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Bouchra Karboubi, the only female referee at Afcon 2023, on promoting fair play and fighting female stereotypes in the Arab world.

Why opposition politician Job Sikhala, freed after 18 months in detention, refuses to be cowed.

One man convinced parents to let their daughters surf. Now they are challenging and changing social stereotypes in rural Ghana.

[U.S. Mission to the UN] New York -- MODERATOR: Good afternoon and welcome to everyone from the London International Media Hub, teaming up today with our colleagues from the Africa Regional Media Hub. I'd like to welcome our participants who are logging in from across the African continent and globally to thank all of you for joining this discussion. Today, we're very pleased to be joined by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.We'll begin today's call with

Hervé Bopda has been arrested for his own safety following "scandalous" allegations, his lawyer says.

[Dept of Sport, Arts, Culture] The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Mr Zizi Kodwa welcomes the decision by Guernsey's Auction House to suspend the auction of items associated with former President Nelson Mandela.

[New Republic] The Managing Director of Bloom Bank-Africa formerly known as Global Bank has assured Liberians of quality banking services as the institution launches its new brand.

[New Republic] The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) says it welcomes a statement made by President Joseph Nyumah Boakai declaring Drug and Substance Abuse a Public Health Emergency.

[New Republic] Monrovia-Jan-31-TNR: President Joseph Boakai has sent a stern message to his officials that they would face the weight of the law if they misuse recourses.

[New Republic] As controversies surround the US$40 million government's consolidated account, the House of Representatives has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia, J. Aloysius Tarlueto address the actual status of the Government of Liberia Net International Reserves and Government of Liberia Consolidated Account balances as of December 31, 2023, January 19, 2024 and January 22, 2024 respectively.

[New Republic] The Chinese Government through its Embassy in Congo Town said it highly appreciates the reaffirmation of the One-China Policy expressed by President Joseph Boakai.

[Leadership] Nigerians want a country that works and truly delivers on the dividends of democracy rather than an illusion that remains as promises every electoral cycle. While we are not generally considered a failed state, we face various challenges including political and economic issues that edge us closer to that precipice unless drastic changes are made to course correct. However, these come at a cost to government and to citizens alike but let's focus on the government as citizens continue to pay the price

[VOA] Nairobi -- A polio vaccination campaign that was planned for November but postponed due to heavy rains and floods is finally taking place in three high risk counties in the northeastern part of Kenya. This comes after 13 cases of the so-called circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (CVDPV2) were discovered last year in the area.

[Leadership] Events around the world now raise palpable fears that the international community may, deliberately, be toying with the prospect of a third world war. The last world war, the second actually, ended in 1945. The shock and the effect of the destruction that war, which started in 1939, brought upon the world, still haunts humanity to this day. Europe was devastated. Japan had the taste of what atomic bomb feels like. United States of America experienced it at Pearl Harbour when the Japanese attacked her

[Leadership] The Coalition of civil society groups has called on President Bola Tinubu to restart Nigeria's social protection programmes with better checks and balances, in the face of the suspension of the minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu.

[Leadership] Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow it and its Candidates to participate in the 3rd February 2024 court of appeal ordered rerun elections in Plateau North Senatorial District and Jos North/ Bassa Federal Constituency.

[Leadership] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards its growth projections for Nigeria for 2024 to 3.0 per cent from 3.1 per cent which it earlier projected even as it projected the country's inflation rate at 23 per cent this year and 15.5 per cent by next year.

[Leadership] The results of the drug tests conducted on three Super Eagles players at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have turned out negative.

[New Dawn] The Plenary of the Liberian Senate has ordered the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) to clarify contradictions between President Joseph Nyumah Boakai and ex-President George Manneh Weah on the financial balance in the Consolidate Account.

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on fellow Heads of States and the global business community to focus on unleashing the 450bn United States dollars AfCFTA-driven potential income, that stands to be accrued from continental trade by 2035.