Zambia’s media freedom advocates say the country’s democratic progress will be tested by how freely journalists can report during the campaign period. While media rights groups acknowledge improvements since President Hakainde Hichilema took office in 2021, they say structural, legal, and economic pressures continue to threaten independent journalism ahead of what is expected to be a highly contested vote.   Concerns over fair political coverage in Zambia Opposition parties and media freedom groups say unequal access to public media remains one of the biggest concerns ahead of the elections. “It has always been like that to a certain extent; it is even worse now,” opposition National Democratic Party leader Saboi Imboela told DW, arguing state-owned media gives more coverage to the ruling party, while opposition voices largely rely on private outlets.   Media analysts warn unequal visibility during elections can undermine public trust and democratic participation. Zambia’s media “more open, but still fragile”...

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Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2026: The numbers are staggering. (Photo above: President Julius Maada Bio). The silence is deafening. The 2024 Auditor General’s report being the latest release, does not merely point out errors, it reflects a national tragedy. According to the findings, over 243.9 million New Leones have been lost to financial mismanagement and irregularities. More than 13.8 million New Leones have vanished into the pockets of ghost workers. But the rot, as it turns out, goes much deeper than a bloated payroll. In a shocking revelation, the audit has uncovered that 196 government vehicles, procured at a cost of $21 million of taxpayers’ money, have simply vanished. Not misplaced. Not reassigned. Vanished. What has been the response from those entrusted to guard our nation’s assets? Not a word. No cough. No care. Worse still, according to a source familiar with the audit process who...

A blank space or an ‘NR’ indicates no readings received.An ‘e’ indicates that the water level has been estimated.A ‘w’ indicates that conditions were very windy, resulting in an inaccurate reading.Omatjenne Dam does not have abstraction facilities.The dam contents are according to the latest dam basin surveys.The inflow that is reflected in the bulletin does […] Source link

2 TEXTO DE ISABEL JEREMIAS O Secretário de Estado na província de Manica, Lourenço Lindonde, desafiou a Polícia da República de Moçambique (PRM), a nível desta província, a aprimorar a confiança e o envolvimento dos cidadãos nas acções de denúncia de malfeitores, defendendo que o fortalecimento da relação entre a polícia e as comunidades é fundamental para a consolidação da segurança pública na província. Segundo Lindonde, este processo só será possível com a “purificação das fileiras” da corporação, de modo a garantir que a PRM continue a ser uma instituição acessível, respeitada e vista como guardiã da legalidade nas comunidades. O governante apelou ainda ao reforço da disciplina institucional e à intensificação da prevenção da criminalidade e da sinistralidade rodoviária. O pronunciamento foi feito esta segunda-feira, durante um encontro de saudação ao Secretário de Estado por ocasião das celebrações dos 51 anos da PRM, assinalados a 17 de Maio, cerimónia...

MONROVIA, May 18, 2026 – Liberia’s General Auditing Commission (GAC), headed by Auditor General P. Garswa Jackson, Sr., is set to host a weeklong regional conference beginning Monday, May 18, 2026, bringing together 26 Auditors General from across Africa for the first such gathering in the country since the body’s formation. The meeting, organized under the auspices of the African Organization of English-speaking Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI-E) and hosted by SAI Liberia, will run from Monday, May 18, to Friday, May 22, 2026, at two venues in Monrovia. AFROSAI-E is a regional bloc of 26 English-speaking African countries established to strengthen the capacity and independence of Supreme Audit Institutions and improve accountability in public finance management. According to organizers, the annual conference is intended to meet statutory requirements, assess progress under the 2025–2029 Strategic Plan, and deepen cooperation and peer support among member institutions. Auditor General Jackson said the gathering...

CONAKRY– L’international guinéen Serhou Guirassy a été accueilli dans une ambiance de ferveur populaire ce lundi 18 mai 2026, à l’aéroport international Ahmed Sékou Touré de Conakry. Arrivé aux environs de 23 heures, l’attaquant guinéen est venu présenter son Soulier d’or à ses supporters, massivement mobilisés pour l’occasion. Dès sa descente d’avion, des centaines de fans, drapeaux guinéens en main, ont réservé un accueil chaleureux à la star du football guinéen, dans une atmosphère marquée par des chants, des applaudissements et des cris de joie. Très ému par cette mobilisation, Serhou Guirassy a exprimé sa reconnaissance envers le peuple guinéen. « Comme vous le savez, ça fait toujours très plaisir de revenir à la maison. Je reçois toujours un accueil chaleureux. Pour moi, venir au pays, c’est une façon de remercier le peuple parce que durant l’année, ils sont toujours là à me soutenir », a déclaré l’attaquant guinéen à...

Havana, Cuba —  A few days ago, the manager of the building where CNN’s Havana bureau is located rapped on our door with an urgent message: She needed to know if we would be coming to work during the “imminent” US invasion. Washington’s intense pressure campaign on Cuba had already been keenly felt in day-to-day life. Under the ongoing US oil blockade, power flickers off in our offices several times a day. The compounding economic crisis means there’s no fuel for the building generator or even toilet paper for the bathrooms. Every day, I walk past an enormous artificial Christmas tree in the lobby that no one has bothered to take down. But now the building manager told me she had been tasked with “orders from above” — like all office buildings in the city, it is owned by the state — to come up with a plan for the building...

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