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Uganda's coffee export earnings dropped sharply in May as falling global prices and lower export volumes weighed on the country's top agricultural export. The decline highlights the vulnerability of Africa's largest coffee exporter to swings in international commodity markets.

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Britain has scrapped a flagship £45 million programme aimed at helping one million girls across Africa, Asia and the Middle East gain access to higher education, just two years after it was announced.

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Tanzanian authorities have arrested dozens of people ahead of planned anti-government protests, intensifying a crackdown on dissent as activists demand democratic reforms and the release of jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu amid heightened security across the country.

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The Secretary-General of the United Nations has called for the creation of a global governance system to ensure that artificial intelligence serves humanity, warning against allowing the technology itself to "code our future by feel."

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Heavy security has been deployed across Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations, as fears grow of a repeat of last year's deadly election violence.

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[Namibian] The head of the police's VIP protection unit, commissioner Michael Abraham, has been removed from his position following a security breach at State House involving an unauthorised intruder.

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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- President Museveni has defended the government's opposition to granting bail to some opposition figures facing criminal charges

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At least nine farmers have been killed and several others abducted in a deadly raid on a farming community in Nigeria's Kaduna State, underscoring the growing insecurity threatening rural livelihoods as armed gangs intensify attacks during the country's planting season.

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[Liberian Observer] The 13th Judicial Circuit Court in Kakata is facing mounting political backlash over its handling of the high-profile drug case against Michael U.S. Brown, indicted for trafficking cannabis valued at $200,000 through the Roberts International Airport (RIA), in June of 2024.

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Nearly a month after authorities seized US$19 million worth of cocaine at Roberts International Airport, five people have been formally charged and named as principal suspects in a case that is once again drawing global scrutiny of Liberia's much-publicized war on drugs.

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[ISS] To implement the landmark UN slavery resolution, reparations should be defined as a framework for truth, responsibility, repair, reconciliation and global justice.

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[Liberian Observer] Nearly a month after security agencies intercepted one of the largest cocaine shipments in Liberia's history at Roberts International Airport (RIA), the government has finally named and charged the individuals it says orchestrated the sophisticated trafficking operation, ending weeks of intense public speculation, legislative pressure, and growing criticism over what many viewed as an unusually slow criminal investigation.

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has opened a second Ebola treatment center in North Kivu, one of the three provinces hit by the outbreak, to improve access to specialist care and ease pressure on health facilities.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The Director General of the Port of Mogadishu, Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur, widely known as "Ameriko", visited the city of SeaTac in the U.S. state of Washington on Monday as part of an official trip aimed at strengthening institutional ties and expanding cooperation.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has announced plans to recover Sh1.5 billion and pursue criminal prosecution following a landmark Court of Appeal ruling that declared compensation paid in the controversial Ruaraka public land saga illegal, null, and void.

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Seven OPEC+ producers have agreed to increase oil production from August, signalling confidence that Gulf exports are recovering after months of disruption caused by the Middle East conflict. The move comes as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz gradually returns to normal.

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[Liberian Investigator] The ongoing investigation into the multi-million-dollar cocaine seizure at Roberts International Airport (RIA) has generated fresh questions over why state security investigators have not summoned or questioned relatives and associates who previously stood as guarantors for one of the principal persons of interest, Michael Browne, who authorities say remains at large.

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Thousands of mourners dressed in black gathered in Tehran on Monday to pay their respects to Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.

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Nigerian Content Forum: As geopolitical realignments accelerate the search for diversified energy sources, Africa's strategic weight in global energy

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Africa's Power Market: Shirley Webber, Coverage Head, Resources & Energy at Absa CIB and Nikhil Kasiram, Resource and Project Finance: Power and

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has assented to the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Act, which provides female Members of Parliament with the same pension, gratuity and dependent coverage as their male counterparts.