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Algeria on Sunday launched a fresh call for international bids for hydrocarbon concessions, seeking to boost energy investment as global markets reel from the war in the Middle East.

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[Liberian Investigator] BO WATERSIDE, Grand Cape Mount County -- With Sierra Leone's president standing beside him at a groundbreaking ceremony on Liberia's western frontier, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. on Saturday launched a $363.9 million public-private partnership that will pave 255 kilometers of primary roads across four counties and open a strategic trade corridor from Western Liberia to the Mano River region.

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[Vanguard] Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc has highlighted strategies aimed at sustaining the company's growth and protecting customers from pricing shocks occasioned by rising inflation.

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[Leadership] Federal government has said that it is committed to lifting millions of vulnerable poor Nigerians out of poverty through the sustainable cash transfer policy, disclosing that of the N60 billion so far disbursed, Akwa Ibom has become the highest beneficiary with N18.7 billion in the South-South region under the Household Prosperity and Empowerment-Cash Transfer Programme (HOPE-CT).

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[Leadership] Nigeria's banking sector has entered a new phase of financial strength following the successful completion of a sweeping recapitalisation programme, but concerns remain over whether the gains will translate into improved access to credit for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

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The reality of insurance on the continent is a tale of two worlds. For the first time, Africa’s average economic growth –projected at 4.6% GDP growth in 2027

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[Leadership] A group, Recovery Discovery Network, has made a passionate appeal to the federal government to declare a state of emergency on adolescent drug abuse.

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[Leadership] Insecurity and rising operational costs have continued to undermine the viability of Nigeria's eastern ports, with industry stakeholders warning that shipping lines are increasingly avoiding the corridor despite efforts to reposition the facilities as viable alternatives to Lagos.

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The Strait of Hormuz remained closed on Monday as tensions escalate between Washington and Tehran. Washington said talks were due to resume on Monday but Tehran says it has "no plans" to participate.

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The Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) announced today – on the sidelines of the World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings – new

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The war has rolled on to other battlefields, but the bombs it left behind still wait patiently in the capital’s ruined streets. In eastern Khartoum’s Burri

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Kemi Seba never travels light. The 45-year-old French-born Beninese activist, whose real name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, was arrested on April 13

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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday delivered a message of peace and reconciliation at the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, a revered Catholic site that once served as a hub of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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For decades, moving value across African borders has meant navigating a fragmented web of correspondent banking networks, multiple intermediaries, and layered

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Haitian civilians reportedly blocked exit routes used by Kenyan police officers in parts of central Haiti, fearing that their withdrawal could expose communities to renewed gang attacks as the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission winds down operations in the Caribbean nation.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina has called on opposition leaders to stop politicising fuel price discussions, arguing that the debate should focus on infrastructure financing realities rather than assigning blame to the government.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A new group of highly trained military professionals has graduated from the Kenya Defence Forces School of Infantry, marking a key step in strengthening the country's operational readiness across multiple fronts.

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Despite a bitter diplomatic chill that has seen the Trump administration slash almost all U.S. aid to South Africa, Washington is quietly doubling down on

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The global economy could follow markedly different paths over the next 25 years. For business leaders, the challenge is how to make decisions today while

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[Vanguard] Baze University, in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), hosted a public lecture on Thursday, April 9, 2026, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR), an organ of the African Union.

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[Vanguard] Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and Amnesty International have kicked against recent directives given broadcasters by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, on how to do their jobs.