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[Liberian Observer] A private jet that brought in President Joseph Nyuma Boakai and his delegation from the 50th anniversary celebration of ECOWAS suffered a frightening near-crash landing at Roberts International Airport (RIA) on Thursday, prompting widespread flight cancellations and throwing the airport into operational disarray.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:[ISS] Without guarantees, President Ghazouani's dialogue - the country's sixth - could widen the political divisions that threaten stability.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:[Premium Times] The Nigeria Army disclosed this in an X post Friday morning.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:[Civicus] CIVICUS speaks with two representatives of Malian civil society - Modibo Diakite, president of the Association for the Socio-Economic and Technological Development of Youth (ADEJ-Mali), and Fakassi Fofana, coordinator of a partner humanitarian organisation - about the likely consequences of a draft law to tax civil society organisations (CSOs).
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:[Civicus] CIVICUS discusses restrictions on civil society with Glanis Changachirere, founding director of the Institute for Young Women Development, a Zimbabwean civil society organisation (CSO) working for women's rights and against structural inequalities.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupertβs remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africaβs violent crime problem
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The Moral Regeneration Movement chaired by Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa is focusing on action against violence, declining social cohesion and moral decay
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:[African Development Bank (AfDB)] Digital platforms are catalysing important development markers across Africa such as enabling smallholder farmers to access agronomic guidance, financial advice, and markets, an audience during a panel discussion at the African Development Bank Group's Annual Meetings heard.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Somalians hope hosting Emmanuel Adebayor, Samuel Eto'o and Jay Jay Okocha in a legends game can help bring international football back to the country after nearly 40 years.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The continent has what is needed to lead the green industrial revolution but it canβt do it without building its trade and investment partnerships
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:[allAfrica] Boakai's Plane Suffers Landing Scare At Liberian Airport
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Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, authorities say.
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Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The launch of The Diplomat, which took place on 16 May at the University of Pretoriaβs Javett Art Centre, was attended by the ambassadors and embassy staff of more than 45 embassies
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The musician talks about her long career, her legacy and the spirit guiding what could be her final album
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- FrontPage Africa has learned that the plane carrying President Joseph Boakai and his entourage experienced a near-crash incident while landing at the Roberts International Airport (RIA) on Thursday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Relish Deluxe blends tradition and modernity in a city that never sleeps β or stops eating well
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:A first encounter with Kingsmead Book Fair, where community and unexpected joy come together in celebration of South African literature
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Bola Tinubu introduced painful economic reforms but says these are now starting to bear fruit.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The party says it will not rubber stamp ANC policies but will use the courts if necessary
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Most people usually simply stay away on voting day
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The announcement comes as the bank foresees lower global interest rates and a weaker outlook for the local economy
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Joshlin Smith is yet to be found more than a year after she went missing from her home.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The bankβs shareholders, African and non-African alike, must decide whether the mandate will expand to crowd in private finance, derisk green investment and underwriter regional public goods, or whether it will retreat to classical project lending
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Technical expertise might get you the job β but itβs emotional intelligence, clear communication and the ability to connect that will keep you there and move you forward. According to Melini Moses, communications strategist and founder of Express Yourself, soft skills are now leadership essentials. βTheyβre not separate from strategy β they are strategy.β With [β¦]
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:For Gugulethu Tshimanga, returning to university wasnβt about perfect timing β it was about purpose. As the senior regional social media specialist for EMEA at Infobip, a global communications platform, she leads social media strategy across multiple markets. βIβm a curious thinker, a collaborative leader and someone who genuinely values authenticity and meaningful connection,β she [β¦]
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Returning to university as a mid-career professional is a bold and often transformative decision, but it can also be mentally and emotionally taxing. Delia Hamlett, an educational psychologist who works closely with adult learners, says that although these students bring valuable life experience to the classroom, they also face a unique set of mental health [β¦]
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Former Mauritanian finance minister, Sidi Ould Tah, was elected president of the Africa Development Bank, the AfDB announced. Tah, who also headed the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, won after three rounds of voting by the AfDB's Board of Governors at their meeting in Abidjan, securing more than 76% of the votes in the end, according to reports.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:[SAnews.gov.za] Four people have been arrested for allegedly issuing driving licences fraudulently in Lephalale, in Limpopo, by the anti-corruption wing of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (Hawks).
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:[SAnews.gov.za] Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Nobuhle Pamela Nkabane, has congratulated one of the University of Pretoria's (UP) youngest-ever graduates, Mongiwa Hazel Ntuli, who obtained her degree in Actuarial Science at the age of 17.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Police Service (SAPS) has arrested 427 suspects during nationwide Vala Umgodi Operations conducted from 19 May 2025 to 25 May 2025.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Berlin, Geneva -- The World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced today the expansion of the successful Health Security Partnership to Strengthen Disease Surveillance in Africa (HSPA) to seven countries on the continent.
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