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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Health advocates are calling on African governments to leverage new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies to prevent and treat obesity, warning that failure to act could deepen the continent's growing non-communicable disease burden.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The prosecution's case in the Capitol Building arson trial came under renewed pressure on Monday, December 15, after its principal witness delivered testimony that repeatedly conflicted with an official investigative report he personally authored and signed--providing the defense fresh grounds to challenge the credibility of the state's evidence and advance an alibi for one of the accused.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Supreme Court of Liberia has ordered the Executive Branch of Government to appear and justify its actions in response to a petition for a Writ of Prohibition filed by Dr. Christopher Nyan, the dismissed Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL).
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- What began as the arrest of a popular musician on drug related allegations has evolved into one of Liberia's most polarizing public debates in recent years, forcing the nation to confront uncomfortable questions about fairness, selective justice, and the methods employed by the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA). The case involving Liberian hip hop artist Karwoudou Cole, widely known as Bucky Raw, has transcended the courtroom and entered the realm of national conscience, where issues of law
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South Sudan's government has grounded four aircraft registered under the United Nations mission there, alleging that they were used for illegal surveillance and smuggling, which the U.N. denied.
[Premium Times] The Media Information Officer of the task force, Samson Zhakom, said the action followed "credible intelligence" received on 15 December about a kidnapping attempt
[Vanguard] --Reveals how Aisha Buhari instigated removal of DSS DG, Daura
[263Chat] Zimbabweans continue to face systematic intimidation, displacement and political coercion, with more than 113 human rights violations recorded in November alone according to the latest Monthly Monitoring Report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP).
[Vanguard] Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun says President Bola Tinubu's economic reforms are laying a solid foundation for a "new Nigeria".
[Vanguard] ...Say visits overlap with roles of regulatory agencies
[Sankofa Book Awards Kenya] Angolan writer Nituecheni Africano, author of several literary works and recipient of prestigious international literary awards, has been appointed Ambassador of Literature in Africa by the Sankofa Organization.
[RFI] The M23 armed group said Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to withdraw from the city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
United Nations peacekeepers in Sudan mourned six of their own on Monday at a ceremony in Kadugli. The fallen peacekeepers were killed in a drone strike on their base in the central Kordofan region.
[ISS] M23's advance exposes the limits of current peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Vanguard] The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Science, Innovation and Technology, Sen. Aminu Abbas, has emphasized the critical role of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in driving Nigeria's economic growth and national productivity, promising speedy passage of the National Research and Innovation Fund (NRIF) Bill.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Absa Bank Uganda and Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) have today announced the advancement of a five-year $50million, landmark financing facility to the electricity distributor to strengthen national power distribution.
[This Day] Abuja -- President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said his predecessor, the late Muhammadu Buhari, taught Nigerians, particularly politicians, that public office was a sacred trust, not a personal windfall.
[This Day] ·Procures mine-resistant vehicles, new armoured fleet for armed forces
[This Day] Abuja -- Nigeria's quest to build a $1 trillion economy received a major private-sector push as the Maritime Innovations Hub (MIH), in partnership with the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, unveiled an ambitious framework aimed at unlocking the vast but underutilised potential of the nation's blue economy.
[This Day] The Supreme Court, yesterday, stated that Section 305 of the Constitution did not confer power on the president to temporarily dissolve executive and legislative institutions of a state during emergency rule.
[This Day] Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has posted one of its strongest quarterly performances in recent years, recording a massive 1,085 per cent surge in export-laden containers as total cargo throughput rose to 33.52 million metric tonnes in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025.
