[Liberian Observer] Civil Service Agency (CSA) Director General Dr. Josiah F. Joekai Jr. has credited President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. with spearheading one of Liberia's most ambitious decentralization and public sector reform initiatives, declaring that government services are increasingly reaching citizens across the country rather than remaining concentrated in Monrovia.
[Independent (Kampala)] Equity Group shareholders have approved a record Kshs. 21.70 billion dividend payout at Kshs. 5.75 per share for the year ended 31st December 2025, representing a 35.5% increase from the Kshs. 16.04 billion distributed for the 2024 financial year.
[Liberian Observer] GeoMining & Environmental Consultancy Inc., in partnership with InterGeo Minerals Intelligence Liberia, Inc. (IMIL), is set to host an exclusive, invitation-only exhibition and executive briefing on Advanced Mineral-Finding Technology on July 15, 2026.
[Liberian Observer] The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Madam Sara Beysolow Nyanti, has held a high-level strategic engagement with the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., Mr. Frank Garcia Jr., as both countries move to deepen cooperation on energy reform, regional security, and migration concerns affecting thousands of Liberians in the United States.
[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- On a lawn overlooking the Indian Ocean, a group of women leaders from coastal Kenya sat together for a special conversation to share stories from their communities, discuss the challenges they face, and explore locally led solutions for protecting marine ecosystems while strengthening livelihoods.
[GroundUp] This is the cost of rooting out corruption, Commissioner Jodi Scholtz tells Parliament
[Vanguard] Nigeria and four other West African countries, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin Republic, have formally launched the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Management Authority, a regional body established to oversee the development and future operation of the $16 billion coastal highway project linking major economic hubs across the region.
[Vanguard] Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for urgent investments in health, education and skills development across northern Nigeria.
[WHO] At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people globally still lack access to electricity, and two billion use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking putting their health and well-being at risk. Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate share of these gaps, with over 560 million living without electricity and 970 million lacking access to clean cooking.
[Vanguard] ABUJA -- The Federal Government has announced major mineral exploration breakthroughs in Kaduna State, revealing the discovery of significant deposits of platinum, gold, nickel, copper, lithium, rare earth elements and other strategic minerals.
[New Times] Members of Parliament on Wednesday, June 24 approved Rwf7.8 trillion State budget for 2026/27, following a government adjustment that redirected about Rwf400 billion from the Budget Framework Paper (BFP) towards priority sectors, including agriculture, social protection, support for vulnerable genocide survivors and feeder roads.
[GroundUp] Department of Social Development spent R281.1-billion on grants, against a R285.9-billion budget
[This Day] Uyo -- The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Baba Mohammed Azare, has stated that despite being a major driver of economic growth, the Nigerian maritime sector faces complex security threats, including sea piracy, armed robbery at sea, kidnapping along waterways, illegal oil bunkering, pipeline vandalism, smuggling, human trafficking, environmental crimes, and other forms of transnational organized criminal activities.
[Nyasa Times] Fresh testimony before Parliament has raised troubling questions about the circumstances surrounding the military flight that claimed the life of former Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others, revealing that the aircraft had battled severe weather just a day before the disaster and was operating without a functioning emergency locator system that could have sped up rescue efforts.
[GroundUp] Vigilante groups in Kwathema say immigrants must be out by 30 June or else
[Nile Post] Africa's 43.1 million displaced people generate an estimated $27 billion (Shs99.9 trillion) in annual income, according to a new report released by the Amahoro Coalition, challenging perceptions that refugees and internally displaced persons are solely dependent on humanitarian assistance.
[Daily News] Shanghai -- TANZANIA is accelerating efforts to establish itself as a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing hub in Africa as demand for medicines rises and sector reforms deepen.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening diplomatic, trade, and investment relations after talks between senior officials from both countries.
[Ghanaian Times] GHANA and Cote d'Ivoire have agreed to implement interventions to promote a sustainable cocoa economy, placing the farmer at the centre of priorities for the sector's governance and value sharing.
[Liberian Observer] The government and the African Development Bank on Wednesday, officially signed a US$16.7 million loan agreement, aimed at boosting Fiscal Sustainability and Mining sector Governance in Liberia.
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