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Rihanna revealed baby bump at the SuperBowl halftime show.
Music
Rihanna reveals baby bump at Super Bowl halftime show
Militia attack UN peacekeepers in DR Congo.
Africa
Extremism crisis in Africa blamed on poverty, fired by ideology
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Technology
Smartphone manufacturers go green to boost zero net goals
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Infrastructure
FEATURED: Launch of new machinery for the Kigali infrastructure project
An aerial view of debris of collapsed buildings after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023. (Photo by Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
International
Turkey, Syria earthquake could cost over $4b as UN expects death toll above 50,000
Renewable energy projects attracted investments worth $382 billion globally in 2021, according to the International Energy Agency, but only $13 billion, or three percent of that, funded projects in Africa. Photo: NMG
Africa
Africa getting tiny of renewable energy funds
A Nigerien soldier patrols at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Ouallam, Niger. At least ten soldiers were killed in an ambush by a group of "armed terrorists" in southwestern Niger, the ministry of defence said on February 11. Photo by AFP
Africa
Suspected jihadists kill 10 Niger soldiers
Rescue operations in Turkey. Internet
International
Turkey-Syria quakes "worst" disaster of region in century, says UN 
Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei said the country was recording major success in battling Al-Shabaab terror group. Photo by NMG
International
Kenya calls US, UK terror alerts 'completely unfortunate'
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Africa
South Sudan suspends use of US dollar
South African rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes was shot dead in a drive-by shooting on Florida Road on Friday night. Internet
International
South African Rapper AKA shot dead in Durban
(L-R) Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Jean Bosco Kazura, Minister for Defence, Maj Gen Albert Murasira ,  Christoph Retzlaff, the Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and Sahel in the German Foreign Office and  Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Rwanda Dr. Thomas Kurz  pose for a photo after a meeting in Kigali. Courtesy
Security
Address root causes of DR Congo crisis – Germany
A baby girl born under the rubble of earthquake in Syria.
International
Baby girl born under rubble of earthquake in Syria
Prof David Karungu Wangombe, PhD, MBA, CPA(K) is the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Kigali (UoK).
Featured
FEATURED: University of Kigali appoints Prof David Karungu Wangombe as Vice Chancellor
The Ilemi Triangle region is at the north-western corner of Lake Turkana.
Africa
Kenya denies claims it encroached South Sudan’s territory
US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. The US government has warned its citizens in Kenya of a possible terror attack in the capital Nairobi. Internet
International
US warns citizens in Kenya of possible terror attack
Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC delivers remarks during the final day of the 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) on February 9. Courtesy
International
Commonwealth Secretary-General rallies countries to act, protect the ocean
The clashes between South Sudan’s Toposa and Kenya’s Turkana pastoral communities over crossing their borders in search of water and pasture for their livestock rocked the border.
Africa
Kenya, South Sudan in border dispute

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