 bilateral meetings with African leaders after the summit, including one in which he presented Sudan's leader with a cooperation roadmap.

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Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, with nearly half fatal, according to Health Ministry data released Tuesday. Neighbouring states and Western countries are weighing the risk of spread.

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A UN mission says Sudanese people in Al Obeid are "trapped between drones and incarceration", according to The National. Al Jazeera reports that the UAE sentenced eight people to life over arms supplies to Sudan's army, amid tensions between Khartoum and Abu Dhabi over the war and the RSF.

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The US Treasury Department accuses Rwanda of undermining a US-brokered peace agreement by supporting a rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the New York Times reports. The sanctions target a conflict that President Trump had declared "ended", according to the paper's headline.

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Putin said on Thursday that the main multilateral program of the Russia-Africa summit had ended and that all leaders backed continuing regular summits. Ethiopia has received Russian fighter jets and air defences.

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Congo's health ministry reported 10,060 Ebola cases and 4,887 deaths on Tuesday. Africa CDC warns the virus could reach Europe without better preparedness.

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The rights group Emergency Lawyers says 102 people died in a Sudanese army drone strike on a market in Nyala, Darfur. Early reports counted 21 dead.

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Up to 50,000 people have crossed from southern Ethiopia into Kenya, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday. They are fleeing fighting between the forces of two Ethiopian regions.

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African leaders gathered in Moscow for the third Russia-Africa summit, where Putin said the effects of the colonial era are still felt in Africa and that Russia actively helps the continent's financial recovery, according to TASS. FAZ notes a UN report that criticises the recruitment of African men for Russia's war.

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Congo's confirmed Ebola cases reached 10,060 with 4,887 deaths on Tuesday, government data show. It is the country's fastest-growing and deadliest outbreak on record.

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A drone strike on a market in Nyala killed at least 21 people on Monday, while RSF drones hit power stations. The US, EU and 30 countries warned of famine.

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Ethiopia's Orthodox Church says armed attackers killed at least 60 Christians in two attacks in Oromia's Arsi Zone. No group has claimed responsibility.

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Attackers killed a nurse responding to an Ebola alert in eastern Congo, the WHO says. Nigeria's first case was flown to Switzerland.

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Police in Nigeria's Taraba State say 58 people died in Friday's four-hour attack on the community of Binnari, up from the 10 first confirmed. No group has claimed responsibility.

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Rapid Support Forces drones struck five power stations in three army-controlled states, causing mass power cuts, according to the Guardian. Britain sanctioned at least 15 commanders from both sides with a travel ban and asset freeze over sexual violence during the siege of El Fasher.

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Algeria's president ordered army units to deploy to neighbouring Niger on Monday at the request of Niamey, to protect shared energy projects and economic interests, according to Reuters and Daily Sabah. It would be Algeria's first deployment abroad since 1973; the upper house of parliament approved it in an emergency session on Sunday, and the lower house was expected to meet on Monday.

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Congo vaccinated the first participant in a Bundibugyo Ebola trial on Friday. On Sunday, Uganda ordered a 21-day quarantine for citizens returning from Congo.

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Mali's army says 54 people died in an attack, The Hindu reported on Sunday. The available reporting gives no further details on the attack.

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At least 40 civilians were killed in southeastern Nigeria, human rights activists told Premium Times, according to TASS. Politika reports that the attackers arrived on motorcycles just after midday prayers and burned the village, while search and rescue operations continue.

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A rig operated by Borr Drilling sank off the coast of Gabon, and five personnel are missing, according to Reuters. Politika reports that 115 people were aboard and 110 were rescued.

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A bus crash on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway killed at least 22 people according to The Hindu, and at least 24 according to Al Jazeera, which describes the dead as church mourners. It came weeks after another crash that killed 17, and the government has vowed a road safety crackdown.

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Algeria's parliament approved on Sunday the deployment of troops to protect oil facilities in Niger. According to Reuters it is the first foreign deployment since 1973, and Al Jazeera says the vote follows a recent defence pact between the two neighbours.

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Gunmen on motorcycles attacked Binnari village in Nigeria's Taraba State on Friday. Police counted 10 dead, while Amnesty International says the toll is 40.

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Kenya's Health Ministry announced a second Ebola death on Friday. In Congo, the first person received an experimental Bundibugyo vaccine.

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More than 2,000 people have fled ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia across the border into Kenya, Daily Sabah reports. At least nine deaths have been reported as the violence continued.

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Rescue teams were searching for seven people feared trapped after a 16-storey building under construction collapsed on Friday in Nairobi, Daily Sabah reports. Serbian daily Politika describes it as an 18-storey building put up without a permit.

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Nigeria's Dangote refinery is listing on the stock exchange, with the offer ending on Tuesday and oversubscription anticipated, Le Monde reports. The Lagos mega-refinery is posting sharply higher profits amid rising fuel prices.

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Switzerland says Nigeria's first Ebola patient in over a decade never travelled to Congo and was probably infected in Uganda. Kenya reported a second death.

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An unfinished building with more than ten upper floors collapsed in Nairobi's Eastleigh district on Friday. Rescuers have made contact with some of those trapped.

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El Niño-driven drought is wrecking Sudan's harvest and raising famine risk on top of the civil war. A senior US official said after talks in Geneva that there is no military solution.

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A Tigray rebel commander pledged on Thursday to keep fighting after government-allied forces took Mekelle. On Friday an official of the federally backed administration urged fighters to lay down their arms.

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Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday, the fourth African country hit this year by the Bundibugyo strain. WHO's Africa director says the outbreak is now more complex.

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A drone strike on Amiet market in the disputed Abyei region on Monday has killed at least 153 people, according to local authorities. They and South Sudan blame the Sudanese army.

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A drone strike on Amiet Market in the disputed Abyei region killed at least 153 people on Monday. South Sudan blames Sudan's army, which says it targeted fuel tankers.

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Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case, a woman who arrived from Uganda, bringing the outbreak to West Africa.

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Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday, a woman who arrived from Uganda, and ordered maximum alert. Kenya reported a ninth case the same day.

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A drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei area killed 53 people on Monday, local authorities say. South Sudan blames the Sudanese army and summoned Sudan's ambassador.

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Militants linked to Islamic State killed at least 48 civilians in eastern Mali, according to sources cited by Reuters on Tuesday.

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A court in Mombasa found self-styled pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie guilty on Monday of murdering 190 children and one adult, Breitbart reports. Le Monde says the verdict ended a first trial of 13 months and more than 120 witnesses, and that Mackenzie preached fasting to death in order to "meet Jesus".

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A double drone strike on a transport hub in al-Dibab killed about 80 people on Sunday. Rights groups count some 160 dead in drone attacks across Sudan since Friday.

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Congo's Health Ministry reports 4,561 Ebola deaths, a fatality rate of 48.2%. Kenya has detected eight cases.

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Human Rights Watch says soldiers, allied Russian fighters and separatists in Mali are committing grave violations of the laws of war. Reuters reports that Mali's forces and their Russian backers killed scores of civilians in drone strikes.

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A Kenyan court on Monday found Paul Mackenzie and about 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult, according to Reuters and the Guardian (some headlines cite 191 children). Prosecutors say Mackenzie and his church set up a sect that ordered followers to starve themselves and their children.

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Congo said on Sunday that Ebola has spread to North Ubangi, its eighth province. Kenya confirmed an eighth case the same day.

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Sudan's army says it struck RSF command centres in South Darfur, while the RSF says a crowded livestock market was hit, according to Al Jazeera. The National reports that millions face displacement and aid funding shortages.

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Several thousand people marched through Tunis on Saturday despite repression by the government of Kaïs Saïed, Le Monde reports. Al Jazeera reports that joblessness, failing services and rising costs are deepening hardship across the country.

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Kenya confirmed four new Ebola cases on Saturday, three of them health workers, bringing its total to seven. Bloomberg reports that Africa CDC says over $700 million in Ebola funds is unaccounted for.

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Al Jazeera reports that Joseph Kabila has joined a rebellion in Congo, and FAZ says the former president leads a new rebel coalition aiming to overthrow the government in Kinshasa. Separately, Le Monde reports tensions between Congo and Belgium after searches linked to a Belgian money-laundering investigation, opened in 2025, into President Félix Tshisekedi's wife and eight other relatives.

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Thousands of people rallied in Tunis on Saturday in the biggest protest in years against President Kais Saied. Unions and opposition groups took part, citing poor living conditions and restrictions on political freedoms, and accuse him of undermining democracy.

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Sudan's army says it killed dozens of Rapid Support Forces fighters in an attack on Nyala. The RSF accuses the army of killing 30 civilians in the attack on the city's busy livestock market.

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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office announced a federal interim administration for Tigray on Friday and promised elections within six months. The TPLF has not yet responded.

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A petrol tanker overturned and exploded at Oluku market in Benin City, southern Nigeria, and a fire engulfed the market, according to Al Jazeera. Premium Times reports that many are feared dead and that ten injured people were taken to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

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The UN has demanded an immediate end to drone attacks in Sudan as civilian deaths mount, The National reports. A separate report by the outlet describes a deadly air strike on goldminers as a sign of economic deprivation caused by the war.

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Mauritius has extended its police curfew amid what Politika calls the worst unrest in 27 years. Riots in several regions began after a police officer seriously wounded a young woman on Friday of last week, and Le Monde reports that a water shortage adds to the distress of young people.

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Kenya has confirmed a third Ebola case, a 65-year-old woman in quarantine with the Bundibugyo strain who is a close relative of the other two cases, with no signs of community transmission, according to Nairobi. Africa CDC says over $700 million in Ebola response funds is unaccounted for in Congo.

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Kenya confirmed a second Ebola case on Wednesday, a relative of its first patient. In Congo, where confirmed cases passed 9,000, the health workers' union called a nationwide strike.

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Fighters attacked a military base in Borno State in northeast Nigeria. Reuters reports 10 soldiers killed, while Premium Times, citing sources, puts the toll at 15 soldiers and five members of the Civilian Joint Task Force; separately, Premium Times reports that suspected bandits killed five farmers and abducted 18 people in Niger State.

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Ethiopian forces have expanded their control in Tigray, while a militia claims to have inflicted losses on Eritrean troops. Eritrea denies moving troops inside northern Ethiopia, and the United States calls for de-escalation.

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Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of a "total invasion" and claims self-defence, while Asmara denies involvement. The two countries have effectively suspended diplomatic relations.

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Kenya reported a second Ebola case on Wednesday, a 39-year-old relative of its first patient. Both cases trace to the outbreak in eastern Congo.

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Mauritius extended a curfew, Bloomberg reports, amid what it calls the worst unrest since 1999. Police said 84 people were arrested on Tuesday, and Le Monde reports the protests were triggered when a police officer shot and seriously wounded a woman on Friday.

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According to Al Jazeera, former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila has joined the M23 rebels, a move it says confirms the Kinshasa government's accusations of his ties to armed rebels. A UN envoy sees a "window of opportunity" for peace and praises progress in diplomacy, despite a worsening security and humanitarian situation.

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Congo's Ebola infections have surpassed 9,000, the government says, according to Reuters. Al Jazeera reports that the Bundibugyo strain is driving the deadliest Ebola outbreak in the country's history, while health workers face mistrust from communities.

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Former president Joseph Kabila will lead the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, which absorbs the Rwanda-backed M23. The FT says it further complicates US peace efforts.

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Protests over a police shooting that wounded a woman have shaken Mauritius. Bloomberg calls it the worst unrest in the tourist destination since 1999.

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Ethiopian government troops have advanced to the border with Eritrea, pushing back Tigrayan rebels, unnamed sources said on Tuesday. Diplomats are trying to prevent a war between Addis Ababa and Asmara.

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Heavy rainfall flooded Tripoli, submerging cars and homes and trapping people inside buildings, according to Al Jazeera. Politika reports that water entered the corridors of the Central Hospital in the city centre.

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A boat carrying 305 migrants to Yemen capsized off Djibouti, killing at least 139 people, the IOM says. Another 84 are missing.

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A rights group says an air strike on a Sudanese gold mine near the Egyptian border killed at least 72 miners. Egypt has not commented.

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Ethiopian federal forces and an allied militia entered Adwa, about 40km from the Eritrean border, on Sunday, residents say. The TPLF had withdrawn a day earlier.

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Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila has been named head of a political-military movement that includes M23 rebels, Le Monde reports. He was designated in Goma and was sentenced to death in absentia in 2025.

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A Sudanese rights group says Egyptian jets killed at least 72 miners at a gold mine near the border on Saturday. Egypt has not commented, and the toll cannot be independently verified.

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At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, died when an overcrowded boat bound for Yemen sank off Djibouti, the UN migration agency said on Sunday. Another 84 people are missing.

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A rights group says a paramilitary drone strike near the Ethiopian border in Sudan killed 41 people, The Hindu reports. At the UN, Russia and China blocked a US push to extend the arms embargo to all of Sudan, covering both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, according to the Jerusalem Post.

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Eritrea asked the UN Security Council on Saturday to condemn Ethiopia's "declaration of war". Ethiopian-allied forces say they retook Adigrat after an Eritrean incursion.

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Ebola has spread to another health zone in eastern DR Congo, the WHO says. Kenya has confirmed a fatal imported case.

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Police arrested 19 people over protests against irregular immigration in Durban that turned into riots on Thursday and Friday, according to Telesur. The city lies on South Africa's east coast.

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The WHO counts 8,728 confirmed Ebola cases and 4,205 deaths in DR Congo. Kenya is tightening border controls after its first death.

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Ethiopia told the UN Security Council that Eritrea has launched an "all-out invasion" of northern Ethiopia. Eritrea denies this and says Ethiopia is waging a war of aggression against it.

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A drone strike blamed on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit near a displacement camp at Wad al-Mahi in Blue Nile state, according to reports on Friday. Al Jazeera puts the death toll at about 30 civilians, including women and children, while Daily Sabah reports at least 31 dead and 19 wounded.

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South Africa's government has withdrawn a directive requiring refugee reception offices to process more asylum applications, Daily Sabah and Reuters report. The step follows protests against the policy that turned violent.

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Forces linked to Erik Prince suffered a battlefield loss in Congo, with a former UFC fighter among the wounded, Reuters reports citing sources. The New York Times says the injury of a former Green Beret and the death of an elite soldier from New Zealand have highlighted the Blackwater founder's growing role in the conflict.

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Ethiopian drones struck Eritrean troops that crossed into Tigray, according to conflict monitor Acled. Observers fear a direct war between the two neighbours.

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Several cars were torched and foreign-run businesses forced to shut in Johannesburg's Soweto and the coastal city of Durban, Al Jazeera reports, amid anger over an asylum ruling. The government blames disinformation for the unrest, according to Reuters.

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The African Union inaugurated its credit rating agency, AfCRA, on Wednesday in Mauritius. It is meant to offer an alternative to the three dominant Western firms, whose assessments African leaders accuse of overstating the region's risk.

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Witnesses report Eritrean soldiers inside Ethiopia's Tigray region, and Bloomberg says Addis Ababa demands their withdrawal. Eritrea calls the accusation a pretext for war.

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Kenya confirmed its first Ebola death on Tuesday, a man who flew to Nairobi after falling ill in Congo. Authorities are tracing the passengers on his flight.

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African countries moved on Wednesday to launch AfCRA, the first credit rating agency of the African Union. It is meant to end the 'Africa premium' that policymakers say Moody's, S&P Global and Fitch Ratings have imposed.

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Libya's eastern-based parliament voted on Wednesday to replace longtime speaker Aguila Saleh with Al-Salhin Abdelnabi al-Obeidi. Saleh had held the post for 12 years, and Al Jazeera reports growing discontent.

Geopolitics

Kenya reported its first Ebola case on Tuesday: a man who returned from Congo and died in Nairobi. Authorities are tracing dozens of contacts.

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Tigrayan groups are forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15, witnesses say, as fighting spreads. An analyst warns of rising risk of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

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Malian troops backed by Russia's Africa Corps entered Kidal on Tuesday after Tuareg rebels pulled out. The rebels call the withdrawal temporary.

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Flooding hit Senegal's capital Dakar, and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye spoke of loss of life. According to a witness, a woman and her son died when their home flooded.

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An envoy of US President Donald Trump held a rare meeting with Sudan's army chief in Egypt in an attempt to end the war, according to the Jerusalem Post and The National. The army has been fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, when the two fell out over issues including how to integrate their forces in a transition to civilian rule.

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Federal forces hold Mekelle, but airstrikes and artillery continue in the north. Ethiopia has cut ties with Eritrea, and Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia signal a new alliance.

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A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 crashed in Ondo state on Monday with 32 people aboard. All are believed dead.

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The New York Times reports that residents of Mangala were left with little outside support, which it says helps explain how the Ebola outbreak became the worst seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The article examines how the epidemic grew so quickly.

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Federal troops and allied Tigrayan fighters took Mekelle over the weekend after the TPLF pulled out. On Sunday, Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan rejected unilateral Nile measures.

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France's foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot visited Bunia in Ituri on Saturday to pledge support against Ebola. Congolese authorities describe the outbreak as the deadliest in the country's history.

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An air strike in Sudan killed the driver of a UN aid truck, the World Food Programme said on Sunday. The UN agency says the trucks were clearly marked as humanitarian vehicles.

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Police recovered 22 more bodies from the ferry that sank on Lake Kariba, raising the toll to 68, according to an announcement on Saturday. Le Monde reports that no details were given about the new victims and that most of those on board were villagers.

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The Ebola outbreak in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is outpacing efforts to contain it, the WHO says. It is spreading faster than any previous outbreak of the virus.

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Moroccan police arrested more than 100 people who tried to enter the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Saturday, 111 according to The Guardian and about 300 according to the FAZ, after a social media campaign called for another mass crossing. The larger surge did not happen, and the FAZ reports that officers apparently used tear gas.

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At least 20 people were killed in clashes between Kambari and Fulani communities in central Nigeria, The Hindu reported on Saturday. The report gave no further detail on where the fighting took place or what triggered it.

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President Hakainde Hichilema has taken an early lead in Zambia's presidential election, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. The electoral commission had halted the tally a day earlier after attacks on polling staff and the theft of ballots.

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Congo's Ebola epidemic has reached a sixth province, Bas-Uele, after a man died there, Africa CDC said on Thursday. Government figures put the toll above 2,100 deaths in more than 4,500 cases.

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Sudan's Rapid Support Forces attacked the town of Umm Arda in North Kordofan on Friday, killing at least 14 civilians. The paramilitaries say they took the town; the army says it drove them back.

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Zambia's electoral commission has suspended the count in the presidential election after allegations of violence and fraud. President Hakainde Hichilema is seeking a second term.

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A funding shortfall could leave more than 650,000 refugees in South Sudan without UN food aid within weeks, the world body warned on Friday. According to Le Monde, the warning comes as the rainy season peaks, access becomes harder and food prices rise.

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A mosquito species that migrated from Asia is pushing malaria numbers up in Africa, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Friday. According to the newspaper, it thrives in cities of all places and is resistant to insecticides.

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