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Phone app helps Kenya's visually impaired get around
A navigation tool built in Kenya is using AI to help people with visual impairment understand what lies ahead as they move through Nairobi. 'Sightra' runs as a phone based web app, detecting cars, trees, furniture and other obstacles in real time and sending spoken descriptions through an earpiece.
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Egypt and Qatar stress need for dialogue over Strait of Hormuz
Egyptâ s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Cairo on Thursday for talks on bilateral cooperation and regional deescalation.
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Cameroon's President Biya returns home after unexplained 10-week absence
President Paul Biya, 93, returned to Cameroon on Thursday, after a 73-day absence that fuelled speculation about his health.
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RSF calls for release of French journalists detained in Togo
Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders is calling for the release of two French journalists and their fixer detained in Togo.
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Chinese court sentences founder of troubled property developer Evergrande to life in prison
Hui was fined 47 million yuan ($6.5 million) in 2024 and banned from China's securities markets for life by the China Securities Regulatory Commission over inflating company financial results, among other issues.
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DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses for outbreak response
WHO experts say early evidence, including animal studies, suggests Ervebo could offer some protectionâ and the new trial will seek to establish whether that protection extends to humans.
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US national debt tops 40 trillion dollars for first time
America's national debt has surpassed 40 trillion dollars for the first time - more than double what it was just 10 years ago, according to data released by the US Treasury on Wednesday.
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Spanish government creates new migrant shelters to ease Ceuta crisis
On Thursday morning, it began relocating over 1,000 people from the beach to reception centres set up in army tents.
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Reuters: Continental confederations in talks to oust FIFA boss Infantino
UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF have not given up on ousting FIFA president Gianni Infantino, according to a new report from Reuters. The three continental bodies are said to be in talks about seeking a vote of no confidence against Infantino over his proposal to sell World Cup profits to private investors.
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DR Congo: Prosecutors seek 15-year prison sentence for ex-justice minister
They accuse Constant Mutamba of being the mastermind behind the fraudulent disbursement of some $20 million from the Uganda Victimsâ Reparation Fund.
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HRW says Russian paramilitaries killed 9 civilians in Mali
The Sahel country has been wracked since 2012 by a serious security crisis, notably fuelled by violence from jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, along with criminal gangs and armed separatists.
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Nigeria's federal government moves to decriminalise attempted suicide
Health Minister Ali Pate said the reform aims at reducing suicide deaths and attempts by 15 per cent by 2030.
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In Senegal's Saint-Louis, traces of slave-trading past are being erased
The first French trading post in sub-Saharan Africa was established in Senegal's Saint-Louis in 1659 and the island soon became a holding point for thousands of captive Africans before they were shipped abroad. But Saint-Louis' role in the transatlantic slave trade is little known.
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DRC: Will the copper export ban finally deliver mineral sovereignty? {Business Africa}
The DRCâ s cobalt and copper export ban targets billions in refining marginsâ but a 2,000-megawatt power shortfall could threaten its industrial ambitions, while Zambiaâ s copper boom is attracting billions in green-energy investment, but citizens are asking: who really benefits?
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DRC: M23 tightens movement controls as Ebola outbreak surpasses 5,000 cases
The AFC/M23 rebel alliance in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is tightening restrictions on movement after two travellers from a government-held area tested positive for Ebola in rebel territory, adding another challenge to efforts to contain the countryâ s rapidly expanding outbreak.
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