Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 23:46
The attackers also abducted an unspecified number of people, including students from a Catholic school where over 300 people were kidnapped in November.
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 23:22
[New Times] The AFC/M23 movement has reported that six people were killed and 41 others injured in a drone attack on Masisi Centre, North Kivu, on Friday, January 2.
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 22:30
[CAF] Cassablanca -- Battered for half an hour, the Indomitable Lions bent but did not break before striking with clinical precision. Tchamadeu and then Kofane turned the Round of 16 match, despite a lively and dominant South Africa. Reduced to defending late in the game, the Cameroonians held...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 22:30
OPEC+ kept oil output unchanged on Sunday after a quick meeting that avoided discussion of the political crises affecting several of the producer group's members. Sunday's meeting of eight members of OPEC+, which pumps about half the world's oil, came after oil prices fell more than 18% in 2025 —...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 20:49
It is the latest in a spate of violent attacks in Niger state, and comes a day after officials said schools could reopen following a mass abduction last year.
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 20:17
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Morocco laboured to a 1-0 win over Tanzania in a last 16 tie of the Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat on Sunday night.
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 19:57
Mamady Doumbouya has been confirmed as the winner of Guinea’s presidential election, securing 86.72 percent of the vote, according to official results published by the Supreme Court on Sunday. This confirmation follows provisional results from December 28's election, which saw major opposition...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 18:31
By Sahel Reporters
Constituents of Takum, Ussa, and Donga Federal Constituency have on Sunday rejected ailing ex-Taraba State House of Assembly lawmaker, Capt. Douglas Ndatse Yahaya, to represent them at the National Assembly in 2027.
Some eligible voters, who spoke to...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 18:30
By Sahel Reporters, Yola
Alhaji Muhammad Yahuza Gaya, the Mutawalle of Gaya, on Sunday paid a courtesy and thanksgiving visit to the District Head of Girei, Ubandoma Adamawa Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Mustafa, following his recent appointment as Barden Girei.
The visit was led by...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 18:24
France will impose stricter controls on several food imports, the government said Sunday, as it seeks to calm growing unrest among farmers who argue they are being undercut by products from countries with less stringent regulations. The move comes as French farmers continue protests against a...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 18:15
The African Great Lakes are becoming one of the most crowded places in the world
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 18:00
Speaking to the sporting press in Agadir last week, a calm Hossam Hassan, coach of the
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 17:05
Facing unemployment and social tensions, young people in Madagascar are returning to ancestral possession rituals and traditions tied to identity and belonging.
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 16:44
By Umar Dankano, Yola
Two suspects have been arrested by the Adamawa state police Command over the murder of three (3) female farmers in a renewed tribal conflict between natives of Bachawa and Chobo in Lamurde local government area in the state.
Spokesman of the Command, SP...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 16:40
Pope Leo has expressed deep concern over the recent US raid in Venezuela, urging that the well-being of the Venezuelan people must take precedence over all other considerations.
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 16:24
[RFI] Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant whose 54 years in the wild came to symbolise the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers.
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 16:23
North Korea launched at least two ballistic missiles early Sunday, according to South Korea and Japan, in a move that added to mounting global tensions as diplomatic activity unfolded in East Asia and Washington escalated military action in Venezuela. The launches — Pyongyang’s first missile...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 15:51
At least 30 people have been killed and several others abducted after gunmen attacked a market in Nigeria’s Niger State, according to police. The attackers stormed Kasuwan Daji market in Demo village on Saturday afternoon, setting stalls on fire and looting food.
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 15:49
At least 16 people have been killed across Iran during a week of nationwide protests, according to rights groups, as demonstrations over soaring inflation escalated into violent confrontations between protesters and security forces. Deaths and hundreds of arrests have been reported by both...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026 - 15:26
Kenyan entrepreneurs Leonard and Emily Mcharo spent years living far below their means. There were no holidays, no weekend road trips, and no bikes for their children.
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