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Ghana: Wontumi Denies Gh¢30m Exim Bank Financial Loss Charge
[Ghanaian Times] Former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, alias Chairman Wontumi, has pleaded not guilty to fresh charges of allegedly causing financial…
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Science and Technology
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Nigeria: Nigerian Ai Scientist to Roll Out Software That Cuts MRI Time By 90 Percent
[This Day] A United Kingdom-based Nigerian artificial intelligence (AI) research scientist and Founder of GenScan AI, Mary-Brenda Akoda, has disclosed plans to roll out her AI medical imaging…
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Agriculture and Food Security
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Liberia: Nafaa-World Bank Fisheries Meeting in Thailand Advances Investment and Job Creation
[Liberian Investigator] Liberia's fisheries regulator is using a World Bank-backed project, which has now disbursed more than 80% of its funds, as a springboard to court private investors…
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Politics
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Nigeria: Ai Won't Decide Outcome of 2027 General Election – INEC Chairman
[Premium Times] INEC says it is developing an AI governance framework while using the technology to improve logistics, detect anomalies and strengthen the integrity of the electoral process.
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Nigeria: Nigerian Government Introduces 'Five Big Fiscal Reforms' to Woo Investors, Engender Growth
[Premium Times] "People say, and we agree with them, that it's difficult to find data about Nigeria, especially from the fiscal side. Something as important as our tax-to-GDP…
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Ghana: 61 Nurses Leave for Grenada · Chief of Staff Urges Professionalism to Sustain Overseas Opportunities
[Ghanaian Times] Sixty-one Ghanaian nurses have left the country for Grenada to begin two-year employment contracts under the government's Labour Exchange Programme.
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Politics
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Mali: Nduhungirehe, Mali President Discuss Bilateral Relations
[New Times] The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, on Tuesday, October 13, met with Mali's Transitional President Gen Assimi Goïta for a discussion on…
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Nigeria: IMF Warns Against Blanket Petrol Subsidies, Suggests Targeted Support for Poor, Vulnerable People
[Premium Times] "It's first fiscally very costly, and second, if you look at the pattern of consumption, it's easy to see that that subsidy is readily regressive in…
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Investigation
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Nigeria: El-Rufai Planned to Stifle EFCC Investigation With $600,000 Bribe, Witness Tells Court
[Premium Times] The allegations formed part of the prosecution's evidence against the former governor and have yet to be established by the court.
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International Affairs
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West Africa: Liberia Calls for Ceasefire, Civilian Protection in Ukraine-Russia Conflict
[Liberian Observer] For Liberians who remember fleeing their homes, losing relatives or rebuilding their lives abroad, the suffering in Ukraine carries a familiar human cost. Liberia has urged…
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West Africa: Ghana Urges Liberia to Digitize Procurement to Curb Abuse of Public Resources
[Liberian Observer] Ghanaian Ambassador to Liberia, H.E. Godwin Baletum Amonzem, has urged Liberian authorities to embrace digital procurement systems as a means of reducing administrative discretion, strengthening public…
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West Africa: Liberia Courts Mining, Energy Investors At First Expo
[Liberian Investigator] Investors seeking entry into Liberia's mining and energy sectors will get direct access to the government officials, regulators, and companies driving them at the Liberia International…