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[Shabelle] Baidoa -- Authorities in Baidoa, the administrative capital of Southwest State, have appointed a new election committee in what officials described as a swift response to a directive from Ministry of Interior Somalia that has fueled tensions in the region.

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[Premium Times] The incident, according to sources in the area, occurred Sunday evening, along the Wawa-Luma-Guffanti road.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Seven new commissioners of the National Land Commission (NLC) were sworn in on Monday, marking a major step in strengthening Kenya's land governance and administration framework.

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[This Day] Chuks Okocha, Sunday Aborisade in Abuja and Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Han Zheng, China's Vice President, arrived in Nairobi on Sunday for a four-day official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and expanding cooperation with Kenya.

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[Capital FM] China's decision to open its market to 53 African countries with zero tariffs starting in May 2026 is not just another trade announcement. It is a statement of intent. At a time when global trade is increasingly shaped by rivalry, protectionism and shifting alliances, Beijing is signalling that Africa remains central to its economic diplomacy.

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[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Political Leader of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Alexander Benedict Cummings, has issued a strong statement addressing recent developments along Liberia's border with Guinea.

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[Daily Trust] Entrepreneurs supported by the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) have generated some $4.2 billion in revenue and created 1.5 million jobs.

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[Daily Trust] "IT'S A CRAZY situation right now," Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, tells The Economist in an interview on March 12th in his office in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. He has returned after a few hours away to find that crude oil prices have surged by 10% because of the latest news from the Gulf. "And I think it will continue for a while," he adds.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's growing reliance on domestic borrowing is raising a critical question: is the government stabilizing its finances or quietly tightening the squeeze on the broader economy?

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[spotlight] Although TB can be cured, it is still spreading in South Africa at alarming rates. One reason could be that some people with TB disease but without symptoms may unknowingly be passing on the bug. In this Spotlight special briefing, we unpack what we do and do not know about asymptomatic TB.

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[New Times] ADEPR's decision to strip 35 preachers of pastoral duties over links to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi is painfully and indefensibly late but it is still the right decision, and a significant one.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Saturday accused major powers of reviving a colonial approach toward developing nations, warning against interference in national sovereignty.

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The reported disappearance of Raphael Tuju has led to claims he may have been abducted.

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A damaged Russian gas tanker that was abandoned in the Mediterranean will be towed to a Libyan port, according to a state-owned oil company in the north African country

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[Nile Post] There are candidates you evaluate on paper, and there are those you understand through proximity. Comrade Dr Ronex Kisembo Tendo is firmly in the latter category. I write this not only as a journalist who has closely followed East Africa's integration story, but also as someone who has walked alongside him in both personal and professional spaces.

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[Namibian] The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has established a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) control area in the FMD-free zone of the ||Kharas region, effective immediately, to prevent disease spread from neighbouring countries.

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[Leadership] The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Sunday threw his weight behind the policy initiatives of Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, particularly in education, youth empowerment and infrastructural development, stating that kingship with education is worthless.

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[Leadership] The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio to instruct the Public Accounts Committee to disclose the names and titles of all officials linked to the alleged missing N200 trillion from Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), regardless of their social or political status.

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[Leadership] With just about eight days to the deadline given to banks in the country to shore up their capital base, nearly all banks, with the exception of the legacy banks, have crossed the finishing line, with their combined capital base surpassing N6.5 trillion or $4.7 billion.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Police have arrested six suspects in separate intelligence-led operations in Kisumu and Trans Nzoia counties, recovering stolen goods and electronic devices as part of a broader crackdown on organised crime.