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[Premium Times] NEMA says more than 3,000 displaced persons including children and women were in urgent need of food, non-food items, potable water, and essential medical supplies.

[RFI] Togo late Monday announced it was suspending French public broadcasters RFI and France 24 for three months, for an alleged lack of impartiality in their reporting.

[RFI] Tuareg associations in Mali and Burkina Faso have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against their nations' armies and the Russian paramilitary group, Africa Corps.

[RFI] Côte d'Ivoire is preparing for a contentious presidential election in October as President Alassane Ouattara's supporters rally for his likely re-election bid. Meanwhile, opposition groups are demanding a fairer contest and the reinstateme...

[CAF] A key figure for the Black Queens, Princella Adubea is set to take part in another Women's Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana, this time as a leader within a squad that has come of age. The striker reflects on her role as a mentor, the team's evo...

[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- "The survivors of the massacre are terrified; they have suffered and seen unspeakable violence" Father Remigius Ihyula, Coordinator of the Development, Justice and Peace Commission of the diocese of Makurdi, in the State of B...

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Five months without pay. That's the grim reality facing staff of Liberia's Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court, an institution once hailed as a cornerstone of President Joseph Boakai's...

[Civicus] CIVICUS discusses prospects for democracy in Guinea with Omolara Balogun, Head of Policy Influencing and Advocacy at the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), a civil society organisation that promotes civic space and youth and women...

[FrontPageAfrica] The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has included Liberia on a list of 36 countries whose citizens will be banned from travelling to the US according to a draft memo obtained by The Washington Post, a U.S. media outlet.

[Vanguard] UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Benue, North Central Nigeria, in which scores of civilians were killed.

[Vanguard] Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has reacted to President Bola Tinubu's decision to visit Benue State on Wednesday following the gruesome killings of over 200 people last weekend.

[Liberian Investigator] Gbarnga, Bong County -- Long queues, high transportation costs, and mounting frustration are now routine for residents of Bong County as hundreds struggle to obtain their National Identification Cards at the only functional en...

[Vanguard] Comrade Daniel Onjeh, the candidate of the APC for the Benue South Senatorial District in the 2023 election, has condemned the recent killings that occurred in Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.

[Leadership] The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has raised concerns over key aspects of President Bola Tinubu's new Executive Order on Upstream Petroleum Sector Incentives.

[Leadership] The federal government has formally launched the 2025 National Youth Conference registration portal, also known as Youth Confab 2025.

[Leadership] The Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has condemned the renewed killings in parts of Benue State, describing the incident as gruesome, barbaric, and unacceptable in a civilised society.

[Daily Trust] Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS Pathfinder) have deactivated five illegal refining sites and 50,000 litres of stolen crude at Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.

[Vanguard] ...as inflation rate eases second consecutive month to 22.97%

[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, declined to issue a warrant for the arrest of the suspended senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

[Vanguard] The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has refuted allegations of extortion against the GHR Command by an American Returnee, Oke Adhekegba.

[Leadership] Once again, Benue State has been plunged into mourning. In what can only be described as a coordinated onslaught on defenceless communities, gunmen widely believed to be armed herders launched fresh attacks on Yelewata and Daudu communit...

[Daily Trust] President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for an urgent overhaul of Nigeria's security framework through constitutional reform, declaring that the establishment of state police is now a necessity given the country's deepening security chal...

[Daily Trust] Today, June 17, is World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. The global observance, hosted by Colombia, is led by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). With the theme 'Restore the Land. Unlock the Oppor...

[Vanguard] *** Oil price hovers at $73 per barrel

[Leadership] Nigerian music icon and Benue State government adviser, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has decried the continued killings in Benue State, describing the crisis as a "national emergency" that requires immediate, united ac...

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) have suspended their strike and directed members to resume their shift from tomorrow, June 14, 2025.

[Ghanaian Times] Over 100,000 people in Nandom and Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region now have access to clean drinking water following a major intervention by WaterAid and Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC Ghana.

[MFWA] A major breakthrough in Ghana's fight against corruption has been achieved with the charging of former officials of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) over a GH¢548 million (USD 53.6 million) payroll fraud. At the heart of this accoun...

[Leadership] The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Monday pleaded not guilty to alleged unlawful possession of an Abuja property containing 753 duplexes.

[Daily Trust] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the killing of over 200 Nigerians including children in Benue State, alleging that the president has not shown the desired seriousness and concern needed to end the mayhem.