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1. Nigeria: Many Militants Surrender As Sophisticated Arms, Ammunition Are Recovered in Cross River

   [Premium Times] During the exercise, the militants voluntarily surrendered a cache of sophisticated weapons, ammunition, and other items

2. Ethiopia: Trump puts GERD at 'top' of his 'agenda,' offers to restart U.S. mediation in letter to Egypt, CCd to Saudi Arabia

   [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- US President Donald J. Trump has offered to restart United States-led mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile waters and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), describing the staus as "truly understandable" but warning against the risk of military confrontation.

3. Uganda: Uganda Presidential Candidate Bobi Wine Issues Statement from 'Safe Location'

   [allAfrica] Following in the text of a post on X by Ugandan Presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert (Bobi Wine). WATCH VIDEO

4. Uganda: Ugandan President Re-Elected for 7th Time As Observers Decry Intimidation

   [RFI] President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of Uganda's election on Saturday, granting Africa's longest-serving leader a seventh term in office. African observers have denounced "reports of intimidation, arrest and abductions" targeting the opposition that they say undermined the polls' credibility.

5. Nigeria: IMF Welcomes Nigeria's December Inflation Easing, Backs New Cpi Methodology

   [Premium Times] Under the revised approach, the NBS linked the old CPI series to a rebased and reweighted index using the full year of 2024 as the reference period.