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[GroundUp] Minister Sihle Zikalala has promised the Vuwani police station will be completed in 2025. Work on it started in 2012.

[Chatham House] After nearly a year of devastating conflict, there is little sign of a ceasefire. Concerted high-level international pressure is needed to change the calculations of the generals and support a democratic transition.

[Unicef] New York -- "The brutal war in Sudan is pushing the country toward famine and a catastrophic loss of life, especially among children. In what is now the world's largest child displacement crisis, severe malnutrition among young children is intensifying beyond the worst projections, and there are outbreaks of cholera, measles and malaria.

[VOA] United Nations -- The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution Friday calling for a Ramadan cease-fire in Sudan, where the U.N. secretary-general warned this week that the humanitarian crisis has reached "colossal proportions."

[UN News] The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a key resolution on Sudan, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the war-torn country during the month of Ramadan, which begins on Sunday.

[This Day] Abuja -- *UNICEF: Nigerian children deserve to learn in peace, rues abduction of 287 Kaduna students*UN Special Envoy, Gordon Brown promises global support for safe school initiative in Nigeria*Tinubu to security agencies: Ensure immediate rescue of kidnapped victims in Kaduna, Borno*Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu canvasses capital punishment for kidnappers

[Daily Trust] The Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Mrs Olu Verheijen, yesterday said the administration of President Bola Tinubu opted for fiscal incentives in the oil and gas sector to attract investments, adding that the enhanced security measures in the Niger Delta has led to increase in over 200,000 barrels/day over the last six months.

[Premium Times] Abuja -- In almost five years, I have been denied the ability to visit my family, missing out on precious moments with my darling wife and wonderful children.

[AI London] Mass abductions in Nigeria this week of more than 400 displaced people in Borno state and 287 students and teachers in Kuriga Kaduna state are a shocking indictment of the authorities' persistent failure to protect people from attacks by armed groups that have killed thousands of Nigerians in the last five years, Amnesty International said today.

[Premium Times] Africa's present and former presidents were among hundreds of guests who attended the award ceremony where Mr Adesina delivered the Awolowo Foundation's annual lecture.

[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES reported the abduction of scores of pupils from a public school in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna on Thursday.

[allAfrica] Abuja -- Keynote Speech at the Leadership Newspaper Group 2024 Conference and Awards. Prof. Moghalu is Chairman, Advisory Board & Board of Directors, Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS) and Former Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria.

[Nigerian Govt] Abuja -- President Bola Tinubu says his administration remains steadfast in implementing necessary economic reforms to facilitate business growth and create investment opportunities that support Nigeria's growing population.

[Daily Trust] The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it is involving third parties to resolve its differences with three "important members" - Mali, Burkina-Faso and Niger - who have indicated their interest in leaving the bloc.

[Daily Trust] A notorious gang has killed not less than five police officers in Abakiliki, capital of Ebonyi state.

[Ethiopian Herald] \The United States has expressed its commitment to offer worldwide networking opportunities and training to Ethiopian women entrepreneurs that are aimed at enhancing their entrepreneurial capacities.

[AIM] Maputo -- The intense heat that has been hitting southern Mozambique in recent days has caused the loss of over 4,000 hectares of various crops in Maputo province alone.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- Attacks and fear of attacks in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, have triggered the displacement of almost 100,000 people, including more than 60,000 children, in the past month, the UN Children's Agency, Unicef, is reporting.

[Vanguard] The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on state governors and lawmakers to prescribe capital punishment for kidnapping.

[RFI] The number of female genital mutilation survivors now exceeds 230 million worldwide, with most living in Africa, according to Unicef. That represents an increase of 15 percent since 2016 despite progress against the practice in some countries.