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[Business Day Africa] Kenya's Sugar Pricing Committee has implemented a two percent reduction in the price of sugarcane, responding to a concurrent decrease in the cost of the commodity on the retail market.

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[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The U.S. sanctions against Zimbabwe over the past two decades are not the cause of the economic and development issues in the country, said David Gainer, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Gambian government is discussing lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) this month. Some Gambian members of parliament believe that declaring the practice illegal is an attack on cultural and religious freedom.

[Nile Post] The President of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi, has insisted that Mathias Mpuuga admitted to wrongdoing and apologised for corruption and abuse of office during a meeting with leaders of the party.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia would never accept an attempt to annex a part of its territory, the country's acting minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation said on Friday, commenting on a sea access deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland.

[Reporter] Asmara says territories belong to Eritrea under 2000 Algiers Agreement

[Independent (Kampala)] United Nations -- Five countries are committed to providing personnel for an international police force to help Haiti battle gang violence, a UN spokesman said on Thursday.

[Premium Times] CONUA however aligned with ASUU in the call for reinstatement of the universities' dissolved governing councils, saying Mr Tinubu's action violates the Universities Autonomy Act, 2007.

[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- An aircraft carrying Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa aborted a landing Friday in the city of Victoria Falls, where he was supposed to attend an international conference, after authorities received an email of a "credible bomb-firearm threat."

[Nile Post] Former Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP) Mathias Mpuuga has dominated headlines this week for bad reasons.

[Vanguard] The Yoruba sector of the Nigerian movie industry has been thrown into mourning after the news of the death of Quadri Oyebamiji Tolani popularly known as Sisi Quadri surfaced on social media.

[UNFPA in WCA] I note with deep concern the Parliament of Ghana's passage of the "Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill".

[Lesotho Times] As the May 29, 2024 elections approach, the opposition party "Democratic Alliance" is gearing up for a heated battle to win the minds of prospective voters. With campaign strategies in full swing, many are left wondering whether the main opposition party is truly the right choice to lead the nation. Once we hover over the districts where they have ruled, the Democratic Alliance seems to have struggled to effectively address and resolve the challenges in the districts under their control. Questions are

[SAnews.gov.za] Umalusi CEO Dr Mafu Rakometsi says the EXCO of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) is satisfied with the progress made in preparation of the hosting of the 40th AEAA Annual Conference in August.

[Premium Times] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operational licences of 4,173 Bureaux De Change operators in the country.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The late Kelvin Kiptum has been posthumously named as the 2023 Sportsman of the Year, at the Sports Personality of the Year Awards (SOYA) staged Friday night at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre.

[DW] Arbitrary boundaries were drawn on maps to separate European colonies in Africa. Most of those lines drawn on a Berlin Conference table between 1884 and 1885 are still in place today - with deadly consequences.

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Advocacy groups are calling on the Dutch oil giant Shell to halt its plans to divest assets from Nigeria's Niger Delta region unless proper cleanup and decommissioning of its infrastructure is complete.

[VOA] Fighting broke out Friday between Ethiopian government forces and members of the Fano militia in Bahir Dar -- the capital of the Amhara region -- according to residents and the regional administration.