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[GroundUp] The event aimed to counter discrimination and stigma

[Nile Post] This follows alarming statistics showing that 239 school-going children, aged 5 to 18, were involved in road accidents during the first half of 2024.

[Daily News] Zanzibar Minister for Land and Housing Development, Rahma Kassim Ali, has warned residents and investors to be wary of fraudulent land deals proliferating on the island.

[Nile Post] NRM Director of Information and Public Relations, Emmanuel Dombo, has vigorously defended President Yoweri Museveni, asserting that the president's long-standing leadership is a product of democracy rather than authoritarianism and that the president has established the frameworks necessary for the emergence of leaders such as opposition MP Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda.

[Premium Times] To address the crisis, the non-profit demanded that evidence-based nutrition interventions must be prioritised in the 2025 budgets of relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs)

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government is projected to spend Sh6.7 billion in a Monkey Pox (Mpox) containment plan dubbed as a three-tier response level system.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit predicts that Addis Abeba will emerge as a key urban hotspot in Africa by 2035.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), once a powerful party in Ethiopian politics, is now grappling with severe internal divisions that jeopardize the stability of the region and impede its recovery efforts.

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- The head of the U.S-Africa Command (Africom) - a unit of the U.S. military responsible for operations on the continent - said the U.S. strategy on the continent will remain "partnership-centric" and led by Africans themselves, whether they are "dealing with violent extremism or transnational crimes".

[Union for International Cancer Control] Global health event will focus on equity, quality of life, risk factors, and advancements in prevention, treatment, and care.

[IPS] As heads of state and government fly into New York for the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future (September 22-30), 2.3 billion mothers, fathers, and children are unsure where their next meal will come from. Millions face the terror of brutal, protracted armed conflicts that make no distinction between civilians and soldiers.

The number of female football referees in Africa and worldwide has grown but women like Gbemisola Yusuf remain underrepresented.

[New Times] The stars of the future are made today and Rwanda will be hoping to go all out in the 2024 CECAFA U20 Cup in Tanzania not only to win the trophy but to also battle for a qualification to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

[Daily Trust] The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Yola Zone, has expressed strong disapproval over the dismissal of about 120 academics from several universities for participating in the 2021 national strike.

[Daily Trust] The ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called for stringent monitoring and evaluation of the allocation of N3billion to victims affected by flood recently in Maiduguri, Borno State.

The state governor says that jihadist fighters may be among those who have fled.

[This Day] On the back of business expansion and drive to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) minimum capital requirement, a total of 12 companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), raised an estimated N2.6 trillion fresh capital from investing public between January and August 2024.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- A group of Burkinabe nationals residing in Liberia has raised concerns about ongoing harassment and mistreatment by unidentified individuals claiming to be state security personnel. The group is appealing to the Liberian government, through the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC), for urgent protection and the safeguarding of their rights.

[Liberian Investigator] Gbarnga -- Bong County Senator Prince Moye has called on the Liberian media to play an active role in advancing national development, promoting good governance, and holding public officials accountable.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The former ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), risks losing the grounds that hosted its headquarters for about two decades with the courts issuing an eviction order, but the party's Secretary General, Jefferson Koijee, has vowed to resist what he termed as ïmaginary eviction by Joseph Boakai".