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Burkina Faso is currently under the rule of a military junta that came to power through a coup in 2022. Their aim was to put an end to the Islamist insurgency in the country. However, the violence has not ceased and instead, it has intensified. At present, more than a third of Burkina Faso is under the control of jihadist groups.

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Mansa Musa also known as Musa I of Mali, was one of the most significant rulers of the Mali Empire. He reigned from around 1312 to 1337 CE and is renowned for his wealth, piety and expansion of the Mali Empire.

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A tragic incident has occurred in Kenya where approximately 50 individuals have lost their lives due to the bursting of a dam that resulted in heavy rains and flooding. The disaster occurred in villages near Mai Mahiu, which is located about 60 km (37 miles) from the capital city of Nairobi. The incident occurred while the people were sleeping, and the floodwaters swept them away. The rescue operations are still underway, and there is a possibility that the death toll may rise further. In the last month, more than 100 people have lost their lives due to the floods that have devastated parts of Kenya.

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On Friday, Sierra Leone's Energy Minister Kanja Sesay resigned, taking full responsibility for the power crisis.It was not immediately clear whether Sesay’s resignation was related to the payments. The same day, the government announced that it had paid some of the tens of millions of dollars it owed to energy providers, including Turkey's Karpowership, which supplies electricity to Freetown.After two months of outages, power was restored in Freetown after the payments were announced.

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Born in 1918 in a small village in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, Mandela witnessed firsthand the injustices of apartheid, a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination. Despite facing adversity from an early age, Mandela pursued education, becoming the first member of his family to attend school and later studying law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand.

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