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[RFI] Côte d'Ivoire is preparing for a contentious presidential election in October as President Alassane Ouattara's supporters rally for his likely re-election bid. Meanwhile, opposition groups are demanding a fairer contest and the reinstatement of barred candidates.

[New Republic] The Management of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) has been recognized by President Joseph Nyuma Boakaias one of the top-performing government institutions.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of National Defense has been honored as one of the top three best-performing government institutions.

[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- "The survivors of the massacre are terrified; they have suffered and seen unspeakable violence" Father Remigius Ihyula, Coordinator of the Development, Justice and Peace Commission of the diocese of Makurdi, in the State of Benue (in the central-eastern part of Nigeria) told Fides referring to the massacre of a group of displaced people hosted at the Catholic mission of Yelwata, in the local administrative area of Gouma, cited yesterday, June 15, by Pope Leo XIV.

[Vanguard] Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has warned that if the unending killings in Benue State are not nipped in the bud by the federal government, the people will not have any other option than to defend themselves.

[Nigeria Health Watch] The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across several communities in West and Central African countries, with Sierra Leone becoming the latest hotspot.

[World Bank] Freetown -- The World Bank today launched the Sierra Leone Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) and the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), two core analytical reports that provide essential insights into the country's economic and climate challenges, offering strategic pathways for sustainable growth and resiliencee.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Five months without pay. That's the grim reality facing staff of Liberia's Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court, an institution once hailed as a cornerstone of President Joseph Boakai's justice and reconciliation agenda.

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- Newly promoted Spartacus has made history as the first team to score more than 100 points in a single game during the 2025 Liberia Basketball Association (LBA) First Division season.

[Liberian Investigator] Kolahun -- Lofa County Superintendent Lavelah Massaquoi is calling on citizens to seize what he described as a historic opportunity for development under a Lofa-born president, as the Ministry of Agriculture formally launched the reconstructed Fangoda Dam in Kolahun District.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Volunteer teachers and support staff within the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) are demanding answers from the Liberian government and their union leadership over what they describe as broken promises stemming from a March 27 memorandum of understanding aimed at improving their working conditions.

[Liberian Investigator] Robertsport -- The Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) has arrested two women, including a 74-year-old Ghanaian national, for alleged possession of marijuana in separate incidents in Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County.

[Vanguard] Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan's Media Team has urged President Bola Tinubu to safeguard his democratic legacy by preventing the use of the federal government in continuation of the case against the Kogi Central Senator.

[Daily Trust] Kaduna -- The Emir of Lere, Engineer Suleiman Umar, has harped on the need for unity and tolerance amongst the people to foster peace and development in the country.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Former Executive Director of the National Investment Commission (NIC), Mr. George G. Wisner II, has been formally invited by the ECOWAS Parliament to deliver a keynote paper and participate in two high-level panel discussions during the sitting of a Special Committee of the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament. The session will take place from June 16-20, 2025, at the RLJ Kendeja Resort & Villas, near Roberts International Airport in Paynesville, Liberia.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Mines and Energy has uncovered illegal mining operations in CVI, Grand Gedeh County, involving the unauthorized use of earth-moving equipment by holders of Class 'C' mining licenses.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Ministry of Mines and Energy, through its Compliance Enforcement Team, has shut down an illegal mining operation discovered at the center of Duogbo Town, Grand Kru County.

[FrontPageAfrica] Kodah Lib Chicken, a Liberian-owned poultry company, has officially opened a new poultry processing facility in Zubah Town, Paynesville.

[FrontPageAfrica] Buchanan -- The Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) has concluded a one-week policy review and strengthening retreat aimed at improving its internal operations and aligning with national governance standards.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Stakeholders attending the 2025 Food Systems, Land Use, and Restoration (FOLUR) Symposium, hosted by the Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia (SCNL), have reaffirmed their commitment to promoting environmental sustainability and combating climate change by aligning programs with Liberia's green economy agenda.

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London [UK], June 14 (ANI): South Africa captured their first-ever world title across all forms of international cricket, beating Australia in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final at Lord's, with several stars stepping up for the rainbow nation …

London [UK] June 14 (ANI): Second-highest run-chase at the Home of Cricket Lord's, as South Africa (SA) continue thier fine run at the venue, after chasing 282 against Australia to clinch their maiden ICC World Test Championship (WTC) title, defeating …

London [UK], June 14 (ANI): South African Aiden Markram played an innings of a lifetime at the World Test Championship final at Lord's, justifying years of backing despite patches of inconsistency. His class and talent were all on display as he played …

London, Jun 14 (AP) South Africa won the World Test Championship against titleholder Australia by five wickets after knocking off the last 69 runs required on the fourth morning of the final on Saturday. The Proteas achieved their first major cricket title …

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[RFI] China says it will sign a new economic pact with Africa that will get rid of all tariffs on the 53 African states it has diplomatic ties with - a move that could benefit middle-income nations as they prepare for tariff hikes on products entering the United States.

[RFI] Kenya - A new initiative is using AI-powered drones to identify and eliminate mosquito breeding grounds in Ghana and Sierra Leone, in a bid to prevent malaria outbreaks.

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[The Conversation Africa] Raina MacIntyre is one of Australia's most respected epidemiologists. She was a familiar face and calm voice during the COVID-19 pandemic. So when I was asked to review her new book Vaccine Nation I was delighted to accept.

[Africa CDC] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is spearheading a continental Mental Health Leadership Programme aimed at equipping mental health advocates and leaders with the skills and competencies needed to address mental health challenges through a public health lens.

[Africa CDC] Africa CDC's Bingwa PLUS Y-Health Incubator Programme has awarded its first 15 grants, worth €45,000. These grants will support youth-led, community-focused initiatives that promote innovation, impact, and sustainability in addressing public health, social justice, education, and development challenges by transforming them into actionable public health solutions.

[Africa CDC] Uganda's borders have always been busy and vulnerable. Over the past decade, Ebola, COVID-19, leptospirosis, Marburg, measles and cholera have all emerged, stretching an already burdened health system. With Mpox still active and the memories of the recent Ebola outbreak fresh, the country is intensifying efforts where it matters most: at the borders. With over 1.24 million travellers screened monthly, Uganda's Points of Entry are essential for the early detection and prevention of disease outbreaks.

[Africa CDC] Africa CDC's collaboration with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Amhara Public Health Institute (APHI) is reducing daily cases of cholera in the Amhara Region.

[Africa CDC] Considering the general decline in funding for research and development, Africa CDC, in collaboration with the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) and the African Viral Hepatitis Action Group (AVHAG), has developed a capacity-buildingprogramme for hepatitis elimination and advocacy.

[Africa CDC] In 2017, African Union Heads of State and Government made a strategic commitment to strengthen the health workforce by training and deploying two million community health workers to help close the gap in healthcare provision.

[Africa CDC] African heads of state have made a commitment to accelerate investment, cross-border coordination, and vaccine access to eliminate cholera by 2030.

[The Conversation Africa] Independent art spaces are collectives of artists (and others) who club together to set up a communal space - often in former industrial sites and more affordable parts of the city - to further their practice. These spaces are DIY art institutions, if you like, that operate largely under the radar. In art world lingo, "offspaces".

[UN News] Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third United Nations Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by consensus a sweeping political declaration promising urgent action to protect the ocean.

[IPS] Nice, France -- With the future of the world's oceans hanging in the balance, global leaders, scientists, and activists gathered in the French Riviera city of Nice this week for the historic UN Ocean Conference, where France declared a new era of high seas governance and marine protection.

[IPS] Alberta, Canada -- Aid cuts could cost millions of lives and leave girls, boys, women and men without access to enough food, water, education, health treatment.

[UCT] In a ground-breaking first for South Africa and the African continent, local patients are participating in a pioneering international gene-editing clinical trial that may revolutionise treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE), a rare and potentially fatal genetic disorder.

[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has celebrated its Golden Jubilee in Addis Ababa.

[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A graphic circulating on social media in Kenya claims president Paul Kagame threatened civil society for receiving foreign funding to stir chaos in Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania. But the graphic is fake.

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[New Era] Sub-Saharan Africa ranks sixth in terms of the global gender gap, with a current score of 68% according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). In its latest Global Gender Gap Report 2025, released this week, the WEF notes Sub-Saharan Africa displays wide variation across countries, but its success stories demonstrate that progress is possible in all economic contexts.

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