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[Premium Times] "The damages caused by the rainstorm further put the Miango people, ..., in a more precarious situation."

[New Dawn] Kenyan lawyer and Pan-Africanism activist Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba is expected to address a conference in Monrovia today, May 7, 2024.

[Foroyaa] Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have appealed for extended time period to be able to complete their ongoing special audit and to reappear for submission of their audited accounts and financial statements before members of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly.

[Foroyaa] The Audited Financial Reports of the Office of the Ombudsman have revealed increment in assets, revenue and expenditures of the office.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectorial Associations, a leading voice for Ethiopian businesses,stressed the vitality of collaboration between the private sector, government, and other actors for the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA).

[Dabanga] Sudan -- The Sudan Media Forum, a coalition of prominent independent Sudanese media outlets and organisations, has launched an urgent appeal to the international community to assist the Forum and the Sudanese media sector as a whole, particularly in the important areas of safety of journalists, media survival, countering the proliferation of disinformation and hate speech, and to restore Sudan's communications infrastructure, to ensure the Sudanese people's right to information.

[Dabanga] Military aircraft bombed targets in Um Rawaba and El Rahad in the southern part of North Kordofan yesterday morning. In El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, a child died and two others were injured due to an explosion.

[New Republic] Who chopped the inaugural celebration funds provided by then Standard-bearer of the Unity Party (UP), Joseph Nyuma Boakai is the babbling question on the minds of pundits as the Investigative Committee constituted by the ruling party to probe the situation has released its final findings ordering the restitution of the money.

[Shabelle] Nairobi -- In a historic diplomatic engagement, the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hamza Abdi Barre, met with Kenya's Deputy President, H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, in Nairobi on May 7, 2024.

[Agenzia Fides] N'djamena -- The first round of presidential elections in Chad ended yesterday, May 6. This election was supposed to be the end of the provisional transitional regime installed after the death of President Idriss Déby Itno, who was killed by rebels on the front lines on April 20, 2021. His son, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, took power and became interim president.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Lawmakers are now conducting investigations on fake fertilizer bag manufacturers after inconsistencies emerged between supplied empty bags compared to fertilizer sold in the market.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has banned fishing and swimming in the Kenya coastline due to extreme weather that is currently being recorded in the area.

[WFP] World Food Programme-supported schemes help fight cultural barriers - and food insecurity

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) have embarked on a joint tax education program for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

[Nile Post] Police have successfully apprehended 70 suspects in a coordinated operation targeting criminal activity along the northern bypass and surrounding areas within Kiira Road and Namugongo Police Divisions. This decisive action comes in response to a recent rise in incidents involving paver and stone-throwing.

[Nile Post] The Uganda Police Force has said that it will soon extend canine services to 13 more districts.

[Namibian] The price of the staple white maize is likely to shoot up after the Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) set the floor price delivered to millers from 1 to 14 May at N$7 554,37 per tonne.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has directed 200 families in Rùirù village who live downstream Kijabe to vacate the area by 6pm today.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya and Somalia have committed to deepen their bilateral relations and economic ties in trade and investment with a view of boosting the economy of both nations.

[Liberian Observer] A ten-man Sierra Leonean delegation arrived in the Country on Sunday, May 5, 2024, for a five-day peer learning and exchange between Liberia and Sierra Leone, two EITI-implementing West African Countries.