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[Vanguard] The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that about 2.9 million children in Nigeria are suffering from Acute Severe Malnutrition (SAM).

[Foroyaa] Experts have projected that Gambia is likely to receive between 700mm and 900mm of rainfall - a substantial amount essential for agricultural production as farmers clear their farmlands ahead of the 2025 season.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Three senators on Tuesday submitted a landmark bill to the Liberian Senate seeking to establish both Christian and Muslim holy days as official national holidays--marking a bold attempt to quell long-standing religious tensions over unequal recognition.

[This Day] The Lagos State Government has announced the successful coordination of Christian and Muslim pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Mecca within six years, with no reported cases of abscondment.

[This Day] Abuja -- The German government and Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER) have called for the speedy passage of the special seats bill for women in local government, state and National Assemblies.

[This Day] The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) is set to inaugurate its Impact Alliance to accelerate digital inclusion in Nigeria.

[This Day] Nurses and midwives in Lagos State Tuesday received new professional kits, comprising medical scrubs and crocs donated by the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, under her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI).

[Daily Trust] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained Monetary Policy Rates (MPR) at 27.5 per cent.

[Nigeria Health Watch] After contracting polio at age 6, Ibrahim Hussaini, now 41, was left physically disabled. But rather than let his condition define him, he chose to become an advocate, joining immunisation campaigns in his home state of Bauchi to ensure every child has access to life-changing vaccines.

[AI London] Striking visual protest staged by Amnesty UK, Fossil Free London, and Justice 4 Nigeria coalition coincides with Shell's AGM

[Foroyaa] The former Director of Finance at Banjul City Council (BCC), Momodou Camara, has accused senior officials at the Council of orchestrating and benefiting from a long-running illegal invoicing scheme that allegedly suppressed trade license revenues and diverted public funds. Camara, who served in the position during the time covered by the Local Government Commission of Inquiry, testified on Monday, May 6, 2025, regarding alleged financial manipulation within the capital's local government.

[Daily Trust] Former governor state of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, has said Nigeria stinks of widespread corruption.

[Premium Times] Acting on credible intelligence, operatives intercepted the gang on 15 May as they were planning an attack in Maitama.

[Vanguard] For the third time in seven days, gunmen have attacked Okoloke, an agrarian community in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, which has a significant Fulani population.

[Vanguard] The Senate caucus of the Peoples' Democratic Party(PDP), has assured its members that the party remains strong, contrary to insinuations that it is in shreds and at the verge of collapse.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Tuesday, May 20, met with Hassan Bubacar Jallow, the Chief Justice of the Gambia and his delegation, who are on a study tour in Rwanda. They discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the judiciaries of the Gambia and Rwanda, according to Urugwiro Village.

[The Conversation Africa] Benin's Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, also called Pendjari National Park, and its surroundings have been targeted by non-state armed groups since 2019.

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- The Trump administration is adopting a new commercial diplomacy strategy for sub-Saharan Africa "based on what we've seen that actually works," the acting head of the Africa Bureau at the U.S. State Department, Ambassador Troy Fitrell, said in a briefing on Tuesday.

[State Department] MODERATOR: Good afternoon to everyone from the U.S. Department of State's Africa Regional Media Hub. I welcome our participants logging in from across the continent and thank all of you for joining us. Today, we are very pleased to be joined by the Senior Bureau Official for the Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, Ambassador Troy Fitrell. Ambassador Fitrell will review his commercial diplomacy trip to West Africa and outline the U.S. State

[Liberian Observer] The Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection has launched the $44.6 million Liberia Women Empowerment Project (LWEP) in Montserrado County, bringing together local stakeholders to foster gender equality, combat gender-based violence, and expand opportunities for women and girls.

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[UN News] Women and clerical workers face the highest risk of their roles being radically transformed, prompting calls for inclusive policy responses.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's representatives at the ongoing Basketball Africa League (BAL) Nile Conference in Kigali, Rwanda succumbed to their third successive game after losing at the buzzer 74-75 to South African side Made By Basketball (MBB) on Tuesday at the BK Arena.

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[Namibian] Namibian journalist and African Union Media Fellow Tuyeimo Haidula is set to release a documentary delving into sexual and reproductive health rights.

[AI London] - On National Children's Day, Amnesty International called for the controversial Prevent duty to be scrapped

[CFR] A warning about soldiers in power, and the folly of cutting off one's nose to spite the face.

[Afropop] Chris Hamiwest--a.k.a. Agatchu--is rising fast in the world of global African music. He's a versatile beat-maker and a smooth vocalist whose songs are making waves with fans and critics alike. His current track, "Maradona," produced with AZNVR, has clocked over 660,000 YouTube hits in its first month. Afropop's Banning Eyre reached Agatchu just before a Trace TV event in Paris, where the artist lives to hear his story. It's a story with global reach, reflecting Agatchu's Angolan, Congolese and Nigerian

[UN News] The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening the risk of crime, corruption, and instability across supply chains as organised crime groups infiltrate the mining industry.

[Democracy Works] With the African Union now a permanent member of the G20 and South Africa leading this year, we have a unique chance to influence international decisions on climate change, digital technology, food security, and fair access to energy.

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- The Trump administration is adopting a new commercial diplomacy strategy for sub-Saharan Africa "based on what we've seen that actually works," the acting head of the Africa Bureau at the U.S. State Department, Ambassador Troy Fitrell, said in a briefing on Tuesday.

[State Department] MODERATOR: Good afternoon to everyone from the U.S. Department of State's Africa Regional Media Hub. I welcome our participants logging in from across the continent and thank all of you for joining us. Today, we are very pleased to be joined by the Senior Bureau Official for the Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, Ambassador Troy Fitrell. Ambassador Fitrell will review his commercial diplomacy trip to West Africa and outline the U.S. State

[Liberian Observer] The Trump administration has signaled a sweeping shift in its engagement with Africa, placing trade and investment--not aid--at the center of U.S. foreign policy toward the continent.

[GAVI] Geneva -- In 2024, lower-income countries supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance contributed more than US$ 250 million, a record, towards their own immunisation programmes. 19% year-on-year increase in financing, secured primarily from domestic resources, underlines countries' commitment towards sustainably financing vaccination. From 2026 to 2030, low- and middle-income countries are expected to contribute US$ 4 billion - or nearly half - of the costs vaccination programmes introduced with Gavi support.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia and the African Union (AU) have jointly called for renewed commitment across the continent to expand labor-based investments as a sustainable strategy to curb youth unemployment and promote inclusive development.

[allAfrica] As countries grapple with the fallout from the Trump administration's retreat from the international order, experts question whether this will accelerate global fragmentation. Pedro Abramovay, Vice President of Programs at the Open Society Foundations, argues that this shift could, paradoxically, enable stronger international cooperation, particularly around global taxation, which would benefit Africa and the global south.

[ISS] The AES-ECOWAS split has sparked pragmatic cooperation based on strategic interests between neighbouring countries.

[IPS] Bulawayo -- More people are dying from once treatable infections because the medicines we rely on are no longer working as they should. The culprit? A growing health threat called antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

[FrontPageAfrica] Geneva -- The Minister of Health, Dr. Louise Mapleh Kpoto, on Saturday chaired a pivotal session of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, where Tanzanian cardiologist Prof. Mohammed Yakub Janabi was officially nominated as the next WHO Regional Director for Africa.

[FrontPageAfrica] Paris -- Liberia's Special Envoy on Cultural and Heritage Diplomacy, Ambassador Lorenzo Llewellyn Witherspoon, has delivered a powerful keynote address at the opening of UNESCO Africa Week 2025, held at the organization's headquarters in Paris. Speaking under the theme, "Global Solidarity for the Restitution and Restoration of African Heritage through Education, Culture, and Sciences," Ambassador Witherspoon issued a clarion call for global action to reclaim Africa's legacy and dignity through science, culture,

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