July 05
Kenya: Kenya's Wheelchair Boxers Bag Second Place After Host Poland At Paralympics
Capital FM
Kenya's wheelchair boxing team secured second place in the World Paralympic boxing competition in Poland. Read more »
Kenya: Health Ministry to Settle Sh20bn Medical Claims Before Sha Adoption
Capital FM
The Health Ministry has pledged to ensure all outstanding remittances are settled before the end of the transition from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the new Social… Read more »
Uganda: President Museveni Creates New Unit to Supervise URA
Nile Post
President Museveni has created a new unit to oversee Uganda Revenue Authority operations and fight corruption within the tax administration system in the country. Read more »
Uganda: UPDF Turns Losses to Profits - NEC's Financial Turnaround.
Nile Post
In a recent appearance before the Committee on Commissions, statutory authorities, and state enterprises (COSASE), the Managing Director of the National Enterprise Corporation… Read more »
Uganda: Government Defends Ugx 300 Billion Bailout for Roko Construction Amid Public Concerns
Nile Post
The Ugandan government's decision to allocate UGX 300bn in bailout funds to roko Construction has ignited a storm of controversy with citizens and analysts questioning the… Read more »
Uganda: Rotary Cancer Run Targets Raising Shs3bn This Year
Nile Post
Organisers have said they are seeking to raise at least shs3 billion during this year's Rotary Cancer run. Read more »
Uganda: NCBA Bank, Forestry Watchdog Commit Shs45m to Restoring Degraded Forests
Nile Post
NCBA Bank, in collaboration with the National Forestry Authority (NFA), has allocated over UGX 45 million for tree planting in degraded forests. This initiative, which aims to… Read more »
Malawi: Analyst Deplores 'Early Endorsement' of Political Parties' Leaders, Presidential Candidates
Nyasa Times
In the ensuing excitement over anticipated political parties' elective conventions ahead of the 2025 general elections, Mzuzu University-based political analyst Chrispin Mphande… Read more »
Burkina Faso/Burundi: Flames Grouped Alongside Senegal, Burkina Faso and Burundi in Group L of the Afcon Morocco 2025
Nyasa Times
Malawi Flames have been grouped alongside Burkina Faso, Burundi and 2021 champions, Senegal for the Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) Morocco 2025,, whose qualifiers will kick off next… Read more »
Malawi: Court Orders MEC to Pay Ex-Employee George Khake Mk69.4m for Unfair Labour Practices in 2017
Nyasa Times
The Industrial Relations Court (IRC) in Blantyre has ordered the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to pay its former employee, George Khake, the sum of MK69, 361, 001.16 for unfair… Read more »
Malawi: Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Platform Advocates for Support for Persons Who Use Drugs
Nyasa Times
Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Platform (DPHRP) Malawi has expressed its strongest disapproval against what it describes as outdated laws, which were designed to punish persons who… Read more »
Tunisia: Isie Announces Calendar for 2024 Presidential Election
Tunis Afrique Presse
The Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) announced the calendar for the next presidential election, set for October 6, 2024. Read more »
Ghana: Ambulances Supplied to Govt Were Fit for Purpose - Jakpa
Ghanaian Times
The third accused in the ongoing ambulance procurement trial, Mr Richard Jakpa, on Tuesday told the High Court in Accra that the ambulances supplied to the Government of Ghana were… Read more »
Ghana: Mete Out Stiffer Punishment for Officials Found Culpable for Corruption - Okyenhene
Ghanaian Times
The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has made the case for stiffer punishment for officials found culpable in acts of corruption to set the country on the path of… Read more »
Ghana: Urgently Find Antidote to Invasion of Strange Mosquitoes [editorial]
Ghanaian Times
The invasion of a new breed of mosquitoes causing illness in four districts in the Eastern Region should be a great concern not only to experts who should find the antidote to the… Read more »
Liberia: 'Plantation of Massacre' - CDC Secretary General Koijee Accuses Unity Party-Led Government of Masterminding Killings of Innocent Citizens
FrontPageAfrica
The Secretary-General of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Jefferson Tamba Koijee, claims that Liberia has turned into a "plantation of massacre" since the Unity… Read more »
Liberia: EU Solicits Cllr. Gongloe's Views
New Dawn
The European Union Delegation to Liberia confers with former Presidential contestant Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe on the performance of the Boakai administration. Read more »
Kenya: President Ruto Orders State Officers Not to Participate in Public Fundraisers
Capital FM
President William Ruto has banned State officers from participating in public fundraisers with immediate effect. Read more »
Kenya: Ruto Reviews Budget Cut to Sh177bn to Sustain Subsidy, Hiring of JSS Teachers
Capital FM
The government has reviewed an initial announcement to cut the national budget by Sh346 billion in a bid to sustain key programmes. Read more »
Malawi: Ministry of Education Assures Newly Promoted Teachers of Their Hiked Salaries Soon
Nyasa Times
Ministry of education on Thursday met representatives from the newly promoted teachers where the secretary for education Professor Mangani Chilala Katundu assured them that they… Read more »
Ethiopia: Malaria and Covid-19 - a Pioneering Study On Co-Infection and Long-Term Implications in Ethiopia and Uganda
Malaria Consortium
In one of the first studies globally to explore the potential clinical interactions between COVID-19, long COVID and malaria infections, Malaria Consortium has completed… Read more »
Kenya: Lupita Nyong'o Returns to Cinema in a Horror
Observer
The first two Quiet Place films took audiences to a world in which aliens invaded, and civilization ended. Read more »
Rwanda: Kwibohora30 - Rwandans Abroad Reflect On the 'Ambitious Society' Rwanda Has Become
New Times
As Rwanda marked the 30th anniversary of Liberation Day (Kwibohora30) with a national ceremony held at Amahoro Stadium in the capital Kigali, on July 4, Rwandans in the Diaspora… Read more »
South Africa: Last 100 Paradise Park Residents in Hermanus Evicted
GroundUp
Decade-long battle to stave off eviction comes to an end Read more »
South Africa: Johannesburg Heritage Foundation Joins Call for Library to Be Reopened
GroundUp
The Louisa Prince Library in Ennerdale has been closed since 2021 Read more »