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[The Point] Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed strong discontent over the late submission of the supporting document and criticized the Finance minister's lack of detailed information regarding how the budget was executed across various ministries and departments.

[Namibian] The Miss Namibia Organisation (MNO) has announced an enhanced prize package for the 2025 Miss Namibia winner, with the titleholder expected to walk away with rewards valued at almost a million Namibia dollars.

[Namibian] Exective director of information and communication technology Audrin Mathe on Tuesday announced that the Zambezi region will host this year's 35th commemoration of Heroes Day.

[Namibian] "I wanted to compose something that brings out Namibian stories and reminds us of who we are."

[Foroyaa] The Constitution of the Republic under section 152 requires the P resident to cause the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, to prepare and present the Estimates of the Budget of the state for each financial year for approval by the National Assembly. The Approved Estimates is what is relied on to appropriate resources through the passing of an Appropriation Bill to become law, providing for the allocation of resources to all sectors of the state.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Suspected goons violently disrupted peaceful demonstrations in Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD) on Tuesday, turning a protest seeking justice for blogger Albert Ojwang - who died in police custody last week - into chaos.

[Islamic Relief] Islamic Relief health workers in Sudan's Darfur region are treating a massive increase in malnourished children as families flee horrific attacks on civilians. Survivors have told Islamic Relief shocking accounts of extreme violence and starvation.

[ISS] Despite a recent surge in terrorist attacks, the region is more at risk of fragmentation than centralised jihadist rule.

[MSF] People in remote areas of Upper Nile state in South Sudan are suffering from a lack of access to healthcare, since attacks on medical boats and armed looting in medical facilities since the beginning of the year have forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to close our hospital and end our support to 13 community-based healthcare facilities in Ulang county. The closure of MSF's hospital has left an area of more than 200km from the Ethiopian border to Malakal town without any functional

[New Era] Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi has called on Namibians to fly the Swapo flag with pride.

[Vanguard] THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, yesterday, put Nigeria's crude oil output, excluding condensate, at 1.544 million barrels per day, bpd in May 2025.

[Liberian Observer] Liberia is playing host to a high-level Joint Committee Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament, bringing together delegates from across West Africa to address one of the region's most pressing challenges: youth unemployment. Themed "Assessing the Effectiveness of the ECOWAS Investment Policy as a Panacea for Addressing the Rising Levels of Unemployment in the Sub-Region," the five-day conference opened with a flurry of hopeful and strategic remarks from national and regional leaders.

[Liberian Observer] Members of the 55th Legislature who have been charged for their alleged roles in the arson attack on the Capitol last December are at the verge of being indicted by a Special Grand Jury, a defense lawyer who has asked to remain anonymous told the Daily Observer.

[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has suspended Mr. Abdullah L. Kamara from his position as Acting Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), amid serious allegations of financial misconduct and corruption tied to his former role at TAMMA Corporation.

[Liberian Observer] The Liberia Electricity Corporation has announced that the Ivorian Electricity firm 'Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Électricité' (CIE) is currently carrying out commissioning works at the DUEKOUÉ substation in Côte d'Ivoire.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- The civil war in Sudan is intensifying with devastating consequences for countless civilians caught in the conflict, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan warned.

[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.

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his visits to Parirenyatwa and Sally Mugabe hospitals on Monday are meant to provide him with a clearer understanding of Zimbabwe's deteriorating public health sector.

[UN News] In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday.

[allAfrica]