Tanzania: Commission to Submit Inquiry Report Tomorrow
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Independent Commission of Inquiry into the breach of peace during and in the days following the October 2025 General Election is expected to present its report to...
Read full story →Kenya: Owalo Urges Ruto to Skip 2027 Race, Back His Presidential Bid
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has urged President William Ruto to forgo the 2027 presidential race and instead back...
Read full story →Africa: Extreme Heat Pushing Global Food Systems to the Brink, UN Agencies Warn
[UN News] Extreme heat is pushing global food and farming systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods of over a billion people as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves redefine how...
Read full story →Africa: The Ballot Box Illusion - How Authoritarians Repackaged the African Ballot
[IPS] ABUJA, Nigeria / NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 22 2026 (IPS) - In many countries across Africa, people have recently lined up to vote. But in country after country, there has been no real choice on...
Read full story →Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds
Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how...
Read full story →Liberia: War Crimes Court Body Accuses Senior Liberian Officials of Blocking Progress
[Liberian Investigator] The body tasked with establishing Liberia's long-awaited War and Economic Crimes Court accused senior government officials Tuesday of deliberately blocking progress, naming...
Read full story →Somalia: Somali Opposition Rejects Any Term Extension for President
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's opposition groups issued a firm warning on Wednesday against any attempt to extend the mandate of the federal government, following a series of meetings held in...
Read full story →Malawi: 'I Also Failed to Find Fuel in Zomba' - Govt Spokesperson Namalomba's Personal Ordeal Mirrors a Nation Running On Dry
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's fuel crisis is no longer just an economic story told in statistics and policy statements--it is now a lived, shared struggle, cutting across ordinary citizens and government...
Read full story →Malawi: Court Order Ignored? Pregnant Rape Survivors Still Blocked From Safe Abortion Services Despite Landmark Ruling
[Nyasa Times] Pregnant girls who are survivors of sexual assault are still facing serious barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health services--including safe and legal abortion...
Read full story →Somalia: Ted Cruz Signals Trump May Recognize Somaliland
[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa, April 22 (Horn Diplomat) -- Senator Ted Cruz expressed strong optimism that President Donald Trump will recognize Somaliland before the end of his term, highlighting...
Read full story →‘Nobody knows what works. There’s a lot of panic’: can African pop get back to global success?
Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change courseIn 2016, Afrobeats –...
Read full story →Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Feared Dead After Bus Crash in South Africa
[263Chat] Several Zimbabweans are feared dead after a cross-border bus veered off the road and plunged into a ditch on Wednesday morning along the N1 highway near Makhado in Limpopo Province,...
Read full story →Nigeria: Why Tinubu Fired Wale Edun As Finance Minister
[Premium Times] A statement by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, said President Tinubu approved the removal of Wale Edun and his Ministry of Housing counterpart,...
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