Topic: Africa — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Cuba sofreu mais um apagão nacional nesta segunda-feira (16/03), comunicou o Ministério de Energia e Minas, que acrescentou que as causas estão sendo investigada. Foi o sexto blecaute em apenas um ano e meio.
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[2026-03-17 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV is set to embark on his first major tour of Africa in April, a visit expected to blend prayer, diplomacy and strong calls for peace, justice and equality across the continent.
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[2026-03-17 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Casualties were rushed to hospitals after suicide bomb attacks struck Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, marking a deadly return of large-scale violence to a city that had enjoyed years of relative calm.
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[2026-03-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As Nigeria continues to battle an outbreak of Lassa fever, the number of new infections dropped to 65 in the last week of February, the country’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday, down from 77 the week before.
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[2026-03-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Energy Minister Chris Bowen has moved to assure Australians that fuel will keep flowing into the country for a month, but fears of a shortage within weeks has prompted importers to look to Africa and the US for new sources of supply.
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[2026-03-17 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: London, United Kingdom – When Nigerian President Bola Tinubu arrives in the UK this week, the visit will carry more than ceremonial significance. It will be the first state visit by a Nigerian leader to Britain in 37 years.
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[2026-03-17 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-03-17 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Multiple explosions staged by suspected suicide bombers rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 100 others, police said Tuesday.
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[2026-03-17 18:09 UTC+10:00] [Sambisa forest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Attacks in Maiduguri are among the deadliest in the conflict-battered city in recent history
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[2026-03-17 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una ambulancia se ve en el hospital tras la explosión de una bomba en Maiduguri, Nigeria, el lunes 16 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto )
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[2026-03-17 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An ambulance is seen at the hospital following a bomb blast in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo )
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[2026-03-17 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV is set to embark on his first major tour of Africa in April, a visit expected to blend prayer, diplomacy and strong calls for peace, justice and equality across the continent.
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[2026-03-17 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O encerramento do Estreito de Ormuz, ao largo da costa do Irão, é de importância central para o comércio de petróleo e gás natural liquefeito. Cerca de um quinto do transporte mundial de petróleo tem passado por este ponto de estrangulamento. Isso aumenta os receios de abastecimento entre os compradores e levanta questões sobre fontes alternativas — por exemplo, em África.
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[2026-03-17 17:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New Zealand’s captain Mitchel Santner plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket final match between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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[2026-03-17 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Footage shows the aftermath of deadly blasts in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria
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[2026-03-17 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Decenas de personas murieron o resultaron heridas la noche del lunes debido a presuntos ataques suicidas con explosivos en al menos tres lugares en el estado de Borno, en el noreste de Nigeria, informaron a The Associated Press los servicios de emergencia.
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[2026-03-17 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As Nigeria continues to battle an outbreak of Lassa fever, the number of new infections dropped to 65 in the last week of February, the country’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday, down from 77 the week before.
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[2026-03-17 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Scores of people were killed and injured Monday night as suicide bombers hit at least three locations in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state, the emergency services told The Associated Press, citing possible suicide bombings.
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[2026-03-17 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Há tempos que o milho não é mais colhido nos campos, as aldeias estão destruídas e desertas, e à beira das estradas há carcaças queimadas de carros. Mas não se percebem combates na área de Kharkiv, perto da fronteira com a Rússia – apenas a paisagem é fantasmagórica.
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[2026-03-17 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Dezenas de presos morreram por "asfixia" em um único mês em um presídio de Machala, sudoeste do Equador. Fernando Villavicencio, então candidato à presidência, foi assassinado. Uma comitiva do presidente Daniel Noboa foi alvo de um ataque a tiros. Na cidade portuária de Guayaquil, moradores vivem constantes madrugadas de terror com tiroteios e explosões classificadas pelas autoridades como uma "declaração de guerra contra o Estado".
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[2026-03-17 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Quase três anos após o início da guerra no Sudão, os civis estão cada vez mais expostos a ataques aéreos. Só em janeiro e fevereiro, foram ao menos 198 ataques de drones, segundo uma análise do monitor global independente Armed Conflict Location & Event Data.
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[2026-03-17 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Em meio à guerra de Estados Unidos e Israel contra o Irã, a Coreia do Sul corre o risco de se ver descoberta da proteção antimísseis contra a o regime norte-coreano. Enquanto a imprensa cita indícios de que os EUA estão retirando seu sistema de defesa para reforçar capacidades no Oriente Médio, a Coreia do Norte lança novos ataques sobre o Mar do Japão.
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[2026-03-17 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Congo-Brazzaville voted on Sunday in an election expected to extend 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso's more than four decades in power in the oil-rich central African country.
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[2026-03-17 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Um grupo de dirigentes e militantes descontentes que se autointitula "grupo de reflexão" já tinha pedido publicamente a antecipação do congresso por o presidente do Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC), Domingos Simões Pereira (DSP), se encontrar em prisão domiciliária.
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[2026-03-17 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O Brasil nunca venceu a Noruega no futebol, e agora também no Oscar. O Agente Secreto, de Kleber Mendonça Filho, recebeu quatro indicações na premiação, empatando o feito histórico de Cidade de Deus (2002), de Fernando Meirelles.
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[2026-03-17 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los rescatistas trasladan a un hombre que resultó levemente herido en el derrumbe de un edificio en Nairobi, la capital de Kenia, el lunes 16 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Andrew Kasuku)
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[2026-03-17 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Mauritanian illegal immigrant marked for deportation since 2002 has continued to live in the US and is a registered Democrat who voted in every election since 2008, authorities claim.
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[2026-03-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Alguns residentes de Cabo Delgado consideram que o período de permanência já foi suficiente e que uma eventual saída das tropas do Ruanda não seria negativa.
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[2026-03-17 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rescuers carry a man who was slightly injured in a building collapse in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
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[2026-03-17 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: طی کنفرانسی یکروزه در شهر استکهلم سوئد در روز شنبه ۱۴ مارس (۲۳ اسفند) "شبکه فراگیر زن، زندگی، آزادی" رسما اعلام موجودیت کرد.
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[2026-03-17 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: مای ساتو، گزارشگر ویژه وضعیت حقوق بشر در ایران روز دوشنبه ۲۵ اسفند (۱۶ مارس) در نشست شورای حقوقبشر این سازمان خواستار توقف جنگ شد.
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[2026-03-17 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV visits the parish complex of Sacro Cuore di Gesu on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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[2026-03-17 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Farmers in South Africa facing an eruption of foot-and-mouth disease say a government vaccination effort has come too late.
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[2026-03-17 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Em 1864, vários samurais japoneses foram fotografados diante da Grande Esfinge de Gizé. A cena hoje é desconcertante: guerreiros do Japão feudal, com suas espadas tradicionais, posando diante de um monumento milenar no deserto do Egito.
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[2026-03-17 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Armados apenas com uma lata de biscoitos, uma garrafa térmica de café e uma caixa de leite de aveia, um pequeno grupo de ativistas passou uma tarde ensolarada da semana passada em frente a uma fábrica de componentes automotivos em Berlim. Eles tentavam distribuir panfletos aos trabalhadores que entravam e saíam da unidade, que se prepara para uma transição para um novo ramo.
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The 37th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025), held in Morocco, has shattered records.
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[2026-03-17 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Gilberto Mizalaque, Pedro de Carvalho e Mouta Liz foram, esta segunda-feira, os mais votados na lista de sete candidatos a Procurador-Geral da República de Angola, pelo Conselho Superior da Magistratura do Ministério Público. Mas quem decide, no final, não é o Conselho Superior da Magistratura e muito menos os cidadãos, mas sim o Presidente da República.
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[2026-03-17 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Suspected jihadists launched an overnight attack on a Nigerian military post on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a key northeastern city that had not seen such violence in years, police, emergency services and residents said Monday.
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[2026-03-17 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Várias mexidas no Movimento Popular para a Libertação de Angola (MPLA, partido no poder) estão a sustentar especulações sobre a sucessão de João Lourençona Presidência da República.
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[2026-03-17 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: （德國之聲中文網）包括德國總理默茨(Friedrich Merz又譯梅爾茨)在內的八個歐洲國家領導人日前要求歐盟方面考慮禁止曾參與侵烏戰爭的俄羅斯人入境。他們在致函歐盟委員會主席馮德萊恩(Ursula von der Leyen)和歐洲理事會主席科斯塔(António Costa)時指出，如果放任曾參與過對烏作戰的俄軍士兵入境申根區，就會對歐盟的內部安全構成嚴重風險；這些人可能會進行暴力犯罪、參與犯罪團伙、加入極端組織、甚至在歐盟境內支持俄羅斯的敵意行動。8位領導人特別提到了俄軍此前曾從監獄中釋放18萬刑事罪犯來補充烏克蘭前線兵員。
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[2026-03-17 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: وزارت امور خارجه چین روز دوشنبه اعلام کرده است که نمایندهٔ ویژه این کشور طی یک هفته گذشته برای میانجیگری میان افغانستان و پاکستان رفتوآمد کرده و خواستار برقراری فوری آتشبس شده است.
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[2026-03-17 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O governo da Alemanha rejeitou explicitamente se envolver no conflito no Irã, após o presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, pedir ajuda de países aliados da Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte (Otan) para reabrir o estratégico Estreito de Ormuz.
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[2026-03-17 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: （德國之聲中文網）據古巴官方媒體報導，襲擊事件周六凌晨發生在古巴中部城市莫龍（Morón）。一小群人向當地共產黨辦公樓投擲石塊，並將辦公樓內的家具搬到街上焚燒。
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[2026-03-17 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldiers were deployed to the streets of South Africa’s biggest city Wednesday in an effort to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. (AP video shot by : Nqobile Ntshangase)
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[2026-03-17 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: （德國之聲中文網）《新蘇黎世報》評論寫道，大眾公司的年度財報正是德中工業競爭的一個苦澀縮影：利潤減半、利潤率大幅下滑、在華銷量跌至13年以來的最低水準。這篇題為《德國還有希望擺脫衰敗命運嗎？》的評論寫道，德國必須在多個層面做出根本性改變，才有可能避免競爭中的慘敗：
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[2026-03-17 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: پس از آن که ایالات متحده امریکا در هفته گذشته خواستار بررسی کمکهای بینالمللی به افغانستان و تعامل با این کشور زیر کنترول طالبان شد، شورای امنیت روز دوشنبه ماموریت یوناما را تنها برای سه ماه تمدید کرد.
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[2026-03-17 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: میشائل پترسون، مدیر بخش حملونقل دوربرد در شرکت ملی راهآهن آلمان روز دوشنبه ۱۶ مارس (۲۵ اسفند) اعلام کرد که در سال گذشته شرکت راهآهن آلمان به دلیل تاخیرهای متعدد و لغو حرکت قطارها در مجموع ۱۵۶٫۱ میلیون یورو غرامت به مشتریان خود پرداخت کرده است.
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[2026-03-17 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Assim como Reino Unido, Austrália e União Europeia, o Brasil passa também a possuir uma legislação voltada exclusivamente para a proteção de crianças e adolescentes em ambientes digitais. Aprovada em agosto de 2025 pelo Senado, a lei do Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente, conhecida como ECA Digital, entra em vigor nesta terça-feira (17/03) e exige uma modificação estrutural de diversas plataformas digitais.
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[2026-03-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Kenya says Russia has agreed to stop accepting Kenyan nationals into its military after concerns that hundreds of citizens had been drawn into the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-17 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Faced with an alarming rise in fuel prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East, the Ethiopian government is now calling on citizens and institutions to avoid unnecessary consumption and is announcing measures to stabilize supply and combat illegal trade.
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