Topic: Africa — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-18 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Os militares dos EUA comunicaram nesta terça-feira (17/03) que atingiram posições de mísseis ao longo da costa do Irã, perto do estratégico Estreito de Ormuz, com algumas das bombas convencionais mais poderosas do seu arsenal.
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[2026-03-18 23:31 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unit of Cosco Shipping reports 1.1 per cent profit increase on 6.2 per cent rise in throughput in 2025
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[2026-03-18 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Supporters of Congo-Brazzaville's incumbent President Denis Sassou Nguesso celebrated in the streets as provisional results confirmed he is winning a fifth term with nearly 95% of the vote.
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[2026-03-18 23:28 UTC+10:00] [Africa Cup of Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ruling of the Caf appeals committee is against the laws of the game and casts another shadow over Motsepe’s stewardship as president
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[2026-03-18 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-03-18 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A groundbreaking workplace policy in Nairobi is drawing attention across Kenya, granting female county employees two days of paid menstrual leave each month in a bid to improve well-being and productivity.
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[2026-03-18 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: OPapa Leão XIV chega a Luanda a 18 de abril para uma visita de três dias, naquela que será a sua primeira digressão pelo continente africano, incluindo passagens pela Argélia e pela Guiné Equatorial.
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[2026-03-18 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-03-18 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Dezoito dias após os Estados Unidos e Israel lançarem ataques contra o Irã, matarem o então líder supremo do país, o aiatolá Ali Khamenei , já nas primeiras horas da guerra e eliminarem outras lideranças políticas e militares, seria razoável supor um enfraquecimento fatal do centro de poder da República Islâmica .
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[2026-03-18 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Depois da decisão do Governo de Moçambique de mandar suspender concursos milionários da Agência Metropolitana deMaputo, o pesquisador do Centro para Democracia e Direitos Humanos (CDD) refere que a decisão foi acertada. A ONG lembra que há pessoas que todos os dias só fazemplanos para delapidar recursos do Estado e vozes se erguem pedindoinvestigação e responsabilização.
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[2026-03-18 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has criticized the “unfair, unprecedented, and unacceptable decision” to strip its team of the Africa Cup of Nations title and award it to host nation Morocco two months after they contested the final.
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[2026-03-18 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O antigo ministro das Finanças moçambicano Manuel Chang vai ser libertado em 26 de março e deportado para Moçambique, sete anos depois da detenção no âmbito do processo dasdívidas ocultas, segundo um tribunal de Nova Iorque.
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[2026-03-18 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: شفاخانه ترک اعتیاد «امید» در کابل شب سه شنبه هدف حملات هوایی پاکستان قرار گرفت.
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[2026-03-18 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The conflict between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda is ongoing despite recent US-backed efforts to ease tensions. At the heart of the crisis lie deep geopolitical, historical, and economic tensions, especially over Congo’s rich mineral resources.
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[2026-03-18 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: پخش برنامههای صدای آمریکا (VOA)، شبکه برونمرزی ایالات متحده، پس از یک سال توقف اجباری قرار است دوباره از سر گرفته شود.
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[2026-03-18 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Comissão Nacional dos Direitos Humanos (CNDH) de Moçambique afirma não ter encontrado, na sua investigação, evidências que confirmem alegações de tortura ou execuções sumárias na área do megaprojeto de gás da TotalEnergies, em Cabo Delgado. A conclusão surge após denúncias feitas no ano passado pelo Centro Europeu para os Direitos Constitucionais e Humanos (ECCHR), que acusava a petrolífera francesa de cumplicidade em crimes de guerra, tortura e desaparecimentos forçados de residentes locais.
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[2026-03-18 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: همزمان با شدت گرفتن درگیریها میان پاکستان و اداره طالبان ، رئیس بخش زنان سازمان ملل متحد از وخیمتر شدن وضعیت زنان و دختران در افغانستان ابراز نگرانی کرده است.
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[2026-03-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Senegal’s Sadio Mane holds the trophy aloft as he celebrates with teammates after winning the Africa Cup of Nations final soccer match between Senegal and Morocco in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Youssef Loulidi, File)
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[2026-03-18 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A fierce debate has erupted in the historic town of Graaff-Reinet, after authorities moved to rename it in honour of anti-apartheid icon Robert Sobukwe. The decision has exposed deep divisions in South Africa, as residents weigh heritage against transformation.
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[2026-03-18 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: (德國之聲中文網)美國國家反恐中心主任肯特(Joe Kent)週二(3月17日)公開請辭,成為川普政府中首位因抗議伊朗戰爭而離任的高階官員。
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[2026-03-18 19:21 UTC+10:00] [Senegal football team] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Morocco awarded 3-0 final win after Senegal walk-off
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[2026-03-18 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nairobi County has introduced Kenya’s first menstrual leave policy for female government staff, aiming to boost health and productivity. Governor Johnson Sakaja says the national government and other counties are watching closely. The new policy has been applied since December 2025.
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[2026-03-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Food] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A spicy, aromatic way with lentils that’s redolent of north African cuisine and that pairs wonderfully with white fish, and a rustic Italian pasta
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[2026-03-18 16:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Morocco has been dramatically crowned Africa Cup of Nations champions after appeals judges overturned Senegal’s victory in a controversial final that descended into chaos in January.
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[2026-03-18 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de la República del Congo, Denis Sassou N’Guesso, vota durante la jornada electoral, el domingo 15 de marzo de 2026, en Brazzaville, República del Congo. (AP Foto/Vivace Mambouana)
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[2026-03-18 13:29 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: They say gold fever never really dies in the Witwatersrand - the legendary reef that gave the world its most storied gold rush and underpins South Africa’s identity as a mining nation - and West Wits Mining has just proved it.
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[2026-03-18 10:31 UTC+10:00] [wildlife piracy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zhang Kequn and Charles Mwangi, who were arrested after authorities found them with 1,948 ants, appeared in court in Nairobi on Tuesday
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[2026-03-18 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday by appeals judges who overturned Senegal’s victory in a chaotic final in January.
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[2026-03-18 09:36 UTC+10:00] [Africa Cup of Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Morocco declared 3-0 winners after appeal is upheld
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[2026-03-18 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday by appeals judges that overturned Senegal’s victory in a chaotic final in January.
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[2026-03-18 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O Congresso Nacional promulgou nesta terça-feira (17/03) o acordo de livre comércio entre os blocos do Mercosul e da União Europeia (UE), que cria uma das maiores zonas de livre comércio do mundo.
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[2026-03-18 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Coordinated blasts by suspected suicide bombers tore through a busy market and other areas in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 100 others, in one of the worst recent attacks on the capital of Borno state.
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[2026-03-18 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, recebeu recentemente executivos de sete grandes empresas do setor de defesa na Casa Branca, como parte dos esforços de seu governo para fortalecer a indústria armamentista do país à medida que a guerra contra o Irã se intensifica.
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[2026-03-18 07:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, Nicolas Maduro. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran that amounts to a major escalation from last year’s strikes, which supposedly “obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities.
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[2026-03-18 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Por trás das linhas de frente de qualquer guerra existe um grupo de pessoas afetadas cujo sofrimento costuma passar despercebido: aquelas cuja sobrevivência depende de medicamentos regulares, consultas médicas ou terapias vitais. Para elas, o conflito não significa apenas explosões e destruição, mas também a interrupção abrupta de seu tratamento.
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[2026-03-18 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected for a fifth consecutive term, extending his nearly 42 years in power, according to provisional results.
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[2026-03-18 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Republic of Congo ’s President Denis Sassou N’Guesso has been reelected for a fifth consecutive term, according to provisional results announced Tuesday by the authorities.
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[2026-03-18 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Portrait of independence leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba during a press conference in Leopoldville (today Kinshasa), Congo, on June 16, 1960. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-03-18 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A guerra entre Estados Unidos, Israel e Irão, iniciada a 28 de fevereiro de 2026, não surgiu de forma repentina. O conflito entre Washington e Teerão foi-se desenvolvendo ao longo de gerações. A DW analisa três acontecimentos decisivos — o golpe de 1953, a crise dos reféns de 1979-81 e a disputa nuclear em curso — que continuam a influenciar políticas e a opinião pública, além de terem aberto caminho para a guerra.
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[2026-03-18 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Quem acha que pichações do tipo "eu estive aqui" só existem nos banheiros atuais está enganado. Novas tecnologias estão tornando visíveis mensagens gravadas em sítios arqueológicos e revelando detalhes da vida de pessoas comuns – desde escravizados até soldados que, por tédio, entalhavam seus nomes nas paredes.
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[2026-03-18 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen killed at least 15 people on Tuesday during attacks on two villages in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said.
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[2026-03-18 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees are enduring dire conditions at Burundi's Busuma camp after fleeing renewed fighting in eastern DRC, with many lacking food, shelter, and information about separated family members.
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[2026-03-18 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A comunidade científica discute há décadas se o campo magnético da Lua, nos primórdios da sua história, há cerca de 4 bilhões de anos, foi forte ou fraco. Mas, agora, um novo estudo publicado na Nature Geoscience demonstrou que os dois lados podem estar certos.
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[2026-03-18 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A Chinese national and his Kenyan co-accused have been charged before a Nairobi court over the alleged illegal trade in live ants.
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[2026-03-18 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat has been ordered by a Brussels court to stand trial over the assassination of Congo’s first prime minister and anti-colonial icon, Patrice Lumumba, in 1961.
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[2026-03-18 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Além das 23 mortes, mais de 100 pessoas ficaram feridas nas explosões que ocorreram na noite de segunda-feira (16.03) na capital do estado nigeriano de Borno.
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[2026-03-18 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A adesão de fiéis às Igrejas Católica e Protestante na Alemanha continua em queda. No ano passado, o número de membros das principais igrejas caiu em aproximadamente 1,13 milhão, segundo estatísticas de 2025 publicadas nesta segunda-feira (16/03) pela Conferência Episcopal Católica Alemã e pela Igreja Evangélica da Alemanha.
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[2026-03-18 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: استارلینک، پروژه اینترنت ماهوارهای شرکت اسپیسایکس، به کاربران امکان میدهد بدون نیاز به زیرساختهای داخلی به اینترنت متصل شوند. در ایران، با توجه به محدودیتهای گسترده اینترنت، این فناوری برای برخی به ابزاری حیاتی تبدیل شده است.
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[2026-03-18 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Since returning to office last year, United States President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader Nicolás Maduro. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran that amounts to a major escalation from last year’s strikes, which supposedly “obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities.
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[2026-03-18 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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