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[New Dawn] This global initiative aims to educate one billion people worldwide on fire safety and prevention

[The Herald] Chief Justice Luke Malaba has directed the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to train traditional leaders on legal and ethical standards so that as judicial officers they treat litigants with dignity and respect instead of threats or insults.

[New Dawn] Ex-rebel leader Senator Thomas Yaya Nimely of Grand Gedeh County says the late Sen. Prince Johnson was betrayed by the government, which led to his death.

[New Zimbabwe] SON of the late former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has filed a lawsuit demanding US$500,000 in damages for malicious prosecution.

[RFI] Thousands of people gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson - a notorious face of the country's brutal civil wars, and who died without facing trial. A Liberian rights activist tells RFI it was "painful" to see Johnson commemorated as a hero.

[RFI] Nigeria has been admitted as a partner country to the Brics bloc of developing economies, adding one of Africa's largest economies to the growing alliance of emerging market countries. Brazil, the group's chair, said Nigeria's interests converged with other members of the group.

[The Conversation Africa] K. Sello Duiker was regarded as a "rock star" of South African literature. He was one of a group of budding black South African novelists of the late 1990s and early 2000s who emerged with democracy in 1994. They stirred up the country's literary scene with their irreverent take on post-apartheid socio-economic and cultural realities.

[The Conversation Africa] Air pollution has an alarming effect on global health. In 2019, it was responsible for 4.2 million global deaths. Inhaling air pollution harms health in many different ways beyond simply having effects on the lungs. Over 70% of air pollution deaths are due to cardiovascular diseases - diseases of the heart and blood vessels, such as heart attacks and strokes.

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's political and economic landscape shifted significantly after the 2024 national elections. The ruling ANC's dramatic loss of support resulted in a government of national unity - a pivotal moment in the country's political history.

[The Conversation Africa] When was the last time a film changed the way you saw the world? Or the way you behaved?

[The New Humanitarian] Nairobi -- "We are not dangerous people. We are refugees. America has always been known to take in refugees."

[ISS] While the incoming US President is expected to be tough on SA, his wider Africa policy is less clear.

[VOA] London -- Demographers say the first members of Generation Beta are being born this month, following on the heels of Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha. VOA spoke with African futurists on what they think will define the lives of the continent's Gen B'ers, from AI to better life expectancy and economic growth.

[RFI] Kenya has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti to provide backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where spiralling gang violence has displaced more than a million people, including one in eight children.

[RFI] A total of 86 people have died after a petrol tanker truck overturned and exploded in Niger state. Most of the victims were impoverished local residents who had rushed to scoop up the spilled petrol, local authorities said. The price of fuel in Nigeria has gone up by 400 percent since Nigeria's president ended decades-old subsidies.

[Nigeria Health Watch] Access to family planning services has become a struggle for many couples in Edo State. For the Isibors, the consequences of this shortage were devastating. After having three children, the couple agreed to take a break due to the economic strain of raising a family. However, when Mrs Isibor visited the Edaiken Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Egor Local Government Area (LGA), she was shocked to find out that there were no family planning commodities available.

The last functioning hospital in Sudan's Darfur region has come under constant bombardment.

The last functioning hospital in Sudan's Darfur region has come under constant bombardment.

El-Fasher's last functioning hospital records 28 deaths in the last month after being targeted by shells.

People had rushed to collect fuel from the tanker after it overturned in a crash.