#bbc.com. Trump has right to consider deal over Chagos Islands, says Downing Street. The biggest island, Diego Garcia, hosts a joint UK-US airbase which is of strategic importance.
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#voanews.com. WHO says suspected outbreak of Marburg disease kills 8 in remote part of Tanzania. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets
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#voanews.com. Botswana records grim gender-based violence statistics. Botswana recorded 93 rape cases and 10 women murdered in a two-week period
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#theguardian.com. UK stalls Chagos Islands deal until Trump administration can ‘consider detail’. Future of Diego Garcia military base should be considered before handover to Mauritius signed off, No 10 says
#Jan.15.2025 ×
#techcrunch.com. Fast-growing South African venture FARO raises $6M to source, refurbish and sell surplus clothing | TechCrunch. FARO came onto the scene last year and recently raised $6 million to make fashion affordable while combating textile waste across Africa.
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#bbc.com. Kenya Ice Lions: The rise of ice hockey in East Africa. Kenya has become just the fifth African nation to gain membership of the International Ice Hockey Federation, despite having only one ice rink in the country.
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#huffpost.com. 78 Bodies Pulled From South Africa Gold Mine, With Hundreds More Believed Trapped. Food and other supplies were cut off to those inside the mine by local authorities who want the miners to surrender to police because they were mining illegally.
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#aljazeera.com. ‘We’re not pirates’, say hijackers who seized Chinese ship off Somali coast. After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.
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#aljazeera.com. Chapo sworn in following Mozambique’s disputed presidential election. Security was tight around ceremony as opposition says more than 300 killed in protests claiming election fraud.
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#theguardian.com. Suspected outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease kills eight in Tanzania. Healthcare workers among suspected cases of Ebola-like disease as WHO issues warning of high risk to the country and its neighbours
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#aljazeera.com. Rescue operation to free trapped miners in South Africa. Al Jazeera’s Hatu Mutasa reports from Stilfontein, South Africa, as rescue workers bring trapped miners to the surface.
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#theguardian.com. ‘The fight is existential’: Cameroon’s anglophone leaders lead a revolution from behind bars. Julius Ayuk Tabe and other ‘Ambazonian’ activists speak from prison where they still call for an independent state
#Jan.15.2025 ×
#bbc.com. WHO warns of suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania's Kagera region. The UN health agency says the risk of the virus spreading in the region is "high".
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#washingtonpost.com. 60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa, many more trapped. Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by depriving them of food and water.
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#nytimes.com. Inauguration in Mozambique Tests Ruling Party’s 50-Year Grip on Power. Mozambique at a Crossroads as New President is Sworn In
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#bbc.com. Kenyan minister Justin Muturi alleges intelligence agency behind his son's abduction. Justin Muturi says his son was freed following President William Ruto's intervention.
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#aljazeera.com. Tunisia’s revolution 14 years on: ‘The emperor has no clothes’. The Arab Spring did not bring democracy to the region, but it remains a beacon of hope for struggling Arabs.
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#aljazeera.com. WHO says 8 dead in suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania, warns of spread. Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.
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#voanews.com. South African rescue operation brings illegal miners, bodies, to surface. After more than two months, the government has begun an operation to rescue illegal miners known as 'zama zamas,' but many are already dead
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#theguardian.com. Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU. Law to stop armed groups profiting from trade in gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum is being breached, rights groups say
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#theguardian.com. ‘Solar Mamas empower our people by giving them electricity’: the women lighting up Zanzibar. Women with little formal education trained to become solar technicians, transforming villages and tackling patriarchal norms
#Jan.15.2025 ×
#voanews.com. Exodus continues from Ethiopia earthquake epicenter. 'We heard a big noise like a gun salute,' say displaced residents recounting their experiences
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#bbc.com. Daniel Chapo: Mozambique to get new president amid swirl of protest. There is a huge question over Daniel Chapo's legitimacy and people are threatening demonstrations.
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#washingtonpost.com. Israel and Hamas in ‘final stages’ of Gaza ceasefire talks, officials say. U.S., Qatari and Egyptian mediators shuttled between the Israeli and Hamas delegations in Doha on Tuesday, where officials said a deal to halt the war is near.
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