The Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency did not immediately say how much rain fell after midnight Thursday in the town of Mokwa, which sits in the state of Niger more than 180 miles (300 kilometers) west of Abuja, capital of Africa's most populous natio
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Torrential Rains in Nigeria Kill Over 150 People

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Trump credited Musk with a colossal changes in the old ways of doing business in Washington, and said some of his staff would remain in the administration. Musk, who wore all black, including a T-shirt that said “The Dogefather,” nodded along as the president listed contracts that had been cut under his watch.
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Trump Bids Farewell to Musk: Tells His Staff Will Remain with...

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Airtel Africa is poised for a financial turnaround in 2026, following a year marked by currency headwinds and muted growth, a rebound that is expected to boost the telecoms giant's top line.
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Airtel Africa Poised to Grow Faster in 2026: To Register a...

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Malawi Unveils Sweeping Reforms to Stabilise Sugar Industry and Empower Local Distributors
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Malawi Unveils Sweeping Reforms to Stabilise Sugar Industry and Empower Local...

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The USD 500 million contribution marks the largest single replenishment of the NTF in over a decade, reaffirming Nigeria’s pledge to pan-African development cooperation and regional economic transformation.
West Africa

Nigeria Commits USD500 Million to AfDB

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Gold fell, putting it on track for an almost 2% weekly loss, amid a technical pullback in prices ahead of key US economic data. The precious metal fell as much as 0.8% on Friday, as investors awaited the US personal consumption expenditures price index — the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation metric due later today.
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Gold Prices Down Due to Technical Pullback

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Trump Pitches for Lowering Interest Rates
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Trump Pitches for Lowering Interest Rates

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Like Musk, Davis was serving as a special government employee, a designation that allowed him to keep his job as CEO of one of the billionaire entrepreneur’s companies, the Boring Co, even as he worked on the DOGE effort. SGEs are limited to 130 days of work for the government in any year.
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Steve Davis, Musk’s Number 2, Exiting DOGE

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Microsoft in a Major Deal with Barclays
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Microsoft in a Major Deal with Barclays

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The much-anticipated move would serve a number of purposes, including China’s long-held ambition to more directly influence the price of the imported commodities on which its economy relies. It would also help burnish the yuan’s appeal as an international currency to rival the dollar in financial markets.
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China Set to Revamp Commodities Markets

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