[Premium Times] However, conditions of Mr Ojukwu's release are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report ..read more

[Ghanaian Times] The country's year-on-year inflation rate fell to 25.0 per cent in April from 25.8 in March, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced ..read more

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President Joseph Boakai last week clocked one hundred days in office, bragging of undertaking massive developments during the period, including undertaking major road corridor projects totaling about 783.5 km in Bong, Lofa, Bomi, Gbarpolu, Rivergee, Grand Bassa, Sinoe, Maryland, and Grand Kru Counties ..read more

[FrontPageAfrica] Norris Town -- The physical challenges of pregnancy are difficult for women everywhere. But in rural Liberia pregnancy is dangerous ..read more

[IPS] Darfur, Western Sudan -- As dawn breaks over Darfur, my return after two decades feels heavy. Many millions are suffering once again. Twenty years ago, I was part of the humanitarian effort to make a difference. That was in the early 2000s, when celebrities and world-famous journalists would make the trek in a well-intentioned effort to focus attention on the atrocities across Darfur ..read more

[The Conversation Africa] Tlotlo Tsamaase has already proved her talent for African science fiction. Her masterly short stories, one previously shortlisted for the Caine Prize, are helping put Botswana on the literary map ..read more

[The Conversation Africa] Science journalism is about taking complex academic research and turning it into easy-to-read content that is still accurate. Aside from informing readers through evidence-based journalism, it aims to make the wider public curious about scientific research ..read more

[Afrobarometer] Majority of citizens say public should have access to information on government budgets and contracts ..read more

[The Conversation Africa] There were early warnings that Kenya's long rain season - between March and May - was going to bring above-normal rainfall. The extreme intensity of the rain has resulted in devastating floods in many parts of the country. Forty of the country's 47 counties have been affected. More than 230 people have died and about 40,000 households, so far, have been displaced ..read more

[The Conversation Africa] A public policy works well if it's a good policy and if it's carried out well. Politicians make policy and specialist bureaucrats in the public service carry it out. These appointed officials are supposed to follow a strict professional and ethical code of conduct ..read more