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Yetbarek Dawit is alleged to have operated a multi-million-dollar operation, using torture to raise money.
Mourning the deaths, the president says it was a "race against the clock" to find others affected.
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[ISS] Rather than indicating disunity, the outcome shows that the AU upheld its procedures for endorsing candidates to international positions.
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Police Service (SAPS) says the helicopter that went missing on Monday with four occupants, including the pilot, has been successfully located this morning with all individuals found alive and unharmed.
[Liberian Investigator] On March 30, the CEO of Jeety Rubber LLC, Upjit Singh Sachdeva, claimed on Spoon Talk that in 1961, Liberia produced and exported 41,000 tons of rubber, while the Ivory Coast exported 88 tons.
[Liberian Investigator] On March 30, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai claimed Liberia has 579 kilometers of coastline and 200 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). President Boakai made the statement during the opening ceremony of the National Fisheries Investment Conference held from March 30 - 31 in Margibi County. The President added that despite Liberia's vast marine resources, the country continues to import large quantities of fish annually.
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Cameroon on Monday published the names of 16 citizens who died in Ukraine while fighting alongside the Russian military.
[Reporter] Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede is in Addis Ababa for a meeting with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as the life term of the Tigray Regional Administration nears its end.
[Nyasa Times] The Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) is at the centre stage of failing to act in the controversial and dubious cash withdrawals amounting to a whopping K5 billion from the sale of Amaryllis Hotel, now under parliamentary probe.
[Ghanaian Times] The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said the strong macroeconomic stability achieved last year came at a high cost to the central bank.
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has received with profound sorrow the news of the passing of Ambassador Konjit Sinegiorgis, a distinguished diplomat, a pioneering figure in Ethiopia's foreign service, and a steadfast Pan-Africanist who dedicated her life to the service of her country and the continent.
[Vanguard] Jos -- Gunmen have ambushed and killed a 300-level university student in Dum Village, Bachi District, of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe's tobacco deliveries to auction and contract floors have surged 83% year on year, earning farmers nearly $200 million since the marketing season opened on March 4, according to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board. A total of 67.2 million kg of tobacco valued at $197.7 million has been sold so far, up from 38.8 million kg worth $133 million over the same period last year.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) has issued a three-day weather alert warning of heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding in several coastal regions, including Dar es Salaam.
[New Times] The ideology that fueled the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi continues to spread across the Great Lakes region and in some parts of the Rwandan community abroad, propagated through social media, digital platforms and even by the children and allies of perpetrators, experts have warned.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on Tuesday expressed "profound outrage" over the unfolding fuel procurement scandal, calling for a full and impartial fight against graft while commending the government for the swift probe.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) has launched a three-day intensive workshop in Ganta City, Nimba County to strengthen gender-responsive planning and budgeting (GRPB) across key government sectors.
[Capital FM] From the bustling streets of Nairobi to lecture halls in the United Kingdom and the intensity of the MMA cage, Emmanuel Opati's journey is anything but ordinary.
[FrontPageAfrica] Zwedru -- The Minister of Youth and Sports, Cornelia Wonkerleh Kruah is on her second phase of her County tour affecting the Southeastern part of Liberia as she launched the Zwedru Youth Center Computer Training Program in Grand Gedeh County.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Matt Baugh has been appointed British High Commissioner to Kenya, succeeding Neil Wigan, who departed Nairobi in August 2025 to take up a new post as Director General Strategy and Delivery at the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London.
