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Haiti is one of 12 countries impacted by US President Donald Trump’s new travel ban which came into effect on Monday.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As Liberia's capital remains plagued by uncollected waste and worsening sanitation, a cloud of serious allegations is gathering over the Monrovia City Mayor, John Charuk Siafa, raising questions about the integrity of his administration barely months into his tenure.

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[Namibian] The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has announced plans to launch electronic identity cards (e-IDs) next year.

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[Daily Trust] Nigeria, Africa's leading producer of crude oil, has increased its imports of U.S. WTI crude due to the Dangote Oil Refinery's growing appetite for the hydrocarbon, according to a Bloomberg report.

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[Daily Trust] In its bid to stamp out corruption in the country, the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria (CIFCFIN) has inducted 152 more members in Abuja.

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[Daily Trust] The federal government has announced the relaunch of the National Talent Export Programme (NATEP), which will create one million direct export-linked jobs and up to five million indirect jobs within five years.

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[New Times] Rwanda's decision this past weekend to exit the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) is not just a diplomatic maneuver; it's a stark reminder that regional organisations must live by the principles they proclaim.

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[New Times] Rwanda now has 5.5 million active internet users, a significant milestone driven by increasing digitisation of services and strategic investments in ICT infrastructure.

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[Nile Post] Presidential CEO Forum has officially kicked off preparations for the 6th Bi-Annual Private Sector CEO Retreat (6th BAR) with the formation of a high-level Technical Committee. This marks a major step forward in organizing what is expected to be a pivotal event for Uganda's tourism and economic development agenda.

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[Nile Post] Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has declared that the 2026-2031 term will be her last as Speaker, and that her deputy, Thomas Tayebwa, will succeed her.

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[Nile Post] The Electronic Penalty System (EPSAuto) is now active, and road users have been urged to exercise heightened caution and comply with traffic regulations to avoid incurring fines.

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[Nile Post] State Minister of Finance Henry Musasizi has dismissed concerns that government taxation policies are hurting businesses, insisting that Uganda's economy is growing steadily and remains on a positive trajectory.

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[Nile Post] Uganda is grappling with a deepening governance crisis, evident not only in its political class but across nearly every layer of society--from cooperatives and professional associations to religious institutions and civil society organisations.

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[Nile Post] In a bid to address growing humanitarian and environmental concerns, district leaders have begun engaging residents of a congested camp to reduce its population, with particular focus on reintegrating school-going children into the formal education system.

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[New Times] It is remarkable how the success of an African leader can unhinge a certain breed of Western journalists. The case of President Paul Kagame, who has led Rwanda from the ashes of genocide to become one of Africa's most impressive transformation stories is instructive.

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[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- The Monrovia City Court has imposed a travel ban on former House Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and four other lawmakers in connection with the December 2024 fire that gutted the Capitol Building.

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[Vanguard] A civic advocacy group, The Action Collective, has called on Mr. Ken Okolugbo, Communication Adviser to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, to provide clarity regarding a now-deleted post from his verified X (formerly Twitter) account. The group is urging transparency following the emergence and subsequent deletion of a message that appeared to be a personal statement referencing Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, June 8 -- Around 1,000 Tunisians, mostly young people, will participate starting Monday, in the "Al-Soumoud Convoy" heading from Tunisia to the Egyptian-Palestinian border.

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[Nile Post] A police officer based at Mpondwe Police Station in Mpondwe Lhubiriha Town Council, Kasese District, has died after being struck by a falling tree during a Sunday afternoon rainstorm.

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[Nigeria Health Watch] During my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2021, while I was posted to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) office a prominent government hospital in Abuja, an elderly woman, old enough to be my grandmother, approached me. She held in her hands a diagnosis form from her doctor, she urgently needed orthopaedic surgery.

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[Nile Post] Residents of six villages in Nakisunga Sub-county, Mukono District, are reeling from a wave of night-time attacks by unidentified individuals who cut and stole electricity cables from poles and Light (Yaka) meters, leaving hundreds of homes in the dark and communities on edge.