[SAnews.gov.za] Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to re-table the 2025 Budget Review on 21 May 2025.
[RFI] A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country's president, with a five-year renewable term starting in 2025.
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Africa continues to experience rising cases of mpox, with Uganda reporting the highest number of confirmed daily cases in the region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The report warns that «wherever mpox outbreaks are not quickly contained», it becomes difficult to stop human-to-human transmission, potentially risking a «sustained transmission in the community».
[allAfrica] «Now that the BBC has been able to unmask killer cops through their uniforms - even with their faces covered - they have nowhere to hide. That's why they're always in civilian clothes!»
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto's unexpected attendance at Pope Francis' funeral in Rome on Saturday has sparked a fresh wave of criticism, particularly after he had earlier nominated National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula to represent Kenya at the event.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- At least 190 households were evacuated from fire-threatened neighbourhoods in Cape Town as crews battled at least five active fire lines in the city's South Peninsula, reports EWN.
[New Zimbabwe] End of last March 2025, Zimbabweans stayed away from their workplaces and businesses, turning urban areas into ghost towns.
[Namibian] President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has officially relieved newly-appointed minster of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform Mac Hengari of his duties following his arrest on Saturday.
[State Department] Washington, DC -- Between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda (the Participants), in support of a pathway to peace, stability, and integrated economic development in the eastern DRC region and the resumption of normal bilateral relations between the Participants. Signature of this document affirms the political commitment of the Participants set forth herein.
[Radio Dalsan] Kampala -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has arrived in Kampala, Uganda, to participate in a key summit of the countries contributing to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), which officially opens Friday.
[New Times] Faustin Nsabumukunzi, a former Counsellor in Kibirizi Sector, in Gisagara District, has been arrested in the United States for concealing his involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
[New Times] The declaration of principles signed in Washington D.C. on Friday, April 25, between Rwanda and DR Congo «opens the door» to an agreement that will bring lasting peace in eastern DR Congo and the Great Lakes Region, Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe said.
[allAfrica] Almost six years ago, we embarked on a journey to address one of the deadliest diseases on the African continent - malaria. In 2019, Burkina Faso, where nearly 5,000 children die from malaria every year, became the centre of the R21 malaria vaccine Phase II trial. What began as a scientific challenge for my colleagues and I, turned into a historic public health achievement that we can all take pride in.
[allAfrica] Geneva -- Ethiopia is facing a deteriorating humanitarian crisis, with the World Food Programme (WFP) warning of rising hunger and malnutrition as a funding shortfall forces the UN to cut feeding programmes.
[TrustAfrica] Location: Blue Gallery, New York, USA
[allAfrica] Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana scrapped the planned 0.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) increase, which was set to take effect on May 1, keeping the VAT rate at 15%.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Ghanaian President John Mahama suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, marking the first time a sitting chief justice was suspended in the country's history.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- French President Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in Madagascar on Wednesday, April 23, for a two-day state visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and reinforcing France's role in the Indian Ocean region. The visit comes ahead of his participation in the Indian Ocean Commission (COI) Summit, on April 24, on the northern resort island of Nosy Be.
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