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[allAfrica] Cape Town -- South Africans are again left without words after the shocking news of the death of multi-award-winning actor Jamie Bartlett.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- How do you get children to school and clean up plastic waste at the same time? Well, you could start a school that accepts recyclables as payment. And that is precisely what innovator Grace Amuzie did with her sister Rose Amu...

[Legalbrief] The U.S. has passed a law to counter Russia in Africa by tracking its military operations, investments, oligarchs and suspected illicit financial flows.

[WHO] I want to start today by looking back, to where we have been over the past five years. The WHO Results Report for 2020-21 provides a detailed and interactive presentation of our work over the past two years against each of the "triple billion" ...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed the Chief Director who recommended that self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his family be issued with Permanent Residence Permits - with immediate effect.

[This Day] The World Bank has announced plans to invest over $30 billion to address the ongoing global food security crisis in the next 15 months.

[VOA] Kampala, Udganda -- For the past six months Ugandans have been forced to spend twice as much to afford necessities like fuel and food, among other commodities. Addressing the country Sunday night on how to survive the high cost of living, Presi...

[VOA] Cameroonian authorities say Monday several hundred civilians took to the streets of Lolabe, a small coastal village on the banks of the Atlantic Ocean. The civilians said they were protesting the recent deal signed by the government for iron or...

[DW] After suffering racism while fleeing the war in Ukraine, many Africans say they are now experiencing further discrimination in Germany.

[DW] On a visit to Niger, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the Bundeswehr's training mission in the West African nation as a success. He also called for a follow-up project.

[DW] Rwanda has said the Congolese military shelled Musanze district in the north of the country, wounding several civilians.

[Premium Times] "Nothing stops the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, the ICPC and other investigatory agencies from opening the books of the judiciary to expose the corruption in the management of their budgetary resources."

[Nigeria Health Watch] Her priest's announcement was enough reason for Cecelia Yohane, a resident of Nchalo Chikwawa, to have her 2-year-old grandchild vaccinated against polio. "All my children are not educated, not many people in my village are edu...

[ISS] There are new contenders, but the political playing field is as unbalanced as under Robert Mugabe.

[Chatham House] The call to action for the mining sector must be supported by continued improvements to the domestic operating environment and bring along regional partners.

[The Conversation Africa] Coastal retreat in West Africa is a pressing problem. The contact between land and sea on coasts produces intense erosion and sedimentation processes. When erosion is more intense than deposits of soil and sand, the sea adva...

[UN] Geneva -- UNAIDS has expressed concern that some public reporting and commentary on Monkeypox has used language and imagery, particularly portrayals of LGBTI and African people, that reinforce homophobic and racist stereotypes and exacerbate sti...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya is set to roll out a grant telemedicine program across the country to improve access to healthcare, particularly in remote and marginalized regions.

[Premium Times] The government plans to use the tax to fund healthcare services to vulnerable Nigerians.

[Vanguard] Despite significant efforts to maintain malaria programming through the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria and several Commonwealth countries are falling behind in the race to halve malaria cases and incidence by 2023.

[Nile Post] Besigye characterised President Museveni's Sunday address on the economic situation as empty talk

[New Zimbabwe] FORMER Mashonaland West provincial magistrate Ruth Moyo, who rose to prominence after presiding over the exhumation appeal case of late former president Robert Mugabe, has been demoted to an ordinary magistrate on allegations incompete...

[Shabelle] The former president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has handed over the power to his successor Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who was elected as the 10th president in May 15 election in Mogadishu.

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[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the loss of cases in the courts on technical grounds cast a slur on the integrity of the judiciary and questioned its commitment to the fight against corruption.

[This Day] A Lagos High Court yesterday gave convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans, 14 days to file his statement of defence in a suit filed against him by one of his victims, Chief Donatus Dunu.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Amhara Regional State Peace and Security Bureau chief, Desalegn Tassew, said 4,552 suspects have been arrested in connection with the ongoing "rule of law operation" in the region since a week ago.

[Nile Post] President yoweri Museveni has said there is need for Ugandans to be more health conscious in order to curb on the rising lifestyle diseases.

[Premium Times] He noted that 15 countries have been validated for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and/or syphilis, adding that the SDG target on hepatitis B has been met.