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[GroundUp] Lives will not be improved by vigilante action, mass deportations and expressions of hatred

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says four people were killed Monday during nationwide protests sparked by rising fuel costs.

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[263Chat] Zimbabwe recorded 145 human rights violations affecting more than 3,600 people in April, with political intimidation, arbitrary arrests and restrictions on freedoms of expression and association among the leading concerns, according to a new report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP).

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[Daily Maverick] The extortion and money laundering case against taxi boss Joe 'Ferrari' Sibanyoni and his co-accused was struck off the roll by the Kwaggafontein Magistrates' Court on Monday after State prosecutor Mkhuseli Ntaba failed to appear in court.

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[This Day] The Chairman of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), Mr Wole Ogunsanya, has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and other oil producers in the country to urgently develop markets for Nigerian crude outside the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota system.

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[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government has signed contracts worth over N690 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of major roads in the South-west and North-west, stressing that it is intensifying efforts to modernise the country's transport infrastructure under President Bola Tinubu.

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[This Day] Nigeria's push to shorten oil and gas contracting cycles to six months under the Presidential Executive Order on Local Content has remained stuck between policy intent and project delivery as the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), the chief implementing agency, has been delaying activating the policy.

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[New Times] Members of Parliament have called on the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to address weaknesses in financial management after a parliamentary report revealed that 48 per cent of reviewed institutions made payments without purchase orders.

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[New Times] Félicien Kabuga's death in custody in The Hague last week closes one chapter in the long and painful pursuit of justice for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. But it does not close the case, especially for survivors.

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[The Conversation Africa] As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is transferring "a small number of Americans" who were in Congo and who were exposed to the virus.

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[RFI] An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed dozens and spread beyond the country's borders, with Jean-Jacques Muyembe - the Congolese scientist who co-discovered the virus nearly 50 years ago - telling RFI that health authorities may have detected the epidemic too late and still do not know how far it has spread.

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[The New Humanitarian] Kinshasa -- "It's like a Sword of Damocles."

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[The Conversation Africa] Hantaviruses are not new. They have circulated for decades in rodent populations, particularly in rats and mice. Humans can become infected if they are bitten or scratched by a rodent or by inhaling aerosolised particles. These are tiny bits of rodent urine, faeces or saliva floating through the air that are contaminated by the virus.

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[The Conversation Africa] The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a "public health emergency of international concern", with cases now confirmed in neighbouring Uganda. Here is what you need to know.

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[The Conversation Africa] Malian officials announced on 4 May 2026 that junta leader General Assimi Goïta would take on the post of defence minister after the killing of General Sadio Camara a week earlier.

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[The Conversation Africa] The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public health emergency of international concern.

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[The Conversation Africa] During the Ebola epidemic of 2014 to 2016, Musu, a resident of Monrovia, Liberia contracted the Ebola virus along with her husband, five sons and daughter.

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Ubuntuverse institute launches fielddefining: The Ubuntuverse Institute (https://Ubuntuversal.org/) today released The 3 Trillion Corporate Advocacy

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Mining review africa webinar: Vuka Group’s Mining Review Africa (https://WeAreVUKA.com/) recent webinar on workforce development in the mining sector is

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Merck foundation chief executive: Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks World Art Day 2026

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Africa finance corporation approves: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider,