[Nile Post] The Opposition has released a stark alternative budget for the 2026/27 financial year, warning that the country's apparent economic growth masks deep fiscal strain and a shrinking capacity to deliver essential public services.
[Daily Maverick] As early as the 1880s, there was evidence that smoking tobacco damaged your lungs. But it took almost 100 years to definitively show that smoking causes lung cancer. So, what about vapes?
[Daily Maverick] Teflon cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson, former head of the apartheid government's secret chemical and biological warfare programme, will face a Health Professions Council of South Africa disciplinary hearing.
The centuries-old Fanti Carnival returned to Nigeria on Monday with a burst of colour and spectacle.
Yetbarek Dawit is alleged to have operated a multi-million-dollar operation, using torture to raise money.
Cameroon on Monday published the names of 16 citizens who died in Ukraine while fighting alongside the Russian military.
Mourning the deaths, the president says it was a "race against the clock" to find others affected.
In Fizi territory, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, fighting is raging between Congolese soldiers, who are supported by local armed groups, and M23 rebels, who are allegedly supported by Rwanda. New recruits swell the ranks of the armed groups. And civilians are caught in the crossfire. A report by Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula and Emmet Livingstone.
Close to 2,000 British tourists are suing the travel firm Tui, saying they fell seriously ill while vacationing in the West African archipelago.
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Seven members of Eritrea national football team have reportedly failed to return home after their side’s recent victory over Eswatini, according to sources familiar with the situation.
[ISS] Rather than indicating disunity, the outcome shows that the AU upheld its procedures for endorsing candidates to international positions.
Chinese logistics companies are scaling back operations in the Middle East and reallocating resources to Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Americas.
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Police Service (SAPS) says the helicopter that went missing on Monday with four occupants, including the pilot, has been successfully located this morning with all individuals found alive and unharmed.
[Liberian Investigator] On March 30, the CEO of Jeety Rubber LLC, Upjit Singh Sachdeva, claimed on Spoon Talk that in 1961, Liberia produced and exported 41,000 tons of rubber, while the Ivory Coast exported 88 tons.
[Liberian Investigator] On March 30, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai claimed Liberia has 579 kilometers of coastline and 200 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). President Boakai made the statement during the opening ceremony of the National Fisheries Investment Conference held from March 30 - 31 in Margibi County. The President added that despite Liberia's vast marine resources, the country continues to import large quantities of fish annually.
A recent study shows that as many as one in five Germans between the ages of 14 and 29 are actively thinking about moving to another country — and 40% plan to do so in the long term.
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Tensions are rising in Nigeria after a disputed military claim about a deadly church attack in Kaduna state.
[Reporter] Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede is in Addis Ababa for a meeting with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as the life term of the Tigray Regional Administration nears its end.
[Ghanaian Times] The Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Mr Paul Adjei, has issued a stern warning to contractors handling GETFund-supported projects to prioritise quality and value for money.
[New Times] The African Union will on Tuesday, April 7, launch the AU Human Rights Virtual Memorial, which will include a component dedicated to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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