June 17
Nigeria: Oyo Govt Issues Health Alert Over Suspected Cholera Cases
Premium Times
The health commissioner said the two suspected cases in Ibadan are males who worked at a construction site in Lekki Peninsula in Lagos State. Read more »
Africa: Restoring Trust - Confronting Corruption and Championing Integrity
IPS
58 percent of respondents to a worldwide survey believed that their political system has been captured by an elite that is corrupt, obsolete, and unreformable. Corruption thrives… Read more »
Uganda: One Million Households to Get Free Electricity Connection, Says Minister Nankabirwa
Nile Post
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu has revealed that government has received a loan from World Bank summing to USD638 millions under the… Read more »
Africa: Cabinda to Cape Town - How Crime-Proof Are Africa's Atlantic Shores? [analysis]
ISS
With all eyes on pirates and politics in the Gulf of Guinea and the Indian Ocean, who is keeping an eye on Africa's South Atlantic? Read more »
Lesotho: MP Backs Call for State of Emergency to End Famo Killings
Lesotho Times
AllAfrica editor's note: Famo is a Sesotho music genre of melodies created and sung with accordion. It has been famous in Lesotho and South Africa for years. Rivalry between… Read more »
Kenya: Ruto Directs Security Measures for Judiciary After Killing of Magistrate Monica Kivuti
Capital FM
President William Ruto has directed the police to guarantee the security of judicial officers following the killing of Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti by a senior… Read more »
Rwanda: A Look At Rwanda's Three Presidential Candidates
New Times
Three candidates are eligible to run for President in the 2024 elections slated for July. They are incumbent Head of State Paul Kagame, Frank Habineza, and Philippe Mpayimana,… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Tigray War Survivors Hope for a Better Future
DW
The civil war in Ethiopia's Tigray region killed hundreds of thousands and displaced over one million people. Many survivors remain optimistic despite the scars left by the war. Read more »
Africa: Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
IPS
Since 2008, farmland acquisitions have doubled prices worldwide, squeezing family farmers and other poor rural communities. Such land grabs are worsening inequality, poverty, and… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Red Cross to the Rescue
The Herald
Last year, a frightened 22-year-old Bendele Mpoyi Dallas of Jake Village in Nord Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was captured by rebels when they attacked his… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police Arrest 70 Opposition Members for 'Unsanctioned Gathering'
The Herald
AT least 70 CCC members were arrested yesterday for conducting an unsanctioned gathering at a house belonging to former opposition legislator, Jameson Timba, in Harare. Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Records First Mpox Case - South African News Briefs - June 17, 2024
allAfrica
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Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Consider Economic Realities, Tripartite Committee Tells Organised Labour
This Day
The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage said at the weekend that organised labour should reconsider the amount it was demanding as national minimum wage, based on current… Read more »
South Africa: Zuma's MK Party to Join Opposition Alliance
DW
Former South African President Jacob Zuma's MK party says it wants to coordinate efforts against the unity government led by the African National Congress (ANC), claiming a May… Read more »
Sudan: 'No One Listens to the Voice of God and the Voice of the People' - Bishop of El Obeid
Agenzia Fides
The terrible news from Sudan does not stop. The figures are frightening: according to "Reliefweb", since April 2023, the beginning of the conflict, 9.2 million people have been… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Island Epicentre of Cholera Outbreak - Health Commissioner
Vanguard
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says Lagos Island has the highest number of suspected cholera cases with 106 cases out of the 350 suspected cases in… Read more »
Kenya: JSC Prohibits Use of Make-Shift Court Structures After Killing of Magistrate in Makadara
Capital FM
NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 17 - The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) has announced that its officers will no longer provide services in make-shift structures, as part of a new raft of… Read more »
Malawi: Laid to Rise - Heaven, Receive an Honoured Guest, Saulos Klaus Chilima! [opinion]
Nyasa Times
In this piece, seasoned journalist EPHRAIM NYONDO pays tribute to the fallen hero, Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima. Read more »
Africa: African Leaders, Analysts Concerned Over Rise of Far Right in France
RFI
Since the far right made new gains in the European elections in June, African leaders and commentators have been reacting to the prospect of a National Rally (RN) government in… Read more »
Africa: Global - Gender Apartheid Must Be Recognised As a Crime Under International Law [press release]
AI London
'This form of institutionalised oppression must be named' - Agnès Callamard Read more »
Namibia: Govt Accused of Misleading Lawmakers On Fima Regulations
Namibian
The Financial Institutions and Markets Act (Fima) has once again caused friction, with lawmaker Elma Dienda accusing finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi of attempting to mislead the… Read more »
Africa: Newspapers in South Africa - - Chronicle of a Death Foretold [opinion]
Daily Maverick
With reports of the likely closure of a number of print newspapers in South Africa, what does it say about the state of our crumbling news industry and shrinking newsrooms? Read more »
Uganda: Entebbe to Shut Down Open-Air Market
Nile Post
The Entebbe Municipal Council will shut down all weekly open-air markets, commonly known as "kabubbu," effective July 1st. Read more »
Uganda: Dilapidated Latrines in Primary Schools Worry Mbarara Officials
Nile Post
Mbarara district officials have experienced concern over the state of latrines in most primary schools. Read more »
Namibia: Vital Circumcision Services Reach Remote Areas [press release]
Namibia Economist
Klaus Kazungo, a Registered Nurse for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), thought Toivo Songora was joking when he volunteered to be first in line for circumcision in… Read more »