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Floods kill at least 110 people after heavy rain in Nigeria
Torrential rains in the central town of Mokwa led to the deadly floods, authorities say.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:
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Zimbabwe: Cement Importer Takes Govt to Court Over Surtax 'Contradicting' COMESA Deal
[263Chat] A local cement importer, Augutich Investments (Private) Limited has approached the High Court seeking an interdict against the Minister of Finance and Economic Development over the recently introduced surtax which they claim is unlawful and contradicts the COMESA ( Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) regulations.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Africa: It Takes a Village to End Malaria - - and Behavioural Science Can Guide It
[Malaria Consortium] The 78th World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization's decision-making body, took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 to 27 May. Every year, delegates from WHO member states come together to discuss and decide on the priorities and policies of the organisation going forwards.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:East Africa: Abductions, Torture a Threat to U.S. Interests in East Africa - Senator Risch
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has raised the alarm over a surge in abductions and torture cases across East Africa, warning that the trend poses a "direct threat" to regional stability and American interests.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Liberia: American War Crimes Investigator and Former Liberia Lobbyist Found Guilty of Defaming Justice Activists
[FrontPageAfrica] A criminal court in Switzerland has found Alan White, an American war crimes investigator with a long history of involvement in Liberia's politics, guilty of defaming two justice activists. The Criminal Division of the Jura-Bernois-Seeland regional court of Swiss Canton of Berne agreed with an August 2024 ruling by the Public Prosecutor's Office that White, an ex-investigator for Sierra Leone's...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Namibia: Ban On Poultry Imports From Brazil Partially Lifted
[Namibia Economist] Namibia has partially lifted a ban on the importation and transit of poultry and poultry products from Brazil, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform said Tuesday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Southern Africa: SADC Agrees in Principle for Development Fund - - Namibia Signs
[Namibia Economist] The Agreement to Operationalise the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Development Fund (RDF) has been approved by Cabinet as of 22 May 2025.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Namibia: NamWater Assesses Central Area Water Supply Post-Rainy Season, Cautions Against Complacency
[Namibia Economist] The Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) hosted a crucial Central Area of Namibia (CAN) Stakeholders Workshop on Monday, 13 May.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:City of Cape Town investigates International Peace College building project
The Islamic institution allegedly redeveloped its premises without approved building plans, raising concerns about safety
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Antibiotic resistance profiles of oral flora in hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibius): implications for treatment of human bite wound infections
Name of research institution: University of Pretoria Name of Faculty: Veterinary Science Name of department: Veterinary Tropical Diseases First author of the paper: Professor Anita Michel Authors: Maralize Engelbrecht, Francois Roux2 Jeanette Wentzel and Annelize Jonker Email address: anita.michel@up.ac.za Name of submitter: Professor Karen Keddy Capacity of submitter: Head of Department: Veterinary Tropical Diseases...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Namibia: PDM Loses Case About Russian Billionaire's 99-Year Lease of Namibian Farms
[Namibian] The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has lost a High Court case in which it attempted to have the lease of four farms to a Russian billionaire for 99 years set aside.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Africa: Diabetes Cure Is Not 'Just a Drop of Inbox Message' Away - Ignore Social Media Posts Claiming Otherwise
[Africa Check] Diabetes cure is not 'just a drop of inbox message' away - ignore social media posts claiming otherwise
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Uganda: Kyagulanyi Rallies Tooro to Vote for NUP
[Independent (Kampala)] Fort Portal -- The National Unity Platform- NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has rallied the people of Tooro to participate in next year's general elections and vote out President Yoweri Museveni and the NRM party.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Ramaphosa Appoints Judge Khampepe to Probe Apartheid Cover-Ups
[Scrolla] President Ramaphosa has launched an inquiry to check if apartheid-era prosecutions were blocked by powerful political figures. Former president Thabo Mbeki denies all claims of interference, despite a 2021 court ruling referencing his time in office.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Liberia: As Mpox Cases Surge in Liberia, Africa CDC Pleads for More Vaccines
[FrontPageAfrica] Liberia is witnessing a significant uptick in suspected Mpox cases, with the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) reporting 767 suspected cases. The country has also recorded an increase in confirmed cases, with 75 active infections as of May 29, 2025. This marks a substantial jump from earlier reports of 25 cases just a week prior. In total, NPHIL has reported 134 confirmed cases and...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Liberia: A Close Call As President's Plane Crash Lands While Landing At Roberts International Airport - Asky, Air Maroc, Air Peace, Kenya Airways All Cancel Flights As Plane Remains On Runway
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- For years, travelers have raised concerns about the deteriorating condition of the runway at Roberts International Airport (RIA). On Thursday afternoon, those fears were realized at the highest level when President Joseph Boakai and his delegation narrowly escaped disaster. The 36-year-old Gulfstream IV (G4) private jet carrying the President crash-landed upon arrival from Nigeria after...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Shango PHC - No Beds, No Light, No Hope
[Nigeria Health Watch] Fatima Muhammad, a 40-year-old mother of eight, recalled the night she pleaded with staff to keep the Shango Primary Health Care (PHC) facility open past closing hours, "my daughter collapsed, I had to beg them to stay open."
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Biafra Day - Imo On Lockdown As Sit-At-Home Cripples Economic, Social Activities
[Vanguard] For the greater part of yesterday, Imo State was forced to observe a sit-at-home as economic and social activities virtually ground to a halt.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:βYou have not abandoned me,β Maphisa-Nqakula tells uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association
ANC Veterans League deputy president Mavuso Msimang has questioned why the party allowed the MK party to be formed
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Prez. Boakai Safe After Near-Miss Landing At Ria
[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:Paint, parades and power: Africa's top shots
A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Mauritania: Can Mauritania Avoid Another Fruitless Dialogue?
[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:Nigeria: Troops Repel Attack On Borno Military Base, Kill 60 Insurgents - Official
[Premium Times] The Nigeria Army disclosed this in an X post Friday morning.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Big Tobaccoβs profit addiction needs a quit plan
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:Mali: "The Democratic Ideal is Alive and Well and No One Can Govern for Long without Credible Elections"
[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:Zimbabwe: "The New NGO Law is a Political Weapon Targeting Civil and Political Rights Work"
[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:DA renews bid to control policing in Western Cape
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 journey to restore morality in South Africa
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:Africa: African Development Bank and Club De Madrid Partner to Advance Digital Transformation in Africa
[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:African legends bring hope to Somali football
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:Africaβs green industrial future hinges on global trade and investment reform
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:Africa: All of Africa Today - May 30, 2025
[allAfrica] Boakai's Plane Suffers Landing Scare At Liberian Airport
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Slc7a8 Deletion Is Protective against Diet-Induced Obesity and Attenuates Lipid Accumulation in Multiple Organs
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Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Plane carrying Liberian president involved in landing scare
Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, authorities say.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Main Suspect in Mongale Murder Shot Dead - South African News Briefs - May 30, 2025
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