[The Conversation Africa] The board of South Africa's National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been dissolved by the country's higher education and training minister, Blade Nzimande, and the organisation placed under administration. Nzimande made the decision because of «(the problem of) non-payment of (students') allowances».

[African Arguments] University students are among those hit hardest by the Tinubu administration's IMF-directed austerity programme.

[allAfrica] The AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit is a conversation bringing together African media leaders (CEOs, Managing Directors & Editors-in-Chief), policy-makers, activists, academics and leaders of organizations championing Africa's growth and development. The Summit will take place May 8-10, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya under the theme: ''Re-engineering African Media in Times of Critical Transformation''.

[New Times] Countries in the East African Community (EAC) want to adopt a single currency as part of the broader plans to integrate under a single market, and ultimately one region that trades together.

[AI London] Authorities across East and Southern Africa continued to impose severe restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and media freedom over the past year, said Amnesty International on World Press Freedom Day.

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[allAfrica] Dingaan Thobela, the revered South African boxer affectionately known as the 'Rose of Soweto', passed away at the age of 57 after a prolonged battle with illness, reports News24.

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[VOA] The European Union is tightening visa rules for people from Ethiopia in response to what it says is a lack of cooperation from the Ethiopian government with the repatriation of those who have entered Europe illegally.

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- More than 40 people have died in southwestern Kenya after a dam burst Sunday night following heavy rains which spawned devastating flooding across the country. Earlier, several people went missing after their boat capsized in a river in eastern Kenya.

[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Herds of endangered hippos are stuck in drying ponds in Botswana's northwest as the El Nino-induced drought takes its toll on wildlife.

[Nile Post] Bugiri -- The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Mr Robert Kyagulanti, has called on the party's supporters to blacklist leaders who only good at fronting persona; interests than concerns of people who voted for them.

[Nile Post] Ibrahim Musana, also known as Pressure 24/7, a TikToker accused of disseminating content that ridiculed and incited hostility towards President Yoweri Museveni and Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, has been granted bail after spending over two months in prison.

[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Following a recent Supreme Court opinion that went against his attempt to forcibly remove commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunication Authority and other tenure position holders from office, President Boakai has taken the route of suspending all five commissioners of the LTA, including its chair, Madam Edwina C. Zackpah.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Schools reopening for the second term has been postponed for a week until May 6 following the devastating effects caused by the ongoing rains in Kenya.

[spotlight] COVID-19-related factors resulted in several years of lower-than-normal rates of the flu, but experts say that is now something of the past. As this year's flu season gets under way, Elri Voigt asks several local experts what their expectations are, which flu vaccines are available this year, and whether we should be concerned about new strains of bird flu.

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[New Zimbabwe] RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mushayavanhu has appealed to Members of Parliament (MPs) to educate communities on the newly introduced currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG).

[Nile Post] A dark cloud hangs over Kalungu District, Uganda. Since January 2024, government health facilities have faced a critical shortage of essential drugs, leaving patients in a desperate scramble for life-saving medications. Dr. Daniel Ssentamu, the District Health Officer, sounds the alarm, highlighting the dire situation for the district's over 190,000 residents.

[Capital FM] Bungoma -- National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has urge people living on river banks to vacate to avoid disaster caused by flooding at a time when heavy rains are pounding the country.

[allAfrica] Non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, are a leading cause of death globally, with a disproportionate impact on low- and middle-income countries. NCDs are long-term conditions that are not transmitted from person to person. They can develop slowly over time or cause sudden death. According to WHO, the five main types are cardiovascular diseases (heart attacks and strokes), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (like asthma), diabetes, and mental health conditions.

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[allAfrica] World Immunization Week celebrates a remarkable milestone - 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). This global initiative has been instrumental in saving countless lives and protecting children from devastating vaccine-preventable diseases.

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[allAfrica] AllAfrica Global Media is launching the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit from May 8-10 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit will feature innovations to leverage the ever-changing media landscape revolutionized by emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Global media leaders, development experts, academics and corporate titans will share best practices to elevate ethics and combat information manipulation to advance Africa's economic transformation and human development.

[DW] It is the latest tragedy on a route that has become popular among thousands of migrants trying to reach Gulf countries from the Horn of Africa.

[New Zimbabwe] The government has revealed that over 6 148 have been arrested in the past four months for supplying and using drugs and substances as it intensifies its response to the scourge.

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[allAfrica] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- «Did you know hundreds of thousands of women die in childbirth every year? Dr Anita Zaidi is determined to change that.»

[RFI] A Paris court is preparing to deliver its verdict on corruption charges against Pascaline Bongo, the daughter and chief of staff of Gabon's late president, Omar Bongo. She is accused of accepting millions of euros to help a French company secure contracts.