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[SAFA] The two countries meet at the Republic Stadium in Lilongwe on Saturday, 3 May 2025 and Ntseki said the main objective is to find the back of the net away from home. After initially struggling to secure players, the coach is happy to have a team that he believes can compete over two legs.

[Premium Times] Holcim AG, a global building materials company, is reportedly finalising a $1 billion deal to divest its 83.8 per cent stake in Lafarge Africa to Huaxin Cement Co., a Chinese firm.

[Premium Times] The NJC stressed that the constitutional provision on acting appointments of state chief judges does not leave room for discretion.

[Premium Times] She highlighted that nearly two million people in Nigeria are living with HIV, many of whom are active members of the country's workforce.

[Premium Times] The doctors also want the retirement age of healthcare workers increased, in line with previous advocacy by health unions.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has defended his administration's controversial economic decisions, saying they are bearing fruit and have positioned Kenya among the leading economies in Africa, according to new data by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's Speaker of Parliament, Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur (Madoobe), has temporarily suspended 20 Members of Parliament (MPs) from attending parliamentary sessions due to security concerns.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Citizens Movement for Change (CMC) has strongly condemned the Executive Protection Service's recent announcement that it will withdraw protection from individuals accused of inciting insurrection, calling the move a dangerous abuse of power and an attack on Liberia's democracy.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- A group of Liberian protesters on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the Ivorian Embassy near Monrovia, denouncing what they called foreign interference in the internal affairs of Burkina Faso.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The United Methodist Human Rights Monitor has called on members of the House of Representatives to place the national interest above personal and political ambitions and urgently resolve the prolonged leadership stalemate that is paralyzing legislative activities.

He is accused of backing M23 rebels in the east but he has previously denied links to the group.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President Joseph Boakai is facing mounting pressure to dismiss D. Dorr Cooper, Inspector General at the Ministry of Commerce, in the wake of a bribery and academic fraud scandal at the University of Liberia (UL).

[ICRC] Goma -- On 30 April 2025, following a request to act as a neutral intermediary, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is accompanying a series of convoys from Goma to Kinshasa transporting several hundred disarmed individuals from the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the national police force, as well as members of their families.

[Premium Times] Several videos of the incident on social media show flames and people residing near the barracks scampering for safety.

[Capital FM] NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 30 - The National Police Service says preliminary investigations indicate that the fatal shooting of Kasipul Member of Parliament Charles Ong'ondo Were was a planned and well-executed attack.

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The opposition legislator had just left parliament when he was attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle, police say.

One man's struggle to save Uganda's once-profitable trees that produce shea butter.

One man's struggle to save Uganda's once-profitable trees that produce shea butter.

[RFI] A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country's president, with a five-year renewable term starting in 2025.