[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta — As Nimba County prepares for its Senatorial by-election on April 22, 2025, the Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC), the Liberia Election Observation Network (LEON), and the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP-Liberia) have jointly deployed over 100 trained observers across the county to monitor the election process.
[Liberian Investigator] Gbarnga — National Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman George Mulbah has launched a scathing attack on former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, branding her “rebellious” and “a product of crisis” for endorsing CDC-backed Edith Gongloe Weh in the Nimba County senatorial race.
[Daily Trust] Five people have died and 13 others severely injured on Monday morning when a truck rammed into a procession of Christian faithful celebrating Easter in Billiri town of Billiri LGA of Gombe State.
[Leadership] Farmers across northern Nigeria are expanding their farmlands to cultivate more of the high-yielding TELA maize variety following a bumper harvest last season.
West African leaders arrive in Accra for historic launch of ECOWAS @ 50 3News
“A friend of Africa”: Catholic Church Leaders Pay Heartfelt Tributes to Pope Francis, Offer Prayers aciafrica.org
[IPS] Dakar, Senegal — Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the challenges of passing on a painful past.
[New Zimbabwe] The Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a warning to civil servants who abscond from work heeding a call for a national shutdown.
[GroundUp] Whistleblowers argue their right to freedom of expression has been violated. AmaBhungane has applied to join the case.
[Shabelle] Lasanod, Somalia — Authorities in SSC-Khaatumo on Monday addressed the killing of Farah Jama Aidid, a staff member at the Ethiopian consulate in Garowe, who was fatally shot in Laascaanood over the weekend.
