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Britain’s Prince Harry ends 3-day Nigeria visit on high note

Visit to uplift spirit, boost morale of wounded servicemen, says Duke of Sussex

A 2,000 kilometre-long Chinese-built pipeline links Niger’s Agadem oil field to Benin’s port in the capital.

There are currently about 500,000 IDPs in the Central African Republic, accounting for over 8 per cent of the population.

The protest comes amid an economic and political crisis and a wave of arrests targeting journalists, lawyers, activists and opponents.

South Africa also asked the court to order that Israel allow unimpeded access to Gaza for UN officials.

A man has been found alive in the rubble nearly five days after a deadly building collapse in the South African city of George.

A recent national dialogue in Mali concluded with recommendations supporting the extension of military rule for several more years.

Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday, May 9 proposed tougher penalties for drug trafficking, suggesting death penalty as the new maximum punishment.

Malaria deaths peaked at 608,000 in 2022, according to the World Health Organization. That year, Africa registered 95% of deaths globally.

Heavy rains in eastern Congo led to floods, affecting over 470,000 people, according to the World Food Program.