[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[allAfrica] Civil society actors, journalists, academics, lawyers and other African actors are advocating for African initiatives to fight against illicit financial flows

[HRW] "We are determined in our peacefulness despite the repression that we are confronting."

[Dabanga] El Geneina -- On Saturday, West Darfur witnessed the signing of agreements to stop hostilities between Arab and Masalit tribes in El Geneina locality, and the Rizeigat and Iringa tribes in Sirba locality, in the presence of Gen Mohamed Hamd...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- State run EPA announced names of seven member "peace negotiation team" appointed by the federal government "to resolve the crisis in the northern part of the country."

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Ethiopian Government "regrets the loss of life as a result of a skirmish between the Sudanese army and a local militia of which an investigation would be carried out soon."

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- In her judgment Monday, Judge Dorothy Nyakaunda Kamanga sentenced five people to life imprisonment with hard labor for the death of MacDonald Masambuka.

[VOA] Cape Town -- South African authorities say the owner of a bar where at least 17 teenagers were found dead and four others died while receiving medical care is expected to face charges. Police investigating the mysterious deaths in Eastern Cape ...

[RFI] The African Union Commission chief has voiced his shock at the "violent and degrading" treatment of African migrants trying to cross from Morocco into Spanish territory after 23 people died, and has called for an investigation into the incident...

[Daily Maverick] President Cyril Ramaphosa has maintained his silence beyond citing 'due process' in five parliamentary replies to the opposition. But his arrival at the G7 Summit is under a cloud as German media raise the Phala Phala forex scandal.

[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- Since the beginning of 2022, 1,715 cases (1,636 suspected; 79 confirmed) and 73 deaths (CFR: 4.3%) of monkeypox have been reported from eight endemic and two non-endemic African Union (AU) Member States (MS). During the pe...

[ISS] The state needs to act urgently to address the increase in xenophobic groups across South Africa.

[Africa Renewal] The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a livable planet lies in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based energy transition

[DW] Sudan summoned the Ethiopian ambassador in Khartoum on Monday amid deepening tensions, claiming that the neighboring country's army had kidnapped and executed seven of its soldiers and a civilian.

[DW] Separatist groups in Cameroon's Anglophone region have become increasingly more violent, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Monday.

[DW] On Sunday, June 19, an Emirates airplane waited for takeoff for an hour on the tarmac at Angola's Luanda International Airport.

[Nigeria Health Watch] From the Darkest of Days to a New dawn: 35 years of the Nigerian Response to HIV and AIDS is the title of a seminal book just published by a team of institutions that have been part of the AIDS response in Nigeria, for the past...

[Premium Times] The swearing of Olukayode Ariwoola as the new acting CJN followed the resignation of his predecessor, Tanko Muhammad, on health grounds.

[VOA] Authorities in Nigeria's Zamfara state said they will begin granting gun licenses to residents. The rare move will allow individuals to carry guns so that they can defend themselves against gunmen and rebels in the troubled West African country...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -- Platforms like TikTok, Facebook and Twitter are failing to effectively police abusive content ahead of Kenya's high-stakes election, warn digital rights groups

[The Conversation Africa] In recent years, the amount of plastic in the environment has become a global concern. With the world population approaching eight billion, more and more plastic and plastic-derived products are being used and discarded. An ...

[GroundUp] Under Alfred Nevhutanda's tenure as chairperson of the Lottery board there was grand-scale corruption

[UN News] At the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to commit and unite around the protection and preservation of our seas.

[The Point] Yahya Jammeh, ex-Gambian dictator who ruled the country with an iron fist for 22-years is "currently in touch with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to serious allegations of human rights violations including murders, ext...

[New Zimbabwe] A LEAKED internal Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) memo has claimed that St Mathias Tsonzo High school student Livingstone Sunhwa, who disappeared under controversial circumstances seven months ago, could have committed suicide.

[HRW] Prosecute, Sanction Fighters for Crimes Against Civilians

[Premium Times] The resignation by the CJN, Tanko Muhammad, 68, comes about 18 months ahead of his official retirement time in December 2024 when he will clock 70.

[RFI] G7 leaders meeting in southern Germany have detailed plans to raise $600bn in private and public funds to finance much-needed infrastructure, notably on the African continent, and to counter China's influence in the developing world via its old...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Western Cape Govt Proposes Changes to Nation's Driving Laws

[JusticeInfo.net] As if the historic failure of the Kenyan trial was not bitter enough, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken it upon itself, in agreeing to prosecute Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru, to seek the truth ...