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[allAfrica] The tenth Conference of Parties (COP 10) of the World Health Organization's (WHO) meeting on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is currently underway in Panama until February 10th, 2024.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Western Cape High Court upheld the ban placed on some opposition party leaders from attending President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SONA) tomorrow - Thursday, February 8, 2024.

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and Finance Ministry will soon be implementing a 'raft' of new policies to save the country's heavily battered dollar and deal with galloping inflation.

The internet outage comes on top of a 10-month civil war which has forced nine million from their homes.

[Ghanaian Times] At least seven people died on the spot and four others suffered injuries when a fuel tanker crashed into a Toyota Hiace mini-bus around China Mall at Sapeiman on the Accra-Nsawam road in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.

[Premium Times] The deputy vice-chancellor was abducted on 26 January from a petrol station where he drove in to refuel his car.

[GroundUp] The station was completed at the end of December after a 10-year wait

[RFI] Senegal's opposition Tuesday denounced a "constitutional coup" after parliament voted to delay the presidential election by 10 months, plunging the country into its worst crisis in decades.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has assured that South Africa does not pose any danger to Nigerian citizens, as the two countries are set to face each other in the semi-final match of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tonight.

[SAnews.gov.za] The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department says provincial disaster management teams are responding to the trail of destruction caused by severe thunderstorms, accompanied by strong winds and lightning, in Dannhauser, Estcourt, Vryheid and Ulundi.

[Premium Times] The Nigerian High Commission in South Africa had earlier notified nationals living in South Africa of possible violent attacks following inflammatory comments made online by South Africans against Nigerians.

[Premium Times] The battle for space in the final thirds will be crucial to determining who wins a final ticket when Nigeria confronts South Africa in Bouake on Wednesday

[African Arguments] Cracks are widening along Ethiopia's ancient rock-hewn churches. Fighting has come perilously close, but rain is the bigger threat.

[ISS] After accusations of an 'electoral coup' in 2018, the country's December 2023 polls were equally lacking in legitimacy.

Three-time African champions Nigeria will rekindle their continental rivalry with South Africa in the 2023 Afcon semi-finals.

An anaesthetist tells the BBC he was taken from his hospital for training to combat jihadists.

"Refrain from provocative celebrations," Nigeria tells citizens in South Africa before the Afcon semi-final.

With a recent Africa Cup of Nations triumph apiece, can Nigeria and hosts Ivory Coast reach the final ahead of South Africa and DR Congo?

The prime minster tries to calm tensions following Ethiopia's controversial deal with Somaliland.

Paul Mackenzie, accused of starving his followers to death, pleads not guilty.