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Kenya: Police Say Kasipul MP Charles Were's Killing Was Premeditated
[Capital FM] The National Police Service says preliminary investigations indicate that the fatal shooting of Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Ong'ondo Were was a planned and well-executed attack.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:
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Why the trees behind shea butter beauty cream are under threat
One man's struggle to save Uganda's once-profitable trees that produce shea butter.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Police Find Parts Linked to Slain Officers' Car - South African News Briefs - May 1, 2025
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Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:South Africa sets up inquiry into apartheid prosecutions
Several apartheid-era atrocities, like murder, have been uncovered but few have made it to court.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Govt Backtracks On Bulawayo-Vic Falls Road Rehabilitation Claims As Concerns Are Raised Over Corruption in Tender Awards
[New Zimbabwe] The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has backtracked on its statement that contractors are now on site and rehabilitation of the dilapidated Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road will soon start, claiming "wrong information was posted".
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Families of Miners Trapped Since November Beg for Help
[GroundUp] Authorities say it is too dangerous to go down the Krugersdorp mine
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Prisoners Can Use Computers to Study in Their Cells, Says Constitutional Court
[GroundUp] Current policy is unconstitutional, court rules
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Chaos Grips Somalia's Parliament As MPs Clash Physically, Armed Forces Intervene
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's lower house descended into turmoil on Wednesday as lawmakers engaged in physical altercations, trading punches and slaps in a chaotic session that exposed deep political divisions.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Visit Rwanda signs new deal as Arsenal protests continue
Visit Rwanda signs a sponsorship deal with Atletico Madrid as Arsenal fans continue to call for their club to end its agreement with the tourism board.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Sudan: ICJ Announces May 5th As Date for Ruling in Sudan's Case Against UAE
[SNA] Port Sudan -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) officially announced that it will issue its ruling on Sudan's case against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, May 5th.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Congo-Kinshasa: Defeated Congolese Soldiers Leave M23-Contolled Goma
[New Times] The Long -- The long-awaited transfer of defeated Congolese soldiers sheltered at a UN base in M23-controlled Goma in eastern DR Congo has begun, with up to 130 troops leaving the city this morning.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Al-Burhan Stresses the Need to Review Civil Service Laws
[SNA] Port Sudan -- President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, has stressed the need to review civil service laws, stating that the multiplicity of laws and their frequent changes have greatly harmed the state.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Mali coup leader wins backing to be president for next five years
Gen Assimi GoΓ―ta, who has seized power twice, had previously promised to hold elections.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Tanzania: Zanzibar Celebrates a New Musical Icon
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- The Zanzibar Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA) is proudly celebrating the extraordinary journey of Tryphon Evarist, a gifted multi-instrumentalist, music educator and artistic director whose musical odyssey began within the very halls of DCMA.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ghana: Pres Pledges 6 Months Salary Into Ghana Medical Trust Fund
[Ghanaian Times] The President, John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to donate six months of his salary to the newly launched Ghana Medical Trust Fund, known as "Mahama Cares."
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Malawi: Malawi and Israel - Choosing Economic Gains Over Principles of International Justice?
[Nyasa Times] The newly signed bilateral agreement on exporting Malawian workers to Israel has been hailed by both sides to the agreement as a new chapter in their relations. Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Haskel highlighted the agreement's importance as "a people-to-people partnership, not just a government-to-government transaction".
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Malawi: From Green Gold to Fool's Gold? Tobacco Farmers Left in the Dust As Nyasa's 'Rewarding Prices' Ring Hollow
[Nyasa Times] Despite Nyasa Tobacco Company director Fleetwood Haiya's loud assurances of "rewarding prices" for growers--boasting purchases of up to $3.30 per kilogramme--the numbers tell a much grimmer tale for the average Malawian tobacco farmer. Far from basking in profit, many are drowning in disappointment, questioning whether corporate declarations are anything more than smoke and mirrors.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Malawi: Govt to Gazette New Minimum Wage on International Workers' Day
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Government is set to gazette a new minimum wage tomorrow, May 1, with workers pushing for a bold 100 percent increase--from K90,000 to a proposed K180,000.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Malawi: Fertilisergate - Will Malawians Ever Know the Truth--or Is the Rot Too Deep to Dig Out?
[Nyasa Times] Three years have passed since the botched 2022 Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) fertiliser deal--three years marked not by accountability or closure, but by deafening silence, institutional finger-pointing, and a spectacular failure of leadership.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Malawi: No Immunity for the Powerful - Kabambe Fails to Block Covid Prosecution
[Nyasa Times] Former Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Dalitso Kabambe's attempt to dodge prosecution in the controversial K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds scandal has hit a brick wall, after the High Court in Lilongwe dismissed his application for judicial review--a decision that keeps him firmly in the dock of public accountability.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Breaking - Appeal Court Upholds Conviction of Professor Jailed for Rigging Election for Akpabio
[Premium Times] The Court of Appeal, apart from affirming Mr Ogban's conviction and the three-year jail term, frowned at his role as a university professor in the fraudulent manipulation of election results, a lawyer who participated in the case at the appellate court told PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday afternoon.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Video Not of Kenya's Former Deputy President Apologising to Ruto in 2025 - Footage Altered
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A video shared on social media in April 2025 appears to show Kenya's former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua apologising to William Ruto during the president's tour of Mount Kenya. But the footage is misleading. It uses old video, combined with AI-generated audio, to falsely suggest a new apology.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Africa: No Evidence for Viral Claim That People With Blood Type O Should Avoid Potatoes to Prevent Arthritis
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A viral TikTok video by a Kenyan wellness brand claims potatoes cause arthritis in people with blood group O. But experts say there's no scientific evidence to back this up.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Namibia: Rain Season Takes Extraordinary Toll On Road Infrastructure
[Namibia Economist] Heavy rains have caused significant damage to road networks, leading to road closures, infrastructure failures, and increased safety risks. Authorities are urging the public to report hazardous road conditions to ensure timely intervention and prevent further deterioration. The impact of these rains has been particularly severe in low-lying areas and river crossings, where flooding has rendered...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Namibia: Healthcare Facilities Must Not Close for Lunch Breaks - Minister
[Namibia Economist] The Ministry of Health and Social Services had directed that no public health care, clinic, or healthcare facility under the Ministry shall close or suspend services during official working hours for lunch break, effective immediately.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Namibia: Economy Could Grow Over Next Two Years - Central Bank
[Namibian] Namibia's economy is expected to grow over the next two years, according to the latest economic outlook update by the Bank of Namibia (BoN).
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Mali: Mali Forum Backs Five-Year Presidency for Junta Leader Assimi Goïta
[RFI] A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi GoΓ―ta the country's president, with a five-year renewable term starting in 2025.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Court Orders EFCC to Release Aisha Achimugu Within 24 Hours
[Vanguard] The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to, within 24 hours, release the socialite and businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Africa: Africa Risks 'Sustained Community Transmission' of Mpox, WHO Warns
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Africa continues to experience rising cases of mpox, with Uganda reporting the highest number of confirmed daily cases in the region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The report warns that "wherever mpox outbreaks are not quickly contained", it becomes difficult to stop human-to-human transmission, potentially risking a "sustained transmission in the community".
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Africa: Economic Community of West African States - Fifty and Fractured
[IPS] Lagos, Nigeria -- Half a century after ECOWAS promised peace and prosperity, three breakaway states are testing West African solidarity, sparking a potential trade war.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Burundi: Funding Crisis Threatens Refugee Work In Burundi, Hitting Women, Children, Says UN
[allAfrica] Geneva -- The deepening funding crunch is threatening humanitarian work on another international crisis, the UN is warning: the response in Burundi to the growing influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Court Orders All Police Officers At Protests to Wear Uniforms and Not Conceal Their Faces
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has ordered that police officers deployed during demonstrations must always be in uniform and should not conceal their faces.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Africa: All of Africa Today - April 30, 2025
[allAfrica] Mali Forum Backs Five-Year Presidency for Junta Leader Assimi GoΓ―ta
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Bodies of Missing Police Officers Recovered - South African News Briefs - April 30, 2025
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Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Kenya to Open Consulate in Haiti to Support Peace Mission
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a Consulate-General in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to support its peacekeeping and diplomatic missions in the Caribbean.
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