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Border Security & Drugs: Malaysia says it stopped a cocaine attempt at KLIA—3.3kg seized from a 61-year-old Indonesian man arriving from Freetown via transit countries. Israel-Gaza Accountability: A new Israeli report calls Oct. 7 sexual violence “systematic, widespread and integral,” and pushes a plan to move documentation toward prosecutions—while the debate is inflamed by a New York Times controversy. Bahamas Politics: Philip “Brave” Davis and the PLP win a second straight term in a landslide, while FNM leader Michael Pintard concedes and signals internal leadership talks. Sierra Leone Sports & Hiring: The Leone Stars head coach search draws 79 applicants—76 foreign—leaving local candidates facing stiff competition. ECOWAS Security: ECOWAS moves toward a regional counterterror force, but financing remains the key question. UN Diplomacy: France says 11 more African states back limiting UN Security Council veto use in mass-atrocity cases, bringing support to 118. Local Governance: Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister’s Leicester visa delegation issue is still unanswered, with the UK High Commission distancing itself from claims in a local paper.

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