South Africa: IEC Warns of 'Significant' Risks for Local Elections - South African News Briefs - April 22, 2026

Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. ‘Nobody knows what works. There’s a lot of panic’: can African pop get back to global success?. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change courseIn 2016, Afrobeats –...

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,...

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,...

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...

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Nigeria: 350,000 Children Vaccinated Against Crippling Diphtheria Epidemic. [MSF] The humanitarian medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Borno State Ministry of Health have successfully completed a vaccination campaign against diphtheria targeting...

Taiwan president cancels Eswatini trip after African countries close airspace. Taiwan has accused Beijing of putting pressure on African countries to close their airspace to Lai's plane.

Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025: IOM. More than four in every 10 deaths and disappearances occurred on sea routes to Europe, UN agency says.

[DW] Afghan allies who assisted US forces now face a stark choice: resettle in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo or return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. In Talks to Send Afghan Refugees to DR Congo.

Zimbabwe: Plot to Flood Parliament with 45K Written Submissions in Favour of Constitutional Leaked. [New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF is planning to flood Parliament with over 45,000 written submissions in favour of the highly contested Constitutional Amendment Bill No.3, leaked messages have revealed.

Congo-Kinshasa: Peaceful Protesters Face Military Trial in DR Congo. [HRW] Martial Law in Ituri Province Restricts Free Speech, Assembly

[Agenzia Fides] Addis Ababa -- The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has announced the restoration of a regional parliament, the election of which was one of the triggers for the war in... Ethiopia: Fears of Possible Escalation of Violence in Tigray.

Nigeria: Oyedele in As Nigeria's Finance Minister, Edun Out. [Premium Times] Mr Oyedele previously served as Minister of State in the ministry.