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Somalia announces parliamentary and presidential elections for 2027
Somalia announced on Thursday that parliamentary and presidential elections would be held next year, despite an increasingly fractured political landscape and worries over mounting instability.
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Albania: Violent protests rock Tirana for third straight day
Fires burn in central Tirana as protesters throw stones and police respond with tear gas and water cannon. Student-led demonstrations demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation enter their third day.
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Houthis struck Riyadh airport 20 times in October, Saudi-led coalition says
Yemenâ s Houthi rebels have struck Riyadhâ s King Khalid international airport 20 times since the start of October. A spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition said the attacks involved 10 drones, four ballistic missiles, four cruise missiles and two unidentified projectiles.
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Gianni Infantino chairs FIFA Council meeting as critics push to oust him
It is the first time he faces the 37-members since he was forced to drop his secretive and divisive World Cup sell-off plan.
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@africanews 8 hours ago
Phase-1 trial of Ebola vaccine gets underway in Uganda
Scientists in the southern Ugandan city of Masaka are conducting a phase I trial of a candidate vaccine against the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease (BDBV), a strain for which no licensed vaccine or effective treatment currently exists.
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@africanews 11 hours ago
UK: Harry and Meghan make high-profile comeback six years after royal exit
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are back in the public eye in Britain. The couple greeted crowds, met children and visited community projects in Nottingham, the city where they first appeared together after their engagement in 2017.
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Africa CDC probes missing millions meant for ebola response
Africa CDC chief Dr. Jean Kaseya says more than $700 million in donor funding for Ebola response in the DRC cannot be traced
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US wants to see Senegalâ s debt restructuring completed within a year
A top US Treasury official highlighted Dakar's case as an example of improvements in sovereign debt restructuring.
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@africanews 11 hours ago
Indonesia's skies turn apocalyptic orange as smoke blankets Singapore
Apocalyptic orange skies engulf Palangkaraya in Indonesia, while Singapore's famous Marina Bay Sands nearly disappears behind thick smoke. Months of wildfires have triggered an air pollution crisis across Southeast Asia.
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School feeding programme supports children and local farmers in CAR
The World Food Programme says more than 250,000 children receive meals in 335 schools across the country.
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HRW calls for greater access to Tigray region to ensure civilian protection
International NGO Human Rights Watch is calling for greater access to Ethiopia's Tigray region to better protect the population. The organisation says the renewed fighting between federal forces and Tigrayan rebels has cost lives and access to vital services.
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@africanews 13 hours ago
Kenya hikes fuel prices amid higher import costs linked to Middle East conflict
Rising fuel prices are having a negative impact on household budgets and sectors including transport, agriculture, and construction.
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@africanews 12 hours ago
Africa Energy Week: Energy deals must deliver jobs and growth, participants say
Participants at Africa Energy Week in Cape Town are calling for greater efforts to ensure the vast resources of the African continent deliver industrial growth and provide much-needed employment as deals worth billions of dollars have already been struck at the five-day event.
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UK: Frieze London blurs the lines between art, gaming and reality
Visitors to Frieze London in the UK are becoming part of the artworks themselves, climbing a giant interactive spider, entering virtual worlds and taking part in installations that turn spectators into participants.
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@africanews 14 hours ago
Vaccines, antibiotics: Africa's push for pharma independence [Business Africa]
Africa imports 70-80% of the medicines it consumes, and up to 95% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients needed to make them. That dependency leaves the continent exposed to every global supply chain shock, from Covid-19 to the war in Ukraine to instability in the Gulf
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@africanews 13 hours ago
Pakistan: Classrooms reduced to rubble in deadly school disaster, at leat 32 pupils killed
A school roof collapsed in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, on Thursday 15 October, killing at least 32 pupils and a teacher. Officials said the roof was structurally weak and had been overloaded by construction work. The schoolâ s owner was arrested and an investigation launched.
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