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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has assented to four Bills seeking to strengthen population planning, public financial management, air passenger services and trust administration in Kenya.

[Premium Times] Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man and owner of the 700,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) plant, led the sign-off ceremony in Lagos on Monday.

[DW] Reconstruction has progressed in the three years since the 2023 Morocco earthquake, but some survivors are still living in tents. Locals are divided as to how successful it's been, and whether state aid is enough.

[Namibian] The United States' decision to phase out HIV funding to Namibia leaves over 29 000 Namibians facing the loss of critical support services.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tanzania's First Gentleman Hafidh Ameir Hassan was buried in Kizimkazi, South Unguja, on Monday, hours after his death, as political and religious leaders from across Tanzania joined President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her famil...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The war in Sudan is facing renewed scrutiny over allegations that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan developed and deployed chlorine-based weapons, with newly reported intelligence documents o...

[Nyasa Times] Millions of hardworking Malawians and small business owners are being frozen out of formal bank loans simply because of HOW they earn their living, a leading economist has warned.

[The New Humanitarian] Maiduguri, Nigeria -- "The government seems very interested in having a dialogue with Boko Haram, perhaps realising a military response alone is inadequate."

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- 20 years after the discovery announcement, 'Pearl Sweet' marks the moment Uganda's crude moves from political promise to commercial test

[Premium Times] Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man and owner of the 700,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) plant, led the sign-off ceremony in Lagos on Monday.

[Premium Times] The Nigerian military had announced that troops of its Operation Udo Ka "captured" the notorious terror kingpin during an operation in Imo State between eight and 13 October 2025, before he resurfaced on 28 January 2026.

[UN News] The ongoing war in Sudan took centre stage at the UN Human Rights Council on Monday where the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, led calls for an end to attacks on civilians in "markets, hospitals [and] fuel stations".

[ISS] A looming super El Niño makes Africa's leap from fossil fuels to a renewables-dominated energy mix urgent.

[Vanguard] Abuja -- The Nigeria Police Force has uncovered an alleged child-stealing and human trafficking syndicate operating across Oyo, Ogun and Delta states, rescuing 17 children and arresting seven suspects.

[African Arguments] Four Algerian Su-30 fighters touched down in Niamey on 30 August 2026, trailed by an aerial refueling aircraft. A day earlier, mutinous soldiers -- some drawn from units worn down by heavy losses fighting jihadist groups -- had st...

[Nyasa Times] President Arthur Peter Mutharika has kicked off a government reshuffle ahead of his administration's first anniversary, appointing veteran diplomat Ambassador Chimango Chirwa as Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wi...

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Regional sexual and reproductive health experts have called for a closer examination of age-of-consent laws and how they affect adolescents' access to healthcare, arguing that legal and administrative barriers can p...

[SAnews.gov.za] Gauteng Health MEC Faith Mazibuko has urged parents and caregivers to keep children up to date on routine immunisations, warning that missing these critical vaccines leaves children vulnerable to preventable diseases that may have lif...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Every US$1 invested in tackling climate change and air pollution together could generate about US$15 in economic benefits, a new United Nations assessment has found, strengthening the case for governments and investors to trea...

[Dabanga] Nyala -- The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have released four female journalists and a lawyer in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, after holding them for varying periods of time. Sources tell Radio Dabanga that the journalists, Dr Manahil Mu...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei has sought to clarify President William Ruto's remarks on foreign traders, saying they were taken "out of context" and should not be interpreted as a blanket restriction on fo...

[Liberian Observer] Former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor's lawyers came to the Monrovia City Court demanding access to the evidence the State says links her to an alleged international cocaine trafficking conspiracy. But when prosecutors moved t...

[Nile Post] A police surgeon has told court that he found no evidence of sodomy on any of the seven suspects accused of fabricating evidence against Rubaga Miracle Centre senior pastor Robert Kayanja.

[Nile Post] Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital is facing a severe health and infrastructural challenge due to the absence of its own mortuary facility, forcing the hospital to rely entirely on the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) p...

[Premium Times] The exercise aims to help Nigerians obtain new passports, renew existing ones, and resolve pending passport applications.

[This Day] Port Harcourt -- The Ogoniland wetlands have received international recognition with the formal presentation of a Ramsar Certificate designating the area as a Wetland of International Importance.

[This Day] Port Harcourt -- Nigeria can unlock up to 95 per cent of its largely untapped real estate potential and attract massive investment into the sector if the country strengthens regulation, builds investor trust and digitises land administrati...

[Leadership] Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has directed the immediate mobilisation of drugs and other medical commodities to health facilities handling patients affected by the suspected diphtheria outbreak in the state.