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Lusaka has been in a months-long dispute with his family over where he should be buried. Lungu died in South Africa last year.

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[Premium Times] The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, a joint task force in the North-east, have foiled a coordinated terror attack on Kukareta in Yobe State, killing at least 24 insurgents and recovering a large cache of arms and ammunition.

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[Liberian Observer] The government, through the Ministry of Health (MOH), has launched a high-level policy process aimed at tackling one of the most persistent challenges in its healthcare system: how to sustainably finance and retain the country's frontline health workers serving remote communities.

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[Liberian Observer] The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is drifting toward a systemic crisis, with new findings suggesting that what began as a survival livelihood for rural populations is rapidly mutating into an unregulated, semi-industrial gold rush--one that now threatens not only the environment and local communities, but also the country's economic stability and governance institutions.

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The Mauritius Financial Crimes Commission (FCC) has reported the seizure of ill-got assets worth Rs 160 million (approximately $3.4 million) and the

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[WFP] In eastern Chad, WFP helps refugees and host communities move from emergency aid to self-reliance through farming, livelihoods and resilience initiatives.

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[Ghanaian Times] The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has opened nominations for its polling station executive elections nationwide, marking a key step in the party's internal reorganisation ahead of future political activities.

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[Ghanaian Times] The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has been appointed as a Secretariat Member of the African High Level Ministerial Committee (AHLMC) to help lead the reform of the global health architecture in a way that benefits the continent and its citizens.

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[Vanguard] A Nigerian national based in the United States, Opeyemi Olujobi, and his wife, Jennie Davidson, are facing a potential combined sentence of up to 50 years in prison after being arrested over an alleged large-scale credit card fraud operation in New York.

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[Vanguard] *Chinese patient stable; no sign of community spread, authorities insist

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[Vanguard] A Nigerian-born fraud convict and United States permanent resident, Emuobosan Emanuella Hall, has been declared wanted after failing to turn herself in to begin serving an eight-year prison sentence linked to a romance scam, a move that could attract an additional decade behind bars.

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Raised in Katlehong, on the east side of Johannesburg, Mordecai introduces Marato Fela, which translates to “love only” — a fitting expression of the

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[New Times] Africa's domestic capital base has reached a scale that now exceeds external financing flows over the past decade, marking a turning point in how the continent funds its growth and industrialisation, according to the Africa Finance Corporation's (AFC) State of Africa's Infrastructure Report 2026.

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[IFJ] The report documents 69 attacks on journalists and two attacks on media outlets, as well as the killing of journalist Mohammed Abukar Mohammed on 18 March 2025. This represents a total of 72 violations of press freedom.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts and Audit, Senator Amara Konneh, has released an analysis on a proposal from the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) to print new Liberian dollar bank notes, outlining consequences that would affect the Liberian economy and citizens in particular if multiple steps are not taken to sustain macroeconomic stability and reduce the high cost of living among the citizenry.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has called for urgent reforms in asset management systems and enhanced real-time cross-border cooperation, warning that persistent weaknesses continue to undermine the fight against corruption and illicit financial flows in Eastern Africa.

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The Semafor World Economy Annual Convening 2026 brought together global leaders to discuss the future of the world economy. Our Chief Executive, Sim

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[Premium Times] The stakeholders made the presentation on Wednesday during a visit to Governor Dikko Radda at the Government House in Katsina.

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[Premium Times] Locals suspect that the doctor may have been targeted to provide treatment for wounded or ill fighters.

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[Namibian] Excitement is building as one of Namibia's premier youth football tournaments draws closer.

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[Nyasa Times] Former Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC), Colleen Zamba, is once again refusing to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, intensifying scrutiny over what lawmakers and analysts describe as a troubling pattern of defiance toward parliamentary oversight.