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8 Nov
Mali has announced plans to build several nuclear power plants in cooperation with Russian energy firm Rosatom. But is such an undertaking feasible?
8 Nov
This is the fourth such incident involving an IED since the convoy's departure from the UN base in Kidal on Tuesday. Mali's government has refused to authorize flight support for the convoy.
8 Nov
Kenya only shook off British rule in 1963 and relations between the two countries have been complicated ever since. More recent events at a British army training camp have not helped improve matters.
8 Nov
South Africa and Chad have decided to recall their diplomatic staff from Israel for consultations. The move comes in response to Israel's ongoing war in Gaza. Also, more than 20 people have been killed in an attack near the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Since April, violence in the country has left at least 10,000 people dead and millions displaced.
8 Nov
Why is Kenya leading the mission? Kenya has a history of sending peacekeepers to volatile countries and offered to send 1,000 personnel to Haiti in July. Nairobi says it wants to take part in the “rebuilding” of the country, which has been run by unelected officials for years.
7 Nov
The enemy is nearly invisible and there are no soldiers, but the Indian capital’s new “Green War Room” is battling air pollution that is cutting lives of residents by over a decade.
7 Nov
DR Congo's educated young people have been battling high unemployment levels and a congested labor market prompting calls for government intervention.
7 Nov
Xenophobia is nothing new to South Africa but experts warn attacks on foreigners could rise as nationalist campaign rhetoric heats up.
7 Nov
Guinea's justice ministry has said three assailants and four members of Guinea's defense force were among the dead after former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara was briefly broken out of prison on Saturday
7 Nov
Africa launched an ambitious project of a free trade area with all member countries of the African Union signing unto it. At the core of this free trade area is the movement of goods and people. But the continent is still grappling with visa regimes that many analysts say is retarding the economic prosperity of Africa.
6 Nov
Delegates from Africa and the US have been meeting in Johannesburg to discuss the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, Washington's flagship trade program for the continent.
6 Nov
Traditional journalism hinges on the notion of objectivity. But some say there can be no objectivity in the face of injustice ─ so they openly choose to be activists. In this Street Debate Edith Kimani and her panel tackle the thin line between journalism and activism, why some choose to cross it and whether it really undermines press integrity.

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The Israeli military says it killed a Hezbollah rocket unit commander in an airstrike in south Lebanon.
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The false rumour that French First Lady Brigitte Macron was born a man has been going viral in France since 2021, pushed by conspiracy theorists and the far right. This rumour has now resurfaced in the US, with conservative political commentator Candace Owens peddling it. We explain the origin of this fake claim in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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India has been navigating its relationship with Russia and western allies backing Ukraine. India relies on Russian arms and economic ties to the West. But the country's neutrality has become increasingly frustrating for Ukraine, which seeks India's support.
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