Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:33
Junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya won 86.72% of the votes counted so far, according to Guinea's General Directorate of Elections.
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:30
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was returned to custody in Brasilia after being discharged from hospital, hours after a Supreme Court justice rejected his request to serve his sentence under humanitarian house arrest. Bolsonaro, 70, had been hospitalized for medical procedures to treat...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:30
In his address to the nation on New Year's Eve, Bassirou Diomaye Faye promised major public investments in areas including education, health and water infrastructure.
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:29
How Nigeria’s Court Betrayed Nnamdi Kanu By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze There are moments in a nation’s legal history when a courtroom becomes more than a venue for adjudication—it becomes a mirror. In such moments, the law does not merely interpret statutes; it reveals character. Nigeria’s handling of...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:25
In celebration of World Basketball Day, Seed Academy Ghana will host the Kumasi Leadership Summit + Basketball Skills Camp on December 20 – 21, 2025, at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The two-day, off-court summit and on-court...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:23
The visit is seen as a sign of the league’s growing global appeal and Algeria’s rising profile in digital football entertainment, blending sport, culture and new media.
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:17
U.S. Marine Corps fires Red Wolf munition from AH-1Z, showing strike range ten times Hellfire, networking abilities and a push for Pacific-ready airpower. United States Marine Corps has completed a key live-fire test of a new helicopter-launched munition designed to dramatically extend the reach...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:04
At least nine people have died and more than 200 others have been hospitalized in Indore after a diarrhoea outbreak that local officials say was caused by contaminated drinking water in one neighborhood of the central Indian city. Health authorities said the outbreak was traced to a leak in a...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 09:03
Boxing star Anthony Joshua treated for minor injuries and discharged in Lagos, after expressway crash in Nigeria that killed trainers Lateef Ayodele and Sina Ghami. British-Nigerian boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been discharged from a private hospital in Lagos following a road accident that...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:48
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- President Hussein Ali Mwinyi has outlined a 2026 development agenda centred on faster economic growth, expanded infrastructure and improved social services, as Zanzibar builds on gains recorded in 2025.
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:46
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared alongside his wife and daughter at the country’s most sacred mausoleum on New Year’s Day, marking the first time his child, Ju Ae, has been shown paying respects to past leaders in a highly symbolic public setting. State media photographs released on...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:43
Benin once again erupted in sound and colour this weekend as Cotonou shook to the beat of a rarefied music festival organized by the President’s son. International acts, a dazzling set-up, huge publicity: it was all planned to give the country two-and-a-half-hours of collective euphoria despite...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:39
[Nile Post] President Museveni has fulfilled the shs10 million pledge he made to vendors at Kayunga daily market in Wakiso town council.
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:37
[Vanguard] The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, has assured residents and communities of the Lake Chad region that the military is intensifying efforts to secure the lake and its adjoining waterways to allow fishing, transportation and other socio-economic activities to thrive...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:37
[Daily News] Morogoro -- Ten people were killed and 18 others injured after a truck and a minibus collided head-on and burst into flames in Morogoro on Wednesday evening.
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:35
Late-night blaze at packed Crans-Montana bar leaves about 40 dead and 115 hurt as investigators probe cause and rule out terrorism Swiss authorities say. Massive overnight fire at a crowded bar in the Swiss Alps has killed around 40 people and injured at least 115 others, turning a popular tourist...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:20
[Leadership] At least seven people have been confirmed dead, while many others remained missing after a boat carrying about 200 migrants capsized off the coast of The Gambia, the government has said.
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:19
Venus Williams is set to return to the Australian Open after tournament organizers confirmed she has been awarded a wildcard entry, marking her first appearance at Melbourne Park in five years. The seven time Grand Slam champion last competed at the Australian Open in 2021, when she was...
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 08:13
Rural people mostly grew their own food. But in the city, the daily meal became a commodity to be bought and sold.
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Friday, January 2, 2026 - 07:50
It is the latest accident on one of the world’s most dangerous routes used by West Africans trying to reach Spain.
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