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[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), in partnership with Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) and Fondation Hirondelle (FH), will officially launch a new European Union-funded project in Guinea-Bissau on Monday, May 26, 2025. The 18-month initiative, titled "Promote and Protect Democracy by Safeguarding Freedom of Opinion and Expression and Combating Mis/Disinformation in Guinea-Bissau" seeks to address...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[New Zimbabwe] A HUMAN rights lobby group has called for the compensation and justice for Africans and their descendants, who have been victimised during slavery, colonialism and genocides, including the 1980s Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe that claimed an estimated 20,000 people.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[Ghanaian Times] Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang says she is glad to return to duty after nearly two months away on medical treatment in the United Kingdom.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[New Times] The AFC/M23 rebels who control the eastern DR Congo main city of Goma confirmed the return of former President Joseph Kabila on Monday, May 26, ending six years of his self-imposed exile.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[Shabelle] Hawaadley, Somalia -- A landmine explosion targeted a vehicle carrying local militia officers known as Macawiisley in Hawaadley, a town in the Middle Shabelle region, killing one soldier and injuring two others, local sources confirmed.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[Ghanaian Times] A Team of Ghanaian researchers has developed Africa's first smart soil sensing technology aimed at transforming the way farmers manage soil health, make fertiliser decisions, and increase crop productivity.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[ISS] Murder and armed robbery affect everyone living in South Africa - to say otherwise suggests a worrying ideological agenda.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has confessed that the removal of former Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa was driven by political motives rather than the ethical breaches previously cited by lawmakers.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[New Dawn] The Liberian Permanent Mission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, the United Kingdom, headed by Ambassador Robert Wilmot Kpadeh, in collaboration with the Liberian Embassy to the Court of St. James, will officially launch Liberia's campaign for re-election to 'Category A' on the IMO Council on Monday, May 26, 2025, from 6 pm to 10 pm London time.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[Premium Times] The meeting held in Abuja was disrupted over who should speak for the Jigawa delegation.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[Premium Times] Nollywood actor Godwin Nnadiekwe has been hospitalised after his colleague, Zubby Michael, kicked him in the chest during a film shoot.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[spotlight] Massive gains have been made in reducing new HIV infections and deaths in children. Yet, many of the statistics for children still look worse than those for adults. Spotlight asked experts why this is the case and what factors prevent children living with HIV from starting and staying on the treatment that can keep them healthy.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu -- In a swift response to a high-profile homicide case that has sparked public outrage and sorrow across Somalia's sports and civic communities, the Somali Police Force has arrested a suspect linked to the murder of former national football player Abdifatah Abdi Osmaan.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- The U.S. military is pivoting from its long-standing focus on governance and development in Africa, instead urging fragile allies to take greater responsibility for their own security.
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Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Thousands have died in a conflict that has been largely ignored by the rest of the world.
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:[Premium Times] This ritual of inviting foreign leaders to the Oval office and belittling and denigrating them must stop.
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:[Dabanga] El Fasher -- Prepared by Sudan Tribune for Sudan Media Forum
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:[UN News] More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, as conflict and a series of disasters fuel a worsening humanitarian crisis - one that risks deepening as vital relief operations face a severe funding shortfall.
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:[The Conversation Africa] The west Africa-Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s.
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:[Dabanga] Washington D.C. / Port Sudan -- The US has formally accused Sudan's government of using chemical weapons during its ongoing war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in what it says is a clear breach of international law. In a statement issued on Thursday, the US State Department said sanctions will follow, citing evidence of chemical weapons use in 2024.
Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source:[African Development Bank (AfDB)] The African Development Bank Group's 2025 Annual Meetings open next week amidst shifting winds of global trade.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:[African Development Bank (AfDB)] In a continent where optimizing resources is crucial for development, the digital transformation of strategic sectors is a priority. The Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank, to be held from 26 to 30 May 2025 in Abidjan, will address this key issue as part of its broader remit: "Making Africa's Capital Work Better for Africa's Development."
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Refugees from other nations ask why the White House has made an exception for white South Africans.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan accused one of the country's top politicians of trying to kill her.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Joseph Kabila made the remarks in a 45-minute speech live on YouTube from an unspecified location.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Pyramids grab a stoppage-time equliaser away against Mamelodi Sundowns to leave the first leg of the African Champions League final finely poised.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Producing cement, plastic, steel, aluminium and food causes greenhouse gases, but a circular economy can reduce emissions
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Shoaib Bashir's six-wicket haul breaks Zimbabwe's feisty resistance and leads England to victory by an innings and 45 runs inside three days of the one-off Test.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Tanzanian authorities are not commenting on the allegations, which include sexual assault.
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The two crashes happened in 2018 and 2019 and left 346 people dead.
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Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:When I was a child, my younger brother, Bob Kizito, drowned in a pond at the age of just eight
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:Most artificial intelligence bots are trained outside the continent, raising questions of bias
Published on: May 24, 2025 | Source:The calm reaction of South Africa's president to the Oval Office ambush might boost his standing at home.
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