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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The reduction of interest rates by lenders in the country will spur borrowing, a new report has revealed.

[HRW] Hold Forces Accountable for Gezira Attacks; Protect Civilians

[VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana authorities say at least nine people were confirmed dead Monday, as rare flooding hit the semi-arid country. More than 5,000 people have been affected by the floods as record rainfall fell over the last week.

[The Conversation Africa] "There is no time for imagination, religious or otherwise. We need to act now!" an irritated scientist told me during a workshop on climate change and religion in 2024. Contrary to the tone of his comment, this scientist was not dismissing religion as being marginal to tackling climate change, but his underlying assumption rang clear: religion, while undoubtedly a necessary part of the solution, is only useful if it works alongside rational science.

Campbell Scott disappeared from a luxury hotel before being found miles outside Nairobi by a cattle herder.

Abubakar Lawal, 29, reportedly fell from a third-floor balcony of a shopping mall in Kampala.

[UN News] The humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening as M23 rebel attacks continue to drive tens of thousands from their homes and claim hundreds of lives, UN humanitarians warned on Monday.

[Dabanga] The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu, 22 smaller rebel movements, and political and civil society groups signed the founding charter for a parallel Sudanese government in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Saturday evening. The move has raised sharp criticism.

[The New Humanitarian] Gulu, Uganda -- "I wanted another life."

[ISS] On paper, Africa is ahead of the world on climate-linked migration, but needs support to implement its progressive frameworks.

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's Expanded Public Works Programme is part of its social safety net. It complements the country's social grants system, which has over 28 million recipients.

[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name.

[allAfrica] Kigali -- "My kids always ask me, 'What keeps you up at night?' I say, 'One more child, just one more child, let's take care of them,'" said Kathy Magee, co-founder, president, and CEO of Operation Smile and a registered nurse.

[allAfrica] Kigali -- "Surgery is a fundamental and necessary aspect of healthcare. Surgery is attributed to approximately 30% of the global disease burden. However, for many years, the global health agenda has been centered on individual diseases, resulting in surgical care receiving the least attention," said Professor Faustin Ntirenganya, President of the Rwanda Surgical Society.

Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.

Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.

Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.

[InfoWire] The rice husking mill may be on the edge of Mahasolo, but it's at the centre of the lives of the rural village's residents in central Madagascar.

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- The heads of African air forces have called for the "strengthening military aviation across borders" during their annual symposium which is being in the Zambian capital of Lusaka. This year's gathering takes place against the backdrop of escalating conflicts in the region, including DR Congo and Sudan, which killed thousands of people and displaced millions.

Campbell Scott was attending a conference in Nairobi when he was last seen on 16 February.