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[Ghanaian Times] The country's year-on-year inflation rate declined to 21.2 per cent in April 2025 from 22.4 per cent recorded in March 2025, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced.

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[GroundUp] Workers demand higher wages and changes to the way the National Lotteries Commission is run

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[GroundUp] City criticised for sidelining them

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[New Dawn] Amid the spread of misinformation and attempts by individuals to mislead the public, the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Information, Culture Affairs and Tourism, has launched a new initiative called "The Government Town Hall - Kakpa Kulon No" (Come, Let's Talk It...).

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[Vanguard] Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has yet to announce his desire to join the 2027 presidential race. But political observers know for sure that the ex-vice president would rather run and lose than excuse himself from the race.

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Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX), an intervention by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to promote Africa’s creative and cultural industries, has announced

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[SAnews.gov.za] Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has underscored the importance of accelerating economic reforms in order to achieve rapid and inclusive growth.

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As the region sits on edge, the spectre of nuclear conflict looms in the background. Both countries possess nuclear weapons and a history of conflict stretching back to their partition in 1947.

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Africa Tourism Partners, UN Tourism and  BDO announces the relocation of the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge to  Johannesburg, South

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[New Times] Rwanda Energy Group women's basketball club (REG) maintained their lead at the top of the table after putting up a dominant 129-35 victory over UR Kigali on Wednesday at Petit Stade.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Consultative Council (NCC) on Wednesday night announced a new political understanding and renewed cooperation on national security and electoral processes following a multi-day summit in the capital, Mogadishu.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberia has made notable progress in its post-war recovery, but the energy sector has long been a persistent challenge. The country's primary source of electricity is the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant in White Plains, which has a maximum generating capacity of 88 megawatts. However, output has plummeted to just 35 megawatts due to the seasonal drop in the St. Paul River's water level.

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Kinshasa has accused Kabila, in self-imposed exile since 2023, of supporting an armed rebellion in the country's east

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[Liberian Investigator] Suehn Mecca -- After years of climbing hilltops and trekking long distances just to find a mobile signal, residents of Suehn Mecca in Bomi County now have a reason to celebrate: their phones finally work again.

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[Liberian Investigator] Harper -- The Department of Computer Science at William V.S. Tubman University's College of Engineering and Technology on Monday, May 4, hosted a one-day symposium on web development aimed at promoting digital innovation among students.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers on Wednesday conducted a Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) at Laikipia's Githima Centre, approximately 12 kilometres southwest of Ngoisusu Forward Operating Base (FOB) in the North Rift.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Controversial businessman Philip Aroko has accused Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga of orchestrating his summoning by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over the murder of Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were.

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[New Era] The government has constructed 957 housing units across the country during the 2024/2025 financial year through different initiatives.

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[WFP] Juba -- More than 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan's Upper Nile state are at risk of plunging deeper into malnutrition as treatment supplies run critically low and resupply efforts are hampered, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF warned today. Intensified fighting along the White Nile river has meant no humanitarian supplies have reached the area in almost a month. The river is the main humanitarian supply corridor into Upper Nile.

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Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday held off and defeated an inspired Arsenal 2-1 to reach the Champions League final against Inter Milan.

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[IPS] Louis Charbonneau is UN director, Human Rights Watch