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[Nile Post] Silence Broken, Speculation Addressed

[Afrobarometer] Most citizens favour public access to government budgets and contracts.

[UN News] Escalating violence in Sudan's North Darfur state has left dozens dead and people trapped in El Fasher city which is home to around 800,000 people, many displaced due to fighting.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has urged members of the public to exercise cation and avoid risking their lives by driving through or walking in moving waters.

[Reporter] The pros, cons and promise of Ethiopia's TikTok revolution

[Capital FM] Bungoma -- National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has urge people living on river banks to vacate to avoid disaster caused by flooding at a time when heavy rains are pounding the country.

[Nile Post] Nearly half the requested funds (578 billion shillings) for the supplementary budget are earmarked for Dei Bio Pharma, a Ugandan pharmaceutical company struggling to keep its vaccine factory afloat.

[Nile Post] The Ugandan government's latest supplementary budget request of 1.1 trillion shillings (approximately $318 million) has sparked controversy among Members of Parliament (MPs) who question both the timing and the allocation of funds. With just one month remaining in the current financial year, the legitimacy of these additional spending requests is under scrutiny.

[Nile Post] A dark cloud hangs over Kalungu District, Uganda. Since January 2024, government health facilities have faced a critical shortage of essential drugs, leaving patients in a desperate scramble for life-saving medications. Dr. Daniel Ssentamu, the District Health Officer, sounds the alarm, highlighting the dire situation for the district's over 190,000 residents.

[New Zimbabwe] RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mushayavanhu has appealed to Members of Parliament (MPs) to educate communities on the newly introduced currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG).

[Premium Times] Blessing Onyeali isn't your typical Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- For Milly Nakazzi, an assistant nursing officer at Uganda's Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, the fact that at least six of every 10 patients she treats have malaria is business as usual.

[DW] Amid tensions and accusations of a constitutional coup, Togo heads to the polls next week. The African nation stands at a crossroads of democracy and dissent.

[Nile Post] Discontent simmers among farmers in Uganda's Serere region. Their primary targets? The underperformance of the NASA Research Institute (NASA RI) and a long-defunct soil testing machine.

[Namibian] Let's face it, Namibians and official events have a complicated relationship.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has issued a notice to former Kenya Navy Officers convicted by a Court Martial for Desertion of Duty, urging them to submit themselves to the High Court in Mombasa for the rehearing of their appeals without fail.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Amid reports of a cholera outbreak in the Bati district within the Oromia special zone of the Amhara region, health authorities are swiftly responding to contain the spread of the disease.

[African Union] The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is monitoring with deep concern the reports of alarming deterioration in the humanitarian and security situation in El Fasher, North Darfur.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The US has suspended the food rations provided to the Danab forces in Somalia due to the diversion of these rations and fuel intended for them, a senior US Embassy official confirmed to Shabelle TV.

[New Zimbabwe] A FATAL road traffic accident has claimed the lives of 15 people along the Harare-Masvingo road.