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[Daily News] DEPUTY Minister of State in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Government), Dr Festo Dugange has directed District Executive Directors for Kilolo and Bukoba Urban Districts to submit to the ministry reports on the progress of the construction of health centres in their areas.

[spotlight] Professor Ntobeko Ntusi may be soft-spoken, but he is not afraid to stand by his strongly held views. As he is set to take up the hot-seat at the country's primary health research funder, he tells Spotlight's Biénne Huisman about his background and his priorities for the new job.

[GroundUp] But the Department of Social Development claims the delay is caused by investigations into the food banks

[GroundUp] The sad history of Net1 and the Post Office shows that this is an important question

[GroundUp] A coalition against mining in the Mabola Protected Environment want "scandalous" and "irrelevant" claims struck from court record

[Premium Times] The CEO of Binance, Richard Teng, claimed on Tuesday that the House Committee on Financial Crimes demanded bribe from the representatives of the firm during a meeting at the National Assembly Complex in January

Rescue-and-search operations continue for a third day after a building under construction collapsed.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Amnesty International has released a new report accusing the Somali military of killing 23 civilians, including 14 children and five women, during drone strikes conducted with support from Turkish drones on March 18, 2024.

[Times of Zambia] HARNESSING the potential of Artisanal Small Scale Miners (ASM) is key in developing Africa's mineral sector and improving the livelihoods of its people.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia is on the verge of experiencing another shortage of petroleum products, but it is an artificial shortage resulting from hoarding by major importers due to an unsettled agreement with the government regarding a pump price increment.

[Liberian Observer] Dr. Beth Van Schaack, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice (GCJ), has emphasized the importance of focusing on Liberia's future through the establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court (WECC).

Ahmed Hafnaoui's defence of his men's 400m freestyle title at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is in doubt because of injury.

The divisive leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters threatens to hoover votes up from the ruling party.

[State Department] Today, on the margins of the Corporate Council on Africa's U.S.-Africa Business Summit, the United States and the Republic of Angola celebrated the signing of final agreements to finance three major infrastructure projects in the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI)'s flagship Lobito Corridor. The agreements, for projects totaling more than $1.3 billion for clean power, radio connectivity, and transportation infrastructure, demonstrate the U.S. government's continued commitment to

[New Republic] It appears that declaration of assets by public officials is becoming a stumbling block to the realization of Joseph Nyumah Boakai's agenda and quest for transparency and accountability in government as his officials are said to be evading the exercise which is demanded of them in keeping with law by and through the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC).

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global economy, 75% of world trade and 67% of global population. The G20 defines itself as the premier multilateral forum for international economic cooperation.

[Accra Time] New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for the Yendi Constituency, Farouk Aliu Mahama has apologised to Citi FM and its reporter he assaulted during his party's parliamentary elections on January 27 this year.

Jersey has seized £829,500 from a corrupt trust and returned it to authorities in Mozambique.

Jersey has seized £829,500 from a corrupt trust and returned it to authorities in Mozambique.

[New Zimbabwe] MEMBERS of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) have promised to show their dance moves in hopes President Emmerson Mnangagwa notices them and much like he recently did, dishes out wads of US dollars to them too.