June 17
South Africa: Fuel Price Surge Pushes Consumer Price Inflation to 4.5 Percent in May
SAnews.gov.za
South Africa's consumer inflation rate rose to 4.5% in May 2026, up from 4.0% in April, marking the highest annual rate recorded since July 2024, when inflation stood at 4.6%. Read more »
Liberia: Senate Sets Date for War Crimes Court Bills
New Dawn
The Liberian Senate Judiciary Committee has presented a seven-month legislative roadmap for the passage of bills establishing war and economic crimes courts. Read more »
Kenya: Gachagua Accuses Ruto Govt of 'Looting' Sh6.2bn
Capital FM
Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua has accused President William Ruto's administration of misusing public funds, claiming the government is rushing to… Read more »
Kenya: Heated Clash in Parliament Forces Adjournment During Finance Bill 2026 Debate
Capital FM
The National Assembly adjourned prematurely on Tuesday after a heated and highly charged debate on the Finance Bill, 2026 descended into sharp exchanges over proposed tax measures… Read more »
Kenya: What's in the Finance Bill 2026? Key Tax Changes As MPs Resume Debate
Capital FM
National Assembly resumed debate on the Finance Bill, 2026 on Wednesday in a highly charged session expected to test support for sweeping tax and compliance reforms that could… Read more »
Uganda: Ssenyonyi Seeks Urgent Recall of Parliament Over Alleged Human Rights Violations
Nile Post
Leader of Opposition in Parliament Joel B. Ssenyonyi has written to Speaker Jacob Oboth-Oboth requesting the urgent reconvening of Parliament to address what he described as… Read more »
Ghana: Lawyer of Ugandan Opposition Figure Arrested, Faces Treason Charges
Ghanaian Times
Ugandan security forces have arrested Erias Lukwago, a senior opposition figure and lawyer representing detained People's Front for Freedom party leader Kizza Besigye, who is on… Read more »
Ethiopia: Nebe Approves Results From 723 Constituencies
ENA
The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has confirmed and approved the election results from 723 constituencies following the seventh general election. Read more »
Nigeria: Oshiomhole Denies That Senators' Signatures Were Forged in Natasha's Suspension Saga
Premium Times
Mr Oshiomhole said the reports were based on a misinterpretation and misrepresentation of comments he made on Monday during an interview on AIT's Politics Today. Read more »
Tanzania: Kikwete Orders Civil Servants to Fix Service Delivery Gaps
Daily News
TANZANIA'S push to improve public service delivery has once again come under scrutiny, with concerns that citizens continue to face delays, confusion, and uneven service across… Read more »
South Africa: From Vote-Rigging Claims to System Glitch - MK Party Narrows Election Challenge
Daily Maverick
The MK party wants technical experts questioned over a two-hour interruption in the IEC's election results system, but the commission argues the case is another failed attempt to… Read more »
South Africa: DA Probes Billions Lost in Pic's Failed Isibaya Investments [press release]
DA
The Democratic Alliance will probe how the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has lost billions set aside for government pensions and other public purposes through reckless… Read more »
Liberia: If the President Truly Means What He Says, Then There Can Be No Sacred Cows. [editorial]
Liberian Observer
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai deserves credit for one thing: he responded. Read more »
Liberia: House Divided Over Secret Session in U.S.$19.2m Cocaine Probe
Liberian Observer
A sharp division emerged within the House of Representatives on Tuesday after lawmakers voted to move into a closed-door executive session to receive sensitive briefings on a major… Read more »
Liberia: Dual Citizenship Debate Reignites
New Dawn
As Liberia intensifies discussions on possible reforms to its nearly four-decade-old Constitution, a leading advocate of dual citizenship has argued that recent amendments to the… Read more »
Nigeria: 2027 - Tinubu Will Shame Critics, Opposition - Matawalle
Leadership
Minister of State for Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, has declared that critics and those opposing the leadership of President Bola Tinubu will be put to shame by the outcome of… Read more »
Liberia: 'Don't Weaponize Judiciary for Political Revenge'
Liberian Observer
Judge Kennedy Peabody of the Civil Law Court in Montserrado County has issued a strong warning against the politicization of Liberia's justice system, cautioning that the courts… Read more »
Liberia: 'No Person, Institutions, Nor Criminal Network Will Escape Justice.'
Liberian Observer
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. has declared an uncompromising war against drug trafficking following the seizure of approximately 237.6 kilograms of cocaine valued at more than… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Assembly Emphasises Professionalism in Service Delivery
Leadership
As part of efforts to inculcate excellence, professionalism and diligence in the newly recruited officers towards performing their responsibilities, the Lagos State House of… Read more »
Nigeria: 2027 - 'We Mustn't Waste Our Votes Again' - Soludo Seeks Ndigbo's Support for Tinubu
Vanguard
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has called on the people of the South-East to rally behind President Bola Tinubu, urging them to abandon what he described as the "alliance… Read more »
South Africa: Foot and Mouth Disease Bungle Costs Steenhuisen His Cabinet Post
Daily Maverick
DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa for a massive DA executive shake-up which sees John Steenhuisen stripped of his agricultural portfolio. Read more »
Liberia: Liberia's Presidential Test - a Nation On the Brink
New Dawn
Liberia faces a structural crisis as it battles an epidemic of illicit substances like kush and cocaine, a challenge often described as a "presidential test" determining the… Read more »
Africa: Community Engagement, Heritage Decolonisation and Governance in Africa [opinion]
New Times
Heritage is for us all, and it connects humanity in space, time and place. However, with colonial occupation, alongside imposed epistemic dominance and centralised systems of… Read more »
Uganda: Byabakama Assures Kikuube Voters of Peaceful, Free and Fair Lc5 By-Election
Nile Post
Electoral Commission Chairperson Simon Byabakama has assured voters in Kikuube District that the Commission is fully prepared to conduct a free and fair LC5 chairperson by-election… Read more »
Uganda: Opposition Demands Urgent Parliament Recall Over Lukwago Arrest, Wants CDF Held Accountable
Nile Post
The Opposition Caucus in Parliament, led by Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi, held a closed-door meeting on Wednesday to deliberate on several national issues, including the… Read more »
