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Africa: IATF 2027 - Lagos Prepares to Host Africa's Largest Trade Platform: [allAfrica] Nigeria will host the fifth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2027) in Lagos from November 5 to 11, 2027 under the theme ''Global Africa, Smart Trade- From Market Access to Market Power'' . The event is a major platform aimed at accelerating trade across the continent under the framework of the African… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPYrt #IATF2027 #IntraAfricanTrade #TradeFair #Lagos2027 #AfricaTrade

Zamo Mkhwanazi's 'Laundry' in competition at Geneva International Film Festival http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPYcW #GenevaFilmFestival #LaundryFilm #ZamoMkhwanazi #SouthAfricanCinema #FilmCompetition

Egypt raises fuel prices by up to 30 percent http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPYZx #Egypt #FuelPrices #EconomicImpact #SupplyChain #Petroleum

Africa: Team Kenya to Bank On Home Advantage in All-Africa Junior Team Championship: [Capital FM] NAIROBI -- Vet Lab's Belinda Wanjiru and Bianca Ngechu of the Muthaiga Golf Club headline team Kenya's squad for the 2026 All-Africa Junior Team Championship (AAJTC) slated for March 23-26 at the Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPXTf #TeamKenya #AllAfricaJuniorChampionship #JuniorGolf #KenyaGolf #GolfChampionship

Madagascar interim leader dissolves entire government, dismisses PM http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPVPn #Madagascar #GovernmentDissolution #PoliticalChange #MichaelRandrianirina #PrimeMinister

Africa: Africa Seeks to Turn Conservation Into a Sustainable Business: [Nile Post] Leaders from government, conservation agencies, academia, and the private sector gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for a landmark meeting aimed at exploring how conservation can become an economically viable venture across Africa. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPS1K #Conservation #Sustainability #EcoBusiness #WildlifeProtection #Africa

UN leaders address global gender inequality http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPR8q #GenderEquality #WomenEmpowerment #JusticeForWomen #EqualRights #InclusiveSystems

Trump says war against Iran to end 'very soon' as Iran vows to fight 'as long as needed' http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPR8f #Trump #IranWar #MiddleEast #Politics #USIranRelations

US warns of possible terror threat targeting its facilities in Nigeria http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPR7Q #USTerrorAlert #NigeriaSecurity #TerrorThreat #USEmbassy #NigeriaNews

Africa: New Challenges Bring Increased Risks in Combating Child Sexual Abuse, Exploitation: [UN News] Despite some progress made globally, children around the world still face serious and evolving risks of being sold, sexually exploited and abused, the UN independent human rights expert on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, warned on Monday. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPNZ2 #ChildProtection #EndChildExploitation #ChildRights #UNICEF #HumanRights

Africa: Africa, Europe CDCs Sign MOU to Strengthen Health Security Cooperation: [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have signed their first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening health security cooperation between Africa and Europe. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPMhQ #HealthSecurity #AfricaCDC #ECDC #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth

Air Algerie crash: Manslaughter trial for aircraft lessor starts in Paris http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPMCr #AirAlgerie #AviationSafety #ManslaughterTrial #AircraftCrash #Swiftair

Oil: Nigeria's Dangote says will prioritise domestic fuel market http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPGRw #Nigeria #OilMarket #FuelPrices #Dangote #DomesticMarket

Africa: All of Africa Today - March 10, 2026: [allAfrica] http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPGKZ #Africa #AllAfrica #AfricanNews #CurrentEvents #NewsUpdate

Africa: From Enterprise to Impact - Supporting Women-Led Businesses Across South Sudan: [World Bank] STORY HIGHLIGHTS http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPCkK #Africa #WomenInBusiness #SouthSudan #WomenEmpowerment #Entrepreneurship

Africa: Africa Urged to Boost Local Livestock Production Amid $10 Billion Import Bill: [Capital FM] Nakuru -- Africa's heavy reliance on imported livestock products is costing the continent billions of dollars annually, prompting calls for stronger political commitment to enhance local production and regional trade. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPCDY #Africa #LivestockProduction #LocalProduction #Agriculture #SustainableDevelopment

Africa: Gulf Attention Is Turning Inward - Why the Iran War Could Destabilise the Horn of Africa: [The Conversation Africa] Gulf states have become increasingly prominent in the squabbles, civil wars and inter-country tensions in the Horn of Africa over the past decade. The countries in this region include Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somaliland, Somalia and Djibouti. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPBcm #HornOfAfrica #GulfStates #Sudan #Ethiopia #Eritrea

Africa: Covid Vaccination - We Now May Know Why Some People Developed Blood Clots: [The Conversation Africa] COVID vaccines saved millions of lives, but months into the rollout, a small number of people began developing dangerous blood clots in unusual parts of the body. These only happened after vaccines that used a modified adenovirus to deliver its payload - such as the AstraZeneca vaccine. Why… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPBcd #CovidVaccination #BloodClots #AstraZeneca #PublicHealth #VaccineSafety

Africa: Orca Fraud Raises $2.35m to Expand Payment Monitoring Across Em: [Daba Finance] Orca Fraud has raised $2.35 million in seed funding to expand its real-time fraud monitoring platform across Africa and other emerging markets. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRPBc6 #Africa #OrcaFraud #PaymentMonitoring #FraudPrevention #FinTech

Niger: Army repels attack on Tahoua drone base http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRNqDh #Niger #Tahoua #MilitaryNews #DroneBase #ArmyDefense

Mauritius considers legal action against UK over Chagos http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRKJ8R #Mauritius #Chagos #LegalAction #UKRelations #NavalBase

South Sudan: Army to try soldiers over civilian massacre http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRKFHp #SouthSudan #CivilRights #JusticeForVictims #ConflictResolution #HumanRights

Lebanon's displaced scramble for shelter as Israel threatens more attacks http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRK7VJ #Lebanon #Displacement #Israel #Refugees #HumanRights

Africa: Weego Raises $1.1m to Expand Mobility Platform Across Africa: [Daba Finance] Weego, a Moroccan-Senegalese mobility startup, raised $1.1 million in a funding round led by Azur Innovation Fund to expand its transport platform across Africa. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRK4xR #Africa #Mobility #Startup #Funding #Innovation

Africa: Multichoice to Shut Down Showmax Streaming Service After 11 Years: [Daba Finance] MultiChoice Group said it will shut down its streaming platform Showmax after 11 years of operation as the company reviews its digital strategy. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRK4wj #Showmax #MultiChoice #Streaming #DigitalStrategy #AfricaTech

CAR president pledges closer ties with Russia http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRK1YM #CAR #Russia #Bangui #Moscow #Security

Women rickshaw drivers defy norms in Nigeria's conservative Kano http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJxzZ #WomenEmpowerment #GenderEquality #Nigeria #Kano #BreakingBarriers

Africa: Why Africa's Transformation Must Be Anchored On Production, Innovation, Industrial Capability - Halilu: [Vanguard] The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Khalil Halilu, has said that Africa's transformation must be anchored on production, innovation, and industrial capability. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJxnf #Africa #Innovation #Industrialization #Production #EconomicDevelopment

Africa: From the Abnormal to the Post-Normal - The Trumpian New World (Dis)order: [Vanguard] "The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters"-- Antonio Gramsci http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJxmK #Africa #GlobalChange #NewWorldOrder #PostNormal #Trump

Africa: For Somalia, Building Climate Resilience Is Key to Unlocking Long-Term Growth and Jobs: [World Bank] Nairobi -- A new World Bank Group report finds that cost-effective and smart development investments, particularly in climate-smart agriculture, resilient cities, disaster risk management, and stronger institutions, could cut projected economic losses for Somalia by half… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJwsw #Somalia #ClimateResilience #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateSmartAgriculture #EconomicGrowth

Africa: Africa and the Deadly Dust From Iran, By Azu Ishiekwene: [Premium Times] The bombs are going off in the Gulf, but the dust and shrapnel are travelling across the world, no thanks to the effective collaboration of the war mongers in Washington and Tel Aviv. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJwTc #Africa #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #WarAndPeace #Opinion

After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, who will lead Iran? http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJtb7 #Iran #Khamenei #Leadership #Politics #MojtabaKhamenei

Gabon fashion designer brings traditional raffia to Paris runways http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJtXr #Fashion #Gabon #Raffia #ParisFashion #AfricanFashion

The sea is higher than we think: Millions more at risk of rising sea levels, researchers say http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJtMn #ClimateChange #RisingSeaLevels #GlobalWarming #EnvironmentalImpact #Nature

Clerics meet in Nigeria: could the Anglican Church split? http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJjRw #AnglicanChurch #Nigeria #ClericsMeeting #ReligiousLeadership #WomenInLeadership

Nigeria suspends doctors over Adichie son’s death http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJjQ9 #Nigeria #ChimamandaNgoziAdichie #MedicalEthics #Healthcare #Doctors

Women's AFCON in doubt over Morocco's willingness to host tournament http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJfWw #WomensAFCON #Morocco #SouthAfrica #AfricanFootball #WomensSports

Egypt: Tourism holds strong despite regional tensions [Business Africa] http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJfWl #Egypt #Tourism #Travel #Africa #ExploreEgypt

South Africa pushes for local production of HIV prevention drug lenacapavir http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJfVw #HIVPrevention #Lenacapavir #SouthAfrica #Pharmaceuticals #LocalProduction

Africa: South Africa Accuses Morocco of 'Holding CAF Hostage' Over Wafcon 2026: [Premium Times] For the past six weeks, uncertainty has surrounded the venue of the 2026 edition of the continental showpiece, officially known as the Women's Africa Cup of Nations http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJf37 #WAFCON2026 #WomenInSports #AfricaCupOfNations #SouthAfrica #Morocco

Presidential campaign starts in Congo-Brazzaville http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRCZPs #CongoBrazzaville #Élections2026 #SassouNguesso #PolitiqueCongo #CampagneÉlectorale

Nigeria issues warning over illegal recruitment of its citizens for Russia’s war in Ukraine http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TR16vw #Nigeria #UkraineWar #IllegalRecruitment #NigerianCitizens #AfricanNews