South African farmers count losses as foot-and-mouth surges
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South African farmers count losses as foot-and-mouth surges

South Africa’s beef exports dropped 26% in 2025 despite rising global demand, hit by its worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in years and a resulting Chinese…

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Benin offers African diaspora citizenship to mark slavery legacy | REUTERS
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Benin offers African diaspora citizenship to mark slavery legacy | REUTERS

Benin’s president has unveiled the ‘My Afro Origins’ program in a bid to raise the country’s profile and herald an initiative that offers Beninese citizenship…

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Ethiopia begins construction of ‘Africa’s biggest airport’ | REUTERS
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Ethiopia begins construction of ‘Africa’s biggest airport’ | REUTERS

Ethiopian Airlines officially started a $12.5 billion construction project for what officials say will be Africa’s biggest airport when completed in 2030 in the Ethiopian…

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How Uganda’s election could be a story of violence and succession | REUTERS
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How Uganda’s election could be a story of violence and succession | REUTERS

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule, but political observers are still paying attention to what the vote could tell us about…

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Will Central African Republic’s crypto embrace endanger state assets? | REUTERS
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Will Central African Republic’s crypto embrace endanger state assets? | REUTERS

Central African Republic has embraced opaque cryptocurrency schemes that raise the risk of state assets being captured by foreign criminal organizations, according to a report…

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South Africa cannot turn back Palestinians, says President Ramaphosa
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South Africa cannot turn back Palestinians, says President Ramaphosa

Speaking on the sidelines of a Johannesburg clean-up campaign, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the media regarding a group of Palestinians who were stranded…

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Dar es Salaam under curfew after Tanzania election protests | REUTERS
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Dar es Salaam under curfew after Tanzania election protests | REUTERS

Tanzanian police ordered a curfew in Dar es Salaam after violent protests marred an election that President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to win following…

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African Union urges use of world map showing Africa’s true size | REUTERS
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African Union urges use of world map showing Africa’s true size | REUTERS

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in…

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Death of former Nigerian president Buhari sparks mix of emotions | REUTERS
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Death of former Nigerian president Buhari sparks mix of emotions | REUTERS

Nigeria’s late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a London clinic aged 82, will be buried in his northern home state of Katsina. He…

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BYD to nearly triple South Africa dealers’ network by next year | REUTERS
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BYD to nearly triple South Africa dealers’ network by next year | REUTERS

Chinese electric-vehicle giant BYD plans to nearly triple its dealership network in South Africa by next year as it looks to grow its market share…

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