May 24
South Africa: Country Faces Critical Shortage of Nurses, Healthcare Network Says - South African News Briefs - May 24, 2023
allAfrica
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Ethiopia: The Rise of Abiy and the State of Misinformation Against 'Oromummaa' [opinion]
Addis Standard
Ever since Abiy Ahmed became prime minister of Ethiopia in 2018, there have been attempts to depict his political beliefs, rules, program, and party as tools of Oromoness… Read more »
Uganda: Besigye Blames House Arrest for 'Losing' 2016 Presidential Petition
Nile Post
Dr. Kizza Besigye has said he would have become the president of Uganda by now had police not kept him under house arrest deterring his movements to legally challenge the election… Read more »
Africa: 60 Years of African Unity - What's Failed and What's Succeeded [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Africa Day this year marks 60 years since the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The anniversary begs the question: How much of the vision of the OAU's founding… Read more »
Liberia: Senate to Probe U.S.$100 Million Cocaine Case
New Dawn
Montserrado County Senator Abraham Dillon has termed Criminal Court "C" recent verdict in the US$100 million drugs case as a factor that undermines collective efforts to combat… Read more »
Africa: 'Our Target Is Replacing Cement' - the Ethiopian Startup Thinking Big [analysis]
African Arguments
Kubik promises to turn plastic waste into high quality affordable homes. We spoke to its CEO about dignity, safety, and thinking globally. Read more »
Malawi: IMF Rates Malawi Poorly On First Review of Extended Credit Facility Qualification
Nyasa Times
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has poorly rated Malawi on the first review of the Malawi staff monitored program, the first step towards the qualification for extended… Read more »
Malawi: Chakwera Says Political Sabotage Choking Public Service Delivery
Nyasa Times
President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera says political sabotage and governance dysfunction in public institutions are some key obstacles his administration is facing in the… Read more »
Malawi: Chief Justice Assigns Two More Judges On Same Sex Marriage Case
Nyasa Times
Chief Justice Rizine Mzikamanda has assigned one more High Court judges in a case two people are praying for descriminalisation of same sex marriages in the country. Read more »
Eritrea: 30 Years Young - Eritrea Reaches a Milestone but Struggles With the Legacy of Its Past
RFI
Eritrea is widely considered to be one of the world's most repressive states in the world. As it marks three decades of independence, the impoverished Horn-of-Africa nation has… Read more »
Liberia: CSO Council Condemns Attack at PYJ's Church
New Republic
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Sudan: Department Press Briefing – May 23, 2023 [press release]
State Department
QUESTION: Thanks. I know lots of us are concerned about Evan. But let me move to another topic, Sudan. Read more »
Uganda: President Museveni Donates Machinery Worth 400m to Masaka Farmers
Nile Post
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today afternoon visited Bukoto Central Youth Link Coffee Factory at Kamuzinda village in Kyanamukaka sub-county, Masaka district where he urged… Read more »
Uganda: Parliament Grants Two Opposition MPs Leave to Introduce Bills
Nile Post
Parliament has granted two MPs Anna Adeke and Asuman Basalirwa leave to introduce the Sexual Offences Bill and the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill respectively. Read more »
Uganda: Museveni Bans Balaalo From Ever Returning, Settling in Northern Uganda
Nile Post
President Museveni has issued an explicit order banning the settlement or any activities done by Balaalo pastoralists from northern Uganda. Read more »
Nigeria: Group Back Nigerians Agitation for Local Production of Drugs
Vanguard
A pressure group, The National Movement for the Actualization of Good Governance (NAMAGG) made up of lawyers, doctors, engineers, journalists, pharmacists, engineers and others has… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Stopped Further Deductions From Accounts of States
Vanguard
The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, the umbrella body of the thirty- six State Governors has said that the Federal Government has agreed to immediately stop further deductions… Read more »
Liberia: VP Taylor Gets More Lashes
New Dawn
Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor continues to receive lashes from the opposition community days after members of the National Patriotic Party Youth wing disrupted normal worship… Read more »
Nigeria: No, U.S. Broadcaster CNN Hasn't Projected Peter Obi As Nigeria's President-Elect Instead of Bola Tinubu
Africa Check
IN SHORT: With Bola Tinubu's inauguration as Nigeria's president set for 29 May 2023, misinformation about his election victory continues to circulate on Facebook. One of these… Read more »
Liberia: Boakai-Koung Ticket Is No Threat
New Dawn
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Liberia: Pro-Tempore Chie, Others Linked to Voters Trucking
New Dawn
Phase two of the Biometric Voter Registration process (BVR) observation findings released by the Election Coordinating Committee (ECC) on Tuesday, May 23, has linked Senate… Read more »
Nigeria: Why We Established Transportation University in Daura - Buhari
Daily Trust
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the federal government is working seriously to open the first University of Transportation in Daura, Katsina State. Read more »
Nigeria: Lake Chad Oil Well to Yield 943m Barrels As Buhari Flags Off Exploration
Daily Trust
The Wadi-B Well in the Lake Chad Basin area of Borno State is expected to produce 943 million barrels of oil. Read more »
Nigeria: Presidential Candidate Urges Coalition Against Old Politicians
Daily Trust
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has warned that old politicians will continue to dominate Nigerians political landscape… Read more »
Nigeria: Democratic Successes in Lagos Must Be Sustained to Avoid Retrogression, Sanwo-Olu Advised
This Day
A former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Adigun Agbaje yesterday warned the political leaders in Lagos state to ensure that the democratic space in… Read more »