[Dabanga] Um Rimta, White Nile State — At least nine people have been killed and 17 others injured after a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bombardment of the village of Shukairi in Um Rimta locality of White Nile state this morning, the Sudan Doctors Network confirms. Independent sources report that the attack was carried out with four suicide drones that targeted a school, a hospital, and a health...

[IPS] Dodoma, Tanzania — A cloud of steam rises from a giant aluminium pot as Maria Joseph, a middle-aged cook in a toque blanche and faded apron, plants her feet firmly on the tiled kitchen floor. With both hands clasped around a wooden paddle, she plunges deep into the mound of rice, threatening to burn at the bottom.

[Afrobarometer] Most citizens say pregnant girls should be allowed to stay in school.

Turning Point USA, the right-wing campus group, is partnering with Arkansas and Indiana, the latest of several states to have similar arrangements.

[Ghanaian Times] Mayekoo Foundation, a US-Ghanaian non-profit organisation, has presented 600 fictional books to the Osu Tenashie A/B Primary School to help improve literacy among the students.

[Ghanaian Times] The MTN Ghana Foundation has inaugurated and handed over a GH¢15 million accident and emergency unit to the Ho Teaching Hospital here on Thursday. The well-equipped facility is an expansion of the hospital’s accident unit to meet teaching hospital standards.

[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) on Thursday received a donation of GH¢1 million from FuelTrade Ghana Limited, a fuel Bulk Distribution Company (BDC), at a short ceremony in Accra. The donation is part of FuelTrade’s corporate social responsibility and its support for GETFund’s strategic partnerships with the private sector.

[Ghanaian Times] T he Embassy of Japan in Ghana has awarded a $129,631 grant to EduGha Organisation, a non-governmental organisation, for the construction of a school block for Tari No. 2 Primary School in the Gonja North District of the Savannah Region.

Plus, the growing demand for higher education to prove its value.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — High-level executive training for local government officials has officially kicked off in Monrovia under the auspices of the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC).

[FrontPageAfrica] Fuamah District — Bong County District Seven Representative Foday Fahnbulleh has begun paying school fees for dozens of students in Mawah Town, Fuamah District, providing financial relief to families and helping ensure that children remain in school.

The Trump administration wants colleges and universities to share information about the race and gender of applicants to make sure they’re not using racial preferences in admissions.

The historic images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia will be honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina.

[Daily Trust] Engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC celebrated International Women’s Day 2026 with outreach activities in Abuja, Lagos, and Port Harcourt schools.

The high schoolers fighting back against tech use.

[Premium Times] The UNN official was sanctioned for relying on an incomplete documentation to erroneously confirm that Mr Nnaji graduated from the university.

[Health-e] As the midday sun intensifies, Busisiwe Khumalo is inside her homein Maitland, Cape Town.

Plus, iPads in kindergarten.

New York’s dentists are aging, and a “retirement cliff” has left a shortage of people in the job.

Troy Closson, who reports on education at The Times, discusses how he covers the largest school system in the country.

[Premium Times] ASUU-UNILAG also accused the university of failing to pay Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) to academics in the Akoka Campus.