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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Turkey and Somalia have signed an agreement to initiate onshore oil and gas exploration, marking a significant milestone in their energy partnership, the Turkish energy and natural resources minister announced on Thursday.

[GroundUp] Free State Department of Human Settlements has promised to help the 75-year-old from Naledi village in Qwaqwa get a house

[GroundUp] Wina Njalo wants Parks Tau to announce the successful bidder by 9 May

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Supreme Court of Kenya has dismissed an appeal filed by Ruth Wanjiku Kamande, popularly known as Miss Lang'ata, who was convicted in 2015 for the murder of her boyfriend, Farid Mohamed Halim.

[Premium Times] The initiative is part of a broader strategy to address food insecurity and enhance agricultural practices within the nation.

[Vanguard] ...Calls for national dialogue

[WFP] Port Sudan, Sudan -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently calling for unimpeded access to immediately preposition food assistance across key locations in Sudan, as deliberate obstruction by parties on the ground and the approaching rainy season threaten to render vast areas of the country inaccessible by road. Without swift action, WFP warns that millions of vulnerable people could be cut off from life-saving aid, placing fragile humanitarian gains at serious risk. Below is an update on the food security

[Vanguard] -- Insist Belemaoil Must Manage Facility Operations

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The Ministry of Transport and Logistics has officially launched the Integrated Freight Transport Management System (IFTMS), a major digital milestone aimed at streamlining and modernizing Ethiopia's freight transport sector.

[Parliament of South Africa] The Select Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Mineral Resources received briefings yesterday from the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) and Eskom on their audit outcomes and performance in the 2024/25 financial year.

[Africa CDC] With external health aid to Africa expected to plunge by 70% between 2021 and 2025, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a continent-wide strategy to radically transform how health systems are financed, putting African resources at the centre of African health.

[Nile Post] We must fight together for good governance in this region, so that we eventually win together as a people

[IPS] United Nations -- As the Trump administration's hostility towards the United Nations and other international organizations keeps growing, a New York Times columnist last week proposed what he frivolously described as "something a little incendiary".

[IPS] Brussels, Belgium -- Europe must understand that the only reasonable and humane way to tackle migrant smuggling is to open regular routes for people to reach Europe in safety and dignity.

With the vice-president under arrest there are concerns a political rift could spiral into conflict.

With the vice-president under arrest there are concerns a political rift could spiral into conflict.

With the vice-president under arrest there are concerns a political rift could spiral into conflict.

Saturday's election marks a major test for a coup leader who wants the democratic stamp of approval.

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's multi-party government of national unity (GNU), which emerged in the wake of the May 2024 elections, marked a turning point in the country's political history. It took South Africans back to the 1990s, when the country showed that political opponents could find common cause.

[Africa CDC] The movement of African health professionals away from their home countries, predominantly towards higher-income nations is a critical challenge to the sustainability and resilience of African health systems. The loss of skilled personnel is worsening workforce shortages, undermining healthcare delivery capacity, and impeding progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the African Union's Agenda 2063.