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African Leaders Call for Debt Relief to Help Tackle Climate Crisis

By Caroline Kimeu | The Guardian

African leaders have called for debt relief across the continent to allow countries to get on with responding to the climate crisis, as they publish the Nairobi declaration at the end of the first African climate summit.

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Nigerian Election Tribunal Upholds Tinubu's Presidential Win

By Camillus Eboh | Reuters

Nigeria's presidential election tribunal on Wednesday rejected challenges by opposition rivals to Bola Tinubu's win in February's disputed vote, following a pattern seen in previous election years in Africa's most populous country.

More from WPR: Nigeria Did Not Get the Presidential Election It Was Promised

US Imposes Sanctions on Sudanese Paramilitary Leader for Human Rights Abuses

Associated Press

The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on Sudanese paramilitary commander Abdel-Rahim Hamdan Dagalo for acts of violence and human rights abuses committed by his troops in their monthslong conflict with Sudan’s army.

More from WPR: Only a United Civilian Coalition Can Bring Peace to Sudan

Burkina Faso Says 53 Soldiers, Volunteers Killed in Clashes With Militants

Reuters

Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in heavy clashes with militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday, the worst attack in months in the West African country that for years has been overrun by hardline militants.