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Gambia: No Vote for Diaspora Without Demarcation
[Foroyaa] Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda Jallow told members of the National Assembly on Tuesday that Gambians living abroad can only be registered as voters if they are assigned to a National Assembly constituency.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:
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Kenya: MPs Seek to Amend One-Third Salary Rule Amid Rising Tax Burden
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Members of Parliament are considering amending the Employment Act, 2007 to remove the one-third salary rule, citing the impact of increased tax deductions under President William Ruto's administration.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Kenya Urges Restraint Following Machar's Detention in Juba
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has expressed concern over the latest developments in South Sudan following reports of the detention of the country's First Vice President, Riek Machar.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Insecurity - Security Chiefs, Experts Urge Improved Collaboration With Nigerian Neighbours
[Premium Times] "There is need for a paradigm shift from a theoretical approach to insecurity to a more robust/inclusive practical approach."
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Sassa Gold Card Swop Deadline Extended to End of April 2025
[SAnews.gov.za] The deadline for South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grant beneficiaries to swop their SASSA gold cards for the new Postbank cards has been extended to 30 April 2025.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Kenyan Leaders Throw Big Tea Party, but Don't Serve the Facts
[Africa Check] Ruto's scorecard relied on faulty math. He got the 2022 baseline wrong, underestimated the 2024 numbers, and jumped the gun on 2025 data. The deputy president and the agriculture minister used export data, which contradicted more accurate customs records. While the deputy president got the 2024 tea production numbers right, his historical figures were off.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Nigeria's Former President Obasanjo Did Not Advise Suspended Rivers State Governor to Declare State of Emergency
[Africa Check] Nigeria's former president Obasanjo did not advise suspended Rivers state governor to declare state of emergency
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Five Cowries Art Programme Graduates 85 Adolescents in Reproductive Health Awareness
[Nigeria Health Watch] In many communities, myths and misconceptions about reproductive health persist, leaving young girls uninformed and vulnerable. But in Kano State, 85 adolescent girls from Dala, Wudil, and Ghari Local Government Areas are breaking barriers through the Five Cowries initiative, using art and embroidery to foster open conversations about Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Uganda: UWA Signs Deals Worth Sh104.3bn to Develop High-End Facilities in Three National Parks
[Nile Post] Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has to signed three major concession agreements with private investors to develop and manage high-end tourism infrastructure in Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth and Kidepo Valley national parks.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Uganda: Govt Proposes National ID As Tax ID
[Nile Post] The Ugandan government has introduced four tax bills aimed at reforming the country's tax regime, including a proposal to use the National Identification Number (NIN) as a Tax Identification Number (TIN).
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Uganda: New Tax Bills Target Casinos With Stiff Penalties for Non-Compliance
[Nile Post] Minister Musasizi outlined the stringent penalties for non-compliance, saying an operator of a casino, gaming or betting activity who does not use or is not integrated with the gaming and betting centralised payments gateway system is liable to pay a penal tax equivalent to double the gaming or withholding tax due or five thousand five hundred currency points, whichever is higher.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: TPLF Rejects PM Abiy's Call to Nominate Tigray Interim President, Calls It 'Unilateral Decision' Violating Pretoria Agreement
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has rejected Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's call for Tigray's people to "nominate" candidates for the interim presidency, calling it a "unilateral decision" that "violates the Pretoria Agreement."
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Africa: HIV Funding Cuts Could Lead to Millions of Infections, Deaths By 2030 - Study
[Independent (Kampala)] Countries such as Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, would suffer the most
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Somalia: U.S. Military Target Islamic State With Airstrikes in Puntland, Somalia
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The United States Military launched airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Somalia at the request of the federal government, intensifying efforts to counter the group's expanding influence in the Bari region.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Somalia: German Aid Worker Kidnapped in Somalia Seven Years Ago Pleads for Release
[Shabelle] Mogadishu (Smn) -- Sonja Nientiet, a German nurse who was abducted in Mogadishu seven years ago, has made her first public appearance, pleading for immediate release and a return to her home country.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Mozambique: Chapo-Mondlane Meeting Presents a Glimmer of Hope for Mozambique
[ISS] Despite scepticism about the government's intentions, the meeting shows a shift in President Chapo's hardline approach to resolving post-election violence.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Southern Africa: Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso Quit Charity After Leadership Clash
[allAfrica] "What's transpired is unthinkable. We will always be Sentebale's founders, but this situation is beyond repair."
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Namibia: Air Namibia's Resurrection Divides MPs
[New Era] As finance minister Erica Shafudah prepares to present the national budget in Parliament today, various lawmakers have expressed hope for increased allocations to education, job-creation and social welfare.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Haiti Confirms Death of Unaccounted for Kenyan Police Officer After Ambush
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Presidential Transitional Council (CPT) of Haiti has confirmed the death of a Kenyan officer reported as 'unaccounted for' by the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti following an ambush in Savien, near Pont-SondΓ©, in Haiti's lower Artibonite department.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Star witness continues to unravel on the stand in Joslin Smith trial
Lourentia Lombaard irks the judge with her βassumptionsβ, while Kelly Smith is again portrayed as a callous mother This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G Community Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently. Subscribe Subscription enables: - M&G...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Supreme Court Slams 'Majority Bloc' Of Lawmakers Over Parallel Session
[Liberian Observer] In a tense and revealing hearing before the full bench of the Supreme Court of Liberia on March 26, the ongoing leadership battle in the House of Representatives took a dramatic legal turn as justices grilled lawyers on both sides of the crisis -- casting sharp criticism at the so-called "majority bloc" of lawmakers while also probing the legal foundation of the embattled Speaker J. Fonati Koffa's...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:South Sudan: UN Urges Restraint As VP Machar Is Placed Under House Arrest
[Independent (Kampala)] Juba -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has warned that the country is on the brink of relapsing into widespread conflict, after First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar was put under house arrest on Wednesday.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Tanzania: Inside Tanzania's Life-Saving Birthcare Model
[allAfrica] Tanzania is winning the battle against maternal and newborn deaths, as the latest numbers reveal a significant decline.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:South Africa: SA Research Grants on Hold, Says Leaked Memo - And the NIH Isn't Denying Its Existence
[Bhekisisa] A leaked memo circulating among South African researchers that is addressed to grant management staff of the US government's National Institutes of Health (NIH), dated March 25 and of which Bhekisisa has seen a copy, instructs officers to hold "all [research] awards to entities located in South Africa".
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning
For many people in South Africa, getting to work on time is a daily struggle which costs them a chunk of their earnings.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Dancing with the machine: autoplay and the future of AI-driven art
Louise Coetzer flirted with the enemy to create experimental dance-opera autoplay. But her message is one of resistance
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Mandatory mediation raises concerns about the rule of law
It has been introduced to deal with the huge backlog of civil trials, but could mean thousands of litigants are denied the right to be heard by a court in a fair public hearing.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:The US, the βgreat transformationβ and the new world order
As Americaβs existential crisis unfolds, the nostalgic yearning for βbig powerβ politics of the Cold War era is rearing its ugly head
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:VAT hike: A tough choice or a risk to economic recovery?
There are alternatives which donβt add to the financial burden of citizens and which are better for fiscal sustainability
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Sweats Over March 31 Protests Amid Internal Zanu-PF Revolt
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure over the planned 31 March protests amid fresh challenges to his rule, which has been marred by accusations of corruption and cronyism.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:DR Congo conflict tests China's diplomatic balancing act
Fighting in a mineral-rich region of central Africa proves a quandary for Chinese business interests.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Army in full control of Khartoum, Sudan military leader says
"Khartoum is free," says army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan after almost two years of occupation by the RSF.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Niger coup leader sworn in as president for five years
Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani is promoted to the highest rank in the army, and dissolves all political parties.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Ambassador to US: Washington can wait for pragmatic Ramaphosa
The presidentβs choice in selecting a new ambassador amid a historic downturn in diplomatic relations also speaks to an existential dilemma for his party This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G Community Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently....
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia PM seeks new Tigray leader amid fears of war
Ethiopia's prime minister asks Tigrayans to email him with suggestions for a new leader.
Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: