January 22
South Africa: Anti-Immigrant Protests Erupt At Durban School
GroundUp
Education department rejects claims that immigrants are given preference Read more »
Kenya: Murkomen Pushes Police Reforms Amid Rising Brutality Complaints
Capital FM
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen says recent incidents of police violence reported in several parts of the country had prompted renewed engagement with police… Read more »
Ghana: 'Poverty Falls to 21.9 Percent, but Regional Disparities Persist'
Ghanaian Times
Multidimensional poverty in the country has steadily declined from 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 to 21.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, a study by the Ghana… Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Under Siege - Banditry, Gang Violence Displacing Communities, Claiming Lives
Premium Times
The veneer of Kano as one of the safer states in the North-west has been broken in recent months with the spillover of banditry from neighbouring Katsina State. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Opening statement of Chairman Smith at hearing on DRC-Rwanda conflict - Advancing Peace in DRC and Rwanda through President Trump's Washington Accords [document]
U.S. House of Representatives
The following are excerpts of Chairman Chris Smith’s (R-NJ) opening statement at the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee’s January 22nd hearing—his… Read more »
Namibia: Fishrot Trial Starts in March
New Era
After nearly six years, the fishing quota corruption trial, in which the country's fisheries resources were allegedly stolen at an unprecedented scale, will start on 9 March 2026. Read more »
Mozambique: African Air Force Assists in Flood Rescue Operations
AIM
Search and rescue operations continued on Wednesday across the flood-stricken river valleys of southern Mozambique, coordinated by the national relief agency, the National Disaster… Read more »
Sudan: Sudanese Refugee Children Haunted By Traumas of War
Dabanga
By Abdelmoneim Madibu for Radio Dabanga Read more »
Sudan: OCHA - 2k+ Families Trapped Without Aid in North Darfur
Dabanga
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed its deep concern about the situation of thousands of civilians who have been cut off… Read more »
Sudan: Save the Children - Sudan Records Longest School Closure in History Due to War
Dabanga
Save the Children International has highlighted an unprecedented education crisis in Sudan, where more than eight million children have been deprived of schooling during what they… Read more »
Kenya: Jubilee Party Names New Leadership Team Ahead of 2027 Elections
Capital FM
The Jubilee Party has announced a major reorganisation of its leadership as it intensifies preparations for the August 2027 General Election. Read more »
Kenya: Maraga Signals Coalition Plans Ahead of Kenya 2027 General Election
Capital FM
United Green Movement Party leader David Maraga has said the party may consider entering into a coalition with like-minded political groups ahead of the 2027 General Election,… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Water Relief As Major Dams Reach Near Full Capacity
263Chat
The country's major dams are averaging 89.1 percent full as at 21 January 2026, a significant improvement from 70.9 percent recorded during the same period last year reflecting… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Activist Accuses Harare City of Deliberate Financial Blackout
263Chat
A local human rights activist has called for the immediate suspension of Harare City Council alleging that more than US$200m in public funds may have been lost through what he… Read more »
Ghana: 1 Dead, Officer of Naimos Injured in Anti-Galamsey Operation
Ghanaian Times
A member of the National Anti- Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat task force was shot in the thigh by armed assailants during a routine anti 'galamsey' operation in the Bono… Read more »
Liberia: Ishowspeed Set for SKD - Global Internet Sensation to Livestream County Meet Champions in Monrovia
FrontPageAfrica
The global spotlight is set to shine on Liberia this Saturday, January 24, as the American internet sensation Darren Jason Watkins Jr., popularly known as "IShow Speed," arrives in… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Retains Crown As World's Largest Shipping Registry
Liberian Observer
Liberia has once again consolidated its position as the world's largest shipping registry, marking the third consecutive year the country has held the global maritime mantle and… Read more »
Mauritius: Green Rhetoric, Brown Governance [opinion]
L'Express
Inside Mauritius' environmental leadership. How Mauritius learned to stop acting and love the status quo. At times even regressing. A carbon-free future fuelled by coal and… Read more »
Ghana: Fuel Price Reductions Consistent With Industry Forecasts - Comac
Ghanaian Times
The latest drop in fuel prices across the country did not come as a surprise to industry players, the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC) has said. Read more »
Liberia: Frequent Power Outages Rekindle Fears of Load Shedding
Liberian Observer
Frequent power outages across Monrovia and its surrounding communities in recent days have reignited public anxiety over a return to the debilitating electricity load shedding that… Read more »
Liberia: MCC Clarifies Liberia's Second Compact Process
Liberian Observer
Liberia's renewed engagement with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has sparked public excitement and, in some quarters, premature expectations of an imminent financial… Read more »
Kenya: Sugar Prices to Remain Stable Despite Production Dip, Kenya Sugar Board Assures
Capital FM
Kenyans should not expect a spike in sugar prices despite concerns raised by recent Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) data, the Kenya Sugar Board has said, assuring… Read more »
Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's Multi-Layered Strategy to Curb Poaching
New Times
10% of all park tourism revenue is channelled back to neighbouring communities. Read more »
South Africa: President Ramaphosa Appoints Deputy Public Protector
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Advocate Dinkie Portia Dube as the Deputy Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa for a term of seven years, effective from 1… Read more »
Liberia: Liberians Divided Over Government Investigation Into Clar Marie Weah Foundation
New Dawn
Several citizens in Monrovia have expressed mixed reactions to the Liberian government's ongoing investigation into the Clar Marie Weah Foundation, with some welcoming the probe as… Read more »
