http://allafrica.com/tools/headlines/rdf/latest/headlines.rdf

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The increase in violent protests at concession companies in western Liberia has claimed the attention of members of the Liberian Senate.

[Observer] The House of Representatives has instructed its Chief Clerk to write to the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Boima Kamara, to inquire about the "extreme delay" in the submission of the 2024 National Budget.

[Observer] In a tragic turn of events, a protest erupted on Thursday, February 29, into violence at the Bea Mountain Mining Company in Grand Cape Mount County, resulting in the loss of two lives and leaving several others wounded.

[New Republic] The recent wave of fire disaster in Liberia has caught the attention of members of the House of Representatives thus leading to the citation of heads of the institution.

[New Zimbabwe] ANNUAL inflation in Zimbabwe surged to 47,6% on the back of receding month-on-month inflation, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) reported Thursday.

[New Times] Tanzania's former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi has died at the age of 98, The Citizen reports. The death of the former head of State was announced by President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

[Premium Times] Media reports on Thursday suggested that opposition leader Yaya Dillo had been killed in a shootout in N'Djamena.

[UN News] António Guterres expressed his strong commitment to the people of Sudan on Thursday as the UN assistance mission based there comes to an end, in line with a Security Council resolution ending its mandate.

[allAfrica] South Africa's online election conversation is heating up - and key points and concerns are emerging, according to the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC).

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu has declared seven days of mourning following the passing of former president Ali Hassan Mwinyi.

[allAfrica]

[New Zimbabwe] Moves within ruling Zanu PF to ensure President Emmerson Mnangagwa a third term in office, against dictates of the Zimbabwean constitution, have worried MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora.

[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu yesterday threw jabs at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over its series of industrial actions, saying calling four strikes against his administration that is barely nine months is unacceptable.

[WHO] New study released by the Lancet shows that, in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity. Worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, and has quadrupled among children and adolescents (5 to 19 years of age). The data also show that 43% of adults were overweight in 2022.

[New Dawn] Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf retired in 2018 having led Liberia for 12 consecutive years as Africa's first female elected president upon winning a 2005 democratic election at the end of a brutal 14-year civil war.

[Unicef] Kinshasa -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are calling for immediate action to protect children and families caught in the escalating violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where an increasing number of people, including children, have been wounded or killed near makeshift camps. Both agencies call on all parties to the conflict to prioritize the protection of civilians and allow humanitarian agencies to do their work.

[allAfrica] Dakar -- Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara granted presidential pardons to 51 civilians and military staff convicted of offenses committed during the post-electoral crises and for endangering state security, including General Dogbo Blé Brunot and Koné Kamaraté Souleymane said Soul To Soul. The latter was Guillaume Kigbafori Soro's head of protocol when he was Prime Minister and President of the National Assembly. When General Dogbo Bruno was the commander of the Republican Guard under

[Egypt Online] Minister of Transportation Kamel Al-Wazir inspected the Kigali Dry Port in Rwanda, one of Egypt's projects in African countries.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Central Office for the Fight Against Corruption (GCCC) has opened two investigations into possible criminal activities concerned with the management of Mozambique Airlines (LAM).

[Vanguard] THE Senate yesterday dumped stay of action position proposed to it by the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) on N2.7trillion Tax Credit Fund required for specific road construction by the Federal Ministry of Works.