January 20
Africa: Namibian Youth Least Interested in Business in Africa
Namibian
Young people in Namibia are among the least interested in starting their own businesses compared to their peers across Africa. Read more »
Namibia: Namibian Teacher Robert Andreas Named IFIP Educator of the Year for Boy Child Inclusion
Namibian
A Teacher and boy child inclusion activist from the ||Kharas region has been named educator of the year for inclusion by the International Forums of Inclusion Practitioners (IFIP). Read more »
Uganda: Five More Years, Again
Independent (Kampala)
In his seventh election and at the ripe old age of 81 years, President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni appears to have set a new record in his 40-year reign when he was declared… Read more »
Liberia: Foreign Minister Nyanti Leads Liberia's First-Ever Delegation to World Economic Forum in Davos
Liberian Investigator
- Liberia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sara Beysolow Nyanti is leading the country's official delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, taking place Jan. 19-23,… Read more »
Senegal: CAF Warns Their Will Be Consequences for Bad Behaviours During AFCON Final
This Day
The Confédération Africaine de Football ("CAF") has condemned the unacceptable behaviour of some players and officials during the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of… Read more »
Nigeria: IMF Raises Nigeria's Economic Growth to 4.4 Percent
Daily Trust
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised Nigeria's economic growth to 4.4 percent in 2026, from 4.2 percent in 2025, amidst impact of ongoing government reforms and… Read more »
Nigeria: Cocoa Beans, Urea, Others Lead As Non-Oil Exports Hit $6.1bn in 2025
Daily Trust
Nigeria's non-oil exports has surged to $6.1 billion in 2025, representing an 11.5 per cent increase from the $5.4 billion recorded in 2024, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council… Read more »
Nigeria: Baby Nkanu - Negligence or Meningitis? [analysis]
This Day
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Nigeria: Experts Urge Planetary Diets Against Communicable Diseases
Leadership
Health experts have asked Nigeria to adopt planetary diets to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which killed 617,300 people in 2020, accounting for 30 per cent of annual… Read more »
Botswana: Botswana Strives for Sustainable Coexistence
Botswana Daily News
Botswana's recognition as a global conservation success story faces a critical challenge on how to sustain its remarkable biodiversity and tourism industry while ensuring the… Read more »
South Africa: Fire Destroys Shacks in Khayelitsha
GroundUp
Dozens of families affected Read more »
South Africa: Public Called to Share Ideas for 2026 Budget
SAnews.gov.za
The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has encouraged South Africans to share their suggestions on the 2026 Budget. Read more »
Nigeria: EFCC Arraigns Mompha's Associate, Three Firms Over Alleged N206 Million Money Laundering
Premium Times
The court fixed 24 March for the commencement of trial. Read more »
Nigeria: Audit Firm Responds to Osun Govt's Rebuttal of N13.7 Billion Payroll Fraud Report, Shares More Findings
Premium Times
The audit firm alleged that the Osun State Government's payroll records were altered in an attempt to legitimise ghost names earlier identified in the audit. Read more »
Africa: The Somaliland Crisis Demands That the AU Break Free From Its Rigid Adherence to Postcolonial Sovereignty
Daily Maverick
The African Union operates within a framework where sovereignty is treated as a static legal artefact, a 'frozen right' granted irrevocably at the moment of decolonisation,… Read more »
South Africa: Floods Derail Start of 2026 Classes in Limpopo and Mpumalanga - - Hundreds of Schools Shut
Daily Maverick
Relentless rains have submerged roads, collapsed bridges and damaged dozens of schools across Limpopo's Vhembe, Mopani, and Sekhukhune districts and Mpumalanga's Bushbuckridge,… Read more »
South Africa: Acting Police Minister to Visit Nelson Mandela Bay While Key Units Struggle With Resources
Daily Maverick
Months of oversight have exposed severe gaps in Nelson Mandela Bay's policing units, from an understaffed anti-gang unit to an ill-equipped Flying Squad. Acting Police Minister… Read more »
South Africa: Joburg's 188 Hijacked Buildings - Nine Years, Seven Court Orders, Only One Eviction
Daily Maverick
Weeks of raids on hijacked buildings in the Joburg CBD by city departments and the JMPD followed the murder of DJ Warras, creating the impression that Joburg was finally moving… Read more »
West Africa: Fighting Climate Change in the Sahel Is Worsening Conflicts - New Research Shows How [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The Sahel, the semi-arid African region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, has become the epicentre of global terrorism, given the high… Read more »
Nigeria: Medical Negligence in Nigeria - What's Known, and What Needs to Be Done [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Medical negligence in Nigeria came to the fore when author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accused a Lagos hospital of negligence after the death of one of her 21-month-old twin boys.… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Floods Heighten Disease, Malnutrition Risks - UN Agencies
UN News
Catastrophic flooding across Mozambique is devastating lives and livelihoods, sharply increasing the risk of disease outbreaks and malnutrition, while also forcing dangerous… Read more »
Guinea: Guinea's Path to Electoral Autocracy [analysis]
IPS
In December, the dust settled on Guinea's first presidential election since the military took control in a 2021 coup. General Mamady Doumbouya stayed in power after receiving 87… Read more »
Chad: RSF Admits Border Clash As Chad Says Seven Soldiers Killed
Dabanga
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Monday acknowledged that its troops clashed with the Chadian army after crossing into Chadian territory, describing the incident… Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Crisis - Court Dismisses Anyanwu's Suit Against INEC, Others
Vanguard
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, the former factional National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking… Read more »
Nigeria: SSANU Urges FG to Conclude Talks With Non-Teaching Varsity Unions
Vanguard
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to urgently conclude renegotiations with non-teaching university unions. Read more »
