Tshisekedi and Kagame to meet in Angola over conflict in eastern DR Congo.

The leaders of embattled neighbours Rwanda and DR Congo may be poised to meet to discuss fighting in Eastern Congolese regions that Kigali has been accused of enflaming. Fighting between Tutsi M23 rebels and Congolese soldiers has forced more than 100,000 people to flee. There had earlier been rumours that Congolese leader Felix Tshisekedi and…

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Turkey, Iran and Morocco battle for influence in Africa’s shores.

Turkish military equipment and Moroccan and Iranian development and infrastructure projects are tempting for cash-strapped Sahelian military regimes grappling with jihadist violence. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have undergone coups since 2020, against a backdrop of a bloody jihadist insurgency. Their military rulers have since exited a wider Western African bloc and created a joint defence pact to fight…

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Not Getting Enough Sleep May Increase Your Type 2 Diabetes Risk.

People who sleep less than six hours a night are at considerably higher risk for type 2 diabetes than those who sleep seven to eight hours a night, a new study foundTrusted Source. And even those with habitual short sleep who follow a healthy dietary regimen carry that risk, suggesting that sleep is a vital element in type…

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African Union move to send troops to Dr Congo.

African Union considered it necessary to start giving physical and financial support to Democratic Republic of Congo.overruling protestations from Rwanda, which saw support for them as a threat. The Southern African Development Community Mission (SAMIDRC) was deployed on December 15 last year. Following the endorsement, the African Union Commission is required to provide necessary logistical…

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Banning TikTok would empower Meta, Trump says.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday raised concerns about efforts to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok in the U.S., saying it would only serve to empower Meta’s Facebook platform. “Without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger, and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people,” Trump, who was formerly U.S. president between 2017…

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