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[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has defended the economic reforms introduced by his administration, saying history would vindicate the difficult decisions taken over the past three years to rescue Nigeria from fiscal collapse and long-term economic decline.

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Lagos AI: The Artificial Future, a multi-week AI initiative from YPIT, launches in Lagos this May with a hackathon for 250 builders, a global webinar

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[Premium Times] Officials at the NSC say the latest infrastructure push is intended not only to improve sporting performance but also to create jobs, stimulate economic activity...

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has issued conservatory orders temporarily barring the establishment or operation of any Ebola-related quarantine, isolation or treatment facilities in Kenya under arrangements involving the United States government or any foreign entity.

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[SNA] Khartoum -- President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, paid tribute to officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces, praising their steadfastness and sacrifices in defending the nation.

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[Daily Maverick] Parliament's ad hoc committee tasked with investigating accusations that a drug cartel has infiltrated South Africa's criminal justice system and politics has found that witness testimony put before it points to an institutional law enforcement crisis.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has announced plans to exempt Kenyans earning KSh30,000 and below from paying income tax, saying the proposal is aimed at easing the burden on low-income earners despite the expected impact on government revenue.

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus travels to the eastern province of Ituri, the epicentre of the current outbreak, on Friday.

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[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed government departments and agencies responsible for road safety to urgently coordinate efforts to curb rising fatalities on Zimbabwe's roads following three major accidents in five days which killed 24 people.

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[Capital FM] Nakuru -- Officials investigating the deadly dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy have confirmed that only seven of the 16 victims have so far been positively identified.

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[DW] Ethiopia will hold its seventh national election on June 1, 2026. The vote takes place as Gulf states compete for influence in the region and the rivalry between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Nile intensifies.

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The verdict has sparked outrage among the civil parties with their lawyers already saying they plan to appeal.

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[Daily Maverick] Water levels in nearly one-third of the boreholes investigated in a recent global study are dropping steadily, mainly due to unsustainable pumping rates to irrigate crops or to supply the human population and industrial growth.

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[Nile Post] Parliament has approved a constitutional variation increasing the number of Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State, formally regularising President Museveni's latest executive appointments and reigniting debate over patronage, governance efficiency and public expenditure.

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[Vanguard] ABUJA -- The Presidency has raised alarm over what it described as a growing wave of deepfake videos and manipulated online content aimed at weaponising religion for political purposes ahead of the election season.

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[WHO] In response to the current outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with cases also reported in Uganda, WHO convened several of its expert and advisory groups. These groups assessed potential vaccines and therapeutics for both prevention and treatment of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD). The WHO advisory groups recommended that all the products identified and considered be used exclusively within clinical trials to generate robust data and

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[Leadership] The Presidency has raised alarm over what it described as a coordinated attempt to weaponise religion and deploy deepfake content to discredit President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of the 2027 political season.

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[ANGOP] Mbanza Kongo -- Angola has registered so far a total 13 positive cases of monkeypox in the northern provinces of Cabinda and Uige, the country's Health minister, Silvia Lutucuta, announced on Thursday.

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