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Mali plans fuel rationing

Mali’s military-led government has announced plans to introduce fuel rationing after militant attacks disrupted vital supply routes into the landlocked West African country…reports Asian Lite News Mali’s government has moved to impose

January 25, 2026

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Cranes of Hope Over Johannesburg

Johannesburg’s skyline is showing tentative signs of life after years of economic stagnation, with cranes and construction returning to parts of the city…reports Asian Lite News Johannesburg’s long-dormant construction sites are beginning

January 25, 2026

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UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis in Nigeria

The UN World Food Programme has warned that more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose emergency food and nutrition aid within weeks as funding runs out, even as violence

January 25, 2026

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Bill Gates’ AI Gamble in Africa

Bill Gates has announced a major push to deploy artificial intelligence in African health clinics, with tools designed to help overstretched nurses and doctors improve patient care…reports Asian Lite News Bill Gates

January 22, 2026

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Museveni secures 7th term as Ugandan president

Electoral officials face questions about the failure of biometric voter identification machines that caused delays in the start of voting in urban areas including Kampala that are opposition strongholds Ugandan President Yoweri

January 18, 2026

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Sudan, Egypt welcome Trump’s offer to mediate dam row

Egypt and Sudan have welcomed President Donald Trump’s offer to revive US mediation with Ethiopia over the Nile waters dispute triggered by Addis Ababa’s construction of a giant hydroelectric dam Egypt and

January 18, 2026

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South Africans rally against US aggression

More than 100 demonstrators protested outside the US Consulate in Johannesburg, condemning recent US military action in Venezuela and expressing solidarity with the Latin American nation More than a hundred people gathered

January 18, 2026

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US suspends assistance to Somalia

The decision underscores a broader hardening of Washington’s stance on oversight, migration and foreign aid under the Trump administration…reports Asian Lite News The United States has suspended all assistance that benefits Somalia’s

January 11, 2026

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Ethiopia begins work on $12.5 bn airport

Ethiopia has broken ground on a vast new airport outside Addis Ababa that its government says will become the largest on the African continent, signalling an ambitious push to cement the country’s

January 11, 2026

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South Africa, China, Russia, Iran wargames raise tensions

The exercises come at a sensitive moment as relations between Pretoria and Washington remain strained over South Africa’s ties with states viewed by the United States as strategic adversaries…reports Asian Lite News

January 11, 2026

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