[Daily Trust] State governments across Nigeria have intensified preventive measures following the Federal Government's release of the 2026 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), which predicts widespread...

In tonight's edition, South Africa’s firebrand, leftist leader Julius Malema is sentenced to five years in prison convicted of firearm offences. Also, on a visit to Cameroon, Pope Leo condemns...

A new U-S-born Pope on a first-ever visit to Cameroon’s restive English-speaking northwest, and who’s not turning the other cheek: “Blessed are the peacemakers! But woe to those who manipulate...

Plastic sheeting serving as tents and mattresses laid on the ground: in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, the widows of fallen soldiers are struggling to survive in a makeshift camp. They say...
Tensions rise in Karantina as civil war-era sectarian fears resurface over a cancelled displacement centre project.

Malema is appealing against the decision, which means he is not going to prison immediately.

The pontiff has been unusually forthright during his visit to conflict-hit Cameroon.
[CPJ] Nairobi -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to do everything in their power to locate and free Addis Standard managing editor Million Beyene who was taken...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Assembly has approved the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, lowering VAT on petroleum products from 16 percent to 8 percent for a period of three months,...
[Capital FM] NAIROBI -- World Athletics have rejected an appeal by five Kenyan athletes, including former world record holder Brigid Kosgei, to change their nationality to Turkey.
[Vanguard] The Oyo State Government has activated emergency response measures following the death of a 44-year-old woman from Lassa fever at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
[New Zimbabwe] AROUND 18 people have died after a commuter omnibus caught fire and exploded along the Bulawayo Beitbridge Highway Thursday afternoon, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed.
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- A heavily guarded metal door swings open. Entrance is restricted and monitored by guards.