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[HRW] Nairobi -- Mass Killings in February Highlight Grave Risks to People in Occupied Areas
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:[New Times] The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has revealed that 105 Rwandans were repatriated over the past year after falling victim to human trafficking, shedding light on the primary causes, methods used by traffickers, and government efforts to combat the crime.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:The national register for sex offenders contains more than 32 000 names, with more than 10 000 additional cases pending court outcomes
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Nigeria accounts for 29% of global maternal deaths - a lack of medics and poor facilities are partly to blame.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:The Microsoft founder urges young innovators to use Artificial Intelligence to improve health services.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:As part of the deal, the UK will secure lucrative investment projects in the 2030 World Cup.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Recycling initiative says the move is good news for the environment and job creation
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[allAfrica] Geneva -- The 2025 World Health Statistics Report reveals the profound health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including loss of life, reduced longevity, and overall decline in health and well-being, which have significantly influenced Africa.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Kano State declares Monday as a day of mourning after 22 people died a road accident while returning from a sports festival in south-west Nigeria.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[RFI] French mining group Eramet has pledged to safeguard over 10,000 jobs in Gabon as Libreville pushes forward with a plan to ban raw manganese exports from 2029.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Daily Trust] Suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, says her removal was not over sitting disagreement, but a premeditated move by Senate President Godswill Akpabio to silence her.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Lesotho Times] ...after call from DC youth
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[GroundUp] Extremists on both sides of South Africa's main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ugandan journalist and human rights activist Agather Atuhaire has shared a disturbing account of abuse and mistreatment allegedly inflicted by Tanzanian authorities during a recent detention in Dar es Salaam.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu -- Former President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, has welcomed the upcoming national consultation forum proposed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, while firmly stressing the need for full participation by the Federal Member States of Puntland and Jubbaland to ensure the talks are inclusive, effective, and nationally binding.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Gabon will cease exporting manganese from 2029 as part of a plan to transform national industry, President Brice Oligui Nguema said in a government statement published on Saturday.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Namibian] Namibia marked its first official Genocide Remembrance Day on 28 May, a milestone date set aside to honour the memory of the Ovaherero and Nama victims of the 1904-1908 genocide perpetrated by German colonial troops.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE ongoing trial runs for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight service recorded another milestone on Sunday, with a successful test journey from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA has recorded remarkable success in improving lives and protecting newborn care, most notably for preterm infants.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- Children are the silent victims of all wars: in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. From Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, currently under the control of the M23 rebel movement since mid-February (see Fides 17/2/2025), we have received a testimony that reflects the dramatic humanitarian situation in the region.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Lesotho Times] AS Her Majesty Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso prepares to celebrate her 49th birthday on Monday, she has granted Basotho an exclusive look into her life and work.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[UCT] In a scientific first, a team led by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Copenhagen has used ancient proteins to uncover biological sex and hidden genetic variation in Paranthropus robustus - a close, extinct cousin of modern humans.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Nile Post] Uganda continues to face an escalating refugee crisis, with nearly 190,000 individuals, including almost 36,000 newborns, registered in 2024 alone.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has condemned the Kenya Kwanza administration's suppression of dissent, warning that the government has failed to learn from last year's Gen Z-led protests.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Vanguard] The strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Monday paralysed activities at the Court of Appeal, FCT High Courts in Maitama, Wuse Zone II, Garki and Nyanya.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[The Patriot] Botswana is in the storm of procurement corruption that has been left unattended for the longest time. Yet it appears it is difficult if not impossible to craft long-lasting solutions to as far as possible, cure procurement corruption because it continues unabated.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:More than a quarter of children under the age of five in the country are chronically malnourished
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:About 500 people are still missing in the town of Mokwa, and officials fear no more survivors will be found.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Residents of a Nigeria town tell the BBC they are homeless and penniless after devastating floods.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Rose Njeri developed a tool to help people oppose the government's finance bill.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Nile Post] As the curtains closed on the World Travel, Trade and Taste 2025 Expo, it wasn't a commercial jingle or political speech that left the final imprint, but it was aroma from Ugandan coffee.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Slovenian President NataΕ‘a Pirc Musar has called on Kenyans to remain vigilant in protecting the ideals of independence and to resist lingering condescending attitudes from former colonial powers.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Liberian Observer] The National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) has confirmed an alarming increase in Mpox (Monkeypox) cases, with 69 active cases now recorded nationwide and zero deaths as of May 31, 2025.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Activist Boniface Mwangi has come forward with a distressing account of torture and sexual assault allegedly inflicted by Tanzanian security forces during a recent trip to Dar es Salaam.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:[allAfrica] With just five months remaining until the October 2025 presidential election, the political landscape in Ivory Coast is in a state of upheaval. Ambitions are clashing, and there is a surge of activity as leaders mobilize for more inclusive elections, particularly by pushing for the reinstatement of key opposition figures on the electoral lists. The nation's political elite is in a frenzy, determined not to...
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