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[Nile Post] Let me begin by congratulating Hon Oboth Oboth on his well-deserved elevation to the position of Speaker.

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[Capital FM] Kisumu -- The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has signaled that it may not field a presidential candidate in the 2027 General Election, with party leader Oburu Oginga indicating that the party will instead focus on strengthening its bargaining power within a broad-based coalition arrangement.

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[CPJ] The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has joined a growing number of conflicts where drones are being used to target journalists, as two strikes hit a community radio station, followed by calls and messages threatening further attacks over its reporting on militia abuses.

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[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has underscored the importance of access to water as a key enabler to unlocking the African continent's potential to develop and industrialise.

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[Scrolla] Dina Marais, 73, and Ernst Marais, 71, disappeared during a trip to Kruger National Park before tourists found their bodies in a river. The couple's missing bakkie has still not been found, forcing police to investigate whether they were hijacked inside the park.

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[Nyasa Times] Vice-President Jane Ansah has revealed chilling details surrounding the controversial drone incident at her Lilongwe residence, saying she had already been warned that unknown individuals had been monitoring her movements before the device was finally captured by her security team.

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[Nyasa Times] St. Patrick's Catholic Parish in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe is set to celebrate 50 years of ministry, spiritual guidance and community service with a Golden Jubilee celebration scheduled for May 30, 2026.

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[Nyasa Times] The newly announced minimum wage adjustments have triggered outrage from labour leaders, with the Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) declaring that the salary increments are nowhere near enough to rescue workers from Malawi's deepening economic crisis.

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[Nyasa Times] A new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report has painted a grim picture of life in Malawi, revealing that nearly six in every 10 Malawians are trapped in multidimensional poverty -- a level of deprivation so severe that millions are living without adequate food, clean water, electricity, education and healthcare.

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[Nyasa Times] The widening rift between UTM Party and the former governing Malawi Congress Party has exploded into the open after UTM deliberately excluded MCP leadership from this year's memorial service for late Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima -- a move exposing the deepening bitterness and unresolved tensions surrounding Chilima's death.

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[Nyasa Times] A new study by Emmanuel University has exposed serious weaknesses in Malawi's Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) system, revealing that many centres in Lilongwe Urban, Lilongwe East and Lilongwe West are ill-equipped to provide inclusive education for children with disabilities.

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[Scrolla] Funda ngesiZuluBy Palesa Matlala

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[Scrolla] Hundreds of frightened Ghanaians lined up at their embassy in Pretoria to register for emergency evacuation flights back home. Ghana's High Commissioner accused protesters of xenophobia and warned that migrants are living in fear as tensions rise across South Africa.

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[allAfrica] My stay in China as part of the DongFang scholarship program at Peking University (PKU) allowed me to immerse in the heart of China's institutional and administrative architecture, to meet high-ranking officials responsible for strategic departments, as well as distinguished academics. Visits to cutting-edge industrial sites gave me the opportunity to observe remarkable technological advances, which I see as a major opportunity for our countries. Our delegation, comprising 58 countries, took part in

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[GroundUp] This year's Khumbulani Pride honoured those killed in hate crimes, including 16-year-old Kwakhanya Mhlanganisi, murdered in December

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[GroundUp] The Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa has overturned a High Court ruling that allowed a German solar company to attach Lesotho state assets

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[Shabelle] Saudi Arabia -- Somalia's Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, held talks with Saudi Arabia's Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, on preparations for Somali pilgrims ahead of key Hajj rituals, officials said.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hassan Mohamed Ali, on Sunday held talks with the newly appointed Somalia representative of the United Nations Population Fund, Judicaël Elidje, officials said.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The governor of Somalia's Banadir region and mayor of Mogadishu, Hassan Mohamed Hussein Muungaab, on Monday launched a sharp criticism of Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni over opposition-backed protests planned in the Somali capital.

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[Liberian Investigator] Environmental regulators shut down a gold mining company in Grand Gedeh County Friday after inspectors found it operating six excavators and two processing plants without a permit while diverting a major creek to facilitate its operations, leaving large stretches of mined-out land abandoned and unrestored.

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A man managed to evade security and embrace William Ruto before being wrestled to the ground.