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Nairobi says it has shut down illegal recruiters and will urge Moscow to sign a deal banning conscription.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa's anti-poaching and anti-trafficking efforts have yielded a 16% overall decline in rhino poaching last year when compared to 2024.

Eswatini says the talks were part of regional diplomacy and not an attempt to interfere.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has slotted a March 5 mention for a petition seeking to block alleged unchecked access to State House by controversial Zimbabwean businessman and ZANU-PF baron Wicknell Chivayo.

[Shabelle] Saakow, Somalia -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), working with international partners, has killed a senior Al-Shabaab commander in an operation carried out outside the town of Saakow in the Middle Juba region, security officials said.

[GroundUp] Following a landmark appeal case, dozens more community associations have come forward to demand compensation that the Lesotho Highlands Water Project was meant to pay in 2013.

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- West African economic policymakers, central bank officials, and regional financial experts on Monday convened in Monrovia for the second ordinary meeting of key technical committees of Economic Community of West African States and the West African Monetary Agency, as part of regional meetings running from Feb. 4 to 13 focused on advancing plans for a proposed ECOWAS single currency.

[Premium Times] The ranking places Nigeria behind 33 other African countries, spotlighting persistent governance challenges in Africa's most populous nation.

[Nile Post] The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has warned against the misuse of radio and television platforms by unsuccessful candidates seeking to challenge officially declared election results.

Bas de Leede stars with both bat and ball as the Netherlands open their account in the T20 World Cup with a convincing seven-wicket victory over Namibia.

[Premium Times] "We are happy that our trucks, which were trapped for months, can now move freely through Nigeria to their destinations," a Niger official said.

[allAfrica] Senegalese police have said that they have arrested 14 people and dismantled a criminal network operating between Senegal and France.

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[GroundUp] Ado Krige supplied key documents that blew corruption at the NLC wide open

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya aims to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 as part of its ambitious 10-year climate restoration plan, but the number of seedlings actually established so far falls far short of this target.

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[This Day] Abuja -- President Bola Tinubu on Monday painted a gloomy picture of the security situation in the country saying terrorism is giving him and other Nigerians sleepless nights.

[Dabanga] Khartoum / Amsterdam -- Aviation expert and former Director of Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority, Ibrahim Adlan, confirms that arrangements are under way to implement a humanitarian truce plan centred on the United Nations' use of Khartoum Airport as a main humanitarian hub, warning that reliance on foreign crews to run regional airports could undermine the effort.

[Dabanga] Geneva -- Briefing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today on the situation surrounding the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk has called on the international community to hold those responsible for atrocities and war crimes accountable, and to do more to end the senseless war in Sudan.

[UN News] As the brutal Sudan war shows no signs of ending, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop more mass killings and other flagrant war crimes against civilians.