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Namibia: Nandi-Ndaitwah Pledges Free Tertiary Education, but Critics Question Funding and Graduate Job Prospects

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[Namibian] The decision by president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to fully subsidise tertiary education from next year has critics asking questions.

Namibia: Govt Calls for Vetting of Childminders Amid 'Appalling' Child Murders At Okahandja

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[Namibian] The government has called for strict monitoring and thorough vetting processes for all individuals entrusted with the care of children.

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Dismisses UK Legislators' Criticism Over Journalist Blessed Mhlanga's Continued Detention

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[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE's government has brushed off criticism from British legislators threatening punitive measures over the continued detention of journalist Blessed Mhlanga, describing the pressure as emotional overreach that holds no weight domestically.

Zimbabwe: 'I Don't Listen to Winky D's Music and We Didn't Ban His Music On State Radio Stations' - Nick Mangwana

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[New Zimbabwe] INFORMATION Ministry Permanent Secretary, Nick Mangwana has claimed that government has not, at any given time, ordered a ban on Winky D's songs being played on State-controlled radio stations.

Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa Spokesperson Charamba Admits UZ Lecturers' Grievances Are Justified

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[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman, George Charamba, has conceded that University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers, currently picketing and protesting outside the campus gates over what they describe as slave wages, have legitimate grievances that need addressing.

Namibia: Hengari Resigns As Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries

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[Namibian] Minister of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform Mac Hengari has resigned from his position.

Nigeria: Tuface Takes New Lover, Natasha, to Mother

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[Daily Trust] Months after Rose Idibia, mother of veteran singer, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face or 2Baba, publicly disapproved of his relationship with Natasha Osawuru, she has finally met with the Edo House of Assembly member.

South Africa: Embracing the Freedom to Lead with Purpose in the Communications Sector - Nombulelo Malinga

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[allAfrica] Today, as South Africa marks Freedom Day, we reflect not only on the political freedoms earned, but also on the new frontiers we are free to choose: to lead, to innovate, and to build businesses that are aligned with purpose and sustainability.

Uganda: Uganda Declares End of Ebola Outbreak

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[WHO-AFRO] Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital Kampala.

Africa: After First 100 Days of Us Aid Budget Cuts

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[MSF] Three months since the Trump administration first suspended all international assistance pending review, the United States (US) has terminated much of its funding for global health and humanitarian programmes, dismantled the federal government architecture for oversight of these activities, and fired many of the key staff responsible for implementation. Patients around the world are scrambling to understand how they can continue treatment, medical providers are struggling to maintain essential services,

Africa: Is the Catholic Church Ready for Its First African Pope?

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[RFI] As world leaders gather in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, many Catholics are wondering if the church could soon elect its first black pope. With Africa home to one in five Catholics, the idea of a pope from the continent is gaining ground.

Sudan: 'No One Else Will' - Sudan's Journalists Risk All to Report the War

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[RFI] Cairo (AFP) - On a mountain near Sudan's border, journalists climb rugged slopes, phones held high, hoping to catch a faint signal from neighbouring Chad to send stories amid the war's two-year communications blackout.

Zimbabwe: Stay Aways Won't Work in Fragile Zimbabwe - a Replication of 2009-2013 Gnu Necessary- - Political Analyst

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[New Zimbabwe] END of last March 2025, Zimbabweans stayed away from their workplaces and businesses, turning urban areas into ghost towns.

Nigeria: Concerns As 2027 Campaign Threatens Governance

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[Leadership] There is growing concern among Nigerians that rising political activities, such as candidate endorsements for the 2027 general elections, could derail the wheel of governance and violate the electoral process.

Africa: Africa CDC Commends Uganda's Leadership in Ending Eighth Ebola Outbreak

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[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) commends the Republic of Uganda for officially declaring the end of its eighth outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SVD).

Africa: Fossil Fuels Are Still Subsidised - G20 Could Push for the Funds to Be Shifted to Cleaner Energy

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[The Conversation Africa] As the G20 presiding nation, South Africa has an opportunity to champion issues relevant to emerging economies. One of these issues is government subsidisation of privately owned fossil fuel corporations.

South Africa: First Fossil Pangolin Tracks Discovered in South Africa

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[The Conversation Africa] A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa's southern Cape coast have identified the world's first fossil pangolin trackway, with the help of Indigenous Master Trackers from Namibia. Ichnologists Charles Helm, Clive Thompson and Jan De Vynck tell the story.

Rwanda: Rwanda's Genocide - Why Remembering Needs to Be Free of Politics - Lessons From Survivors

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[The Conversation Africa] Memory and politics are inherently intertwined and can never be fully separated in post-atrocity and post-genocidal contexts. They are also dynamic and ever-changing. The interplay between memory and politics is, therefore, prone to manipulation, exaggeration or misuse by clever actors to meet a range of political ends.

Sudan: Op-Ed - the Case for Humanitarian Airdrops in Darfur

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[Dabanga] Sudan / Darfur / Massachusetts -- As the war in Sudan enters its third year, resulting in what has become the most acute humanitarian catastrophe in the world, with millions of civilians bearing the brunt and facing famine, leading Sudan researcher and analyst, Prof Eric Reeves, argues that if humanitarian convoys cannot reach the North Darfur capital El Fasher, where escalating hostilities over the past weeks have prompted more than three million people to flee, then "the UN or other international actors must begin a sustained program of

Sudan: Any Hope Left for Diplomacy in Sudan?

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[Crisis Group] This week on The Horn, Alan talks with Abdul Mohammed, a former senior official on Sudan at the UN and the African Union, about Sudan's growing fragmentation after two years of war, risks of a de facto partition and prospects for getting a peace initiative on track.

'They aimed to kill' - BBC identifies security forces who shot Kenya anti-tax protesters

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The BBC exposes the members of the security forces who fired on protesters at Kenya’s parliament last year.

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