October 25
Kenya: Senate Extends Deadline for Constitution Amendment Bill Feedback After 200,000 Submissions
Capital FM
The Senate has extended the deadline for public submissions on the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill to Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 5 PM. Read more »
Liberia: Boakai Cancels Several Diplomatic Appointments
Liberian Observer
The Liberian diplomatic sector faces numerous challenges, including the unauthorized sale of diplomatic passports and irregular diplomatic appointments. The Boakai administration,… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Blasts U.S. for Crippling Zimbabwe's Economy As SADC Marks Anti-Sanctions Day
New Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, says the ordinary Zimbabweans are suffering the consequences of economic sanctions imposed on the country, despite the embargo being targeted at… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Residents Call On Govt to Declare Harare's Water Crisis a National Disaster
New Zimbabwe
LOCAL residents associations have called on the government to officially declare the ongoing water crisis across the country a national disaster. Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Army Seizes Key Areas in Sennar, 'RSF Defection Reprisals Heighten Civilian Fears'
Dabanga
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) reclaimed the strategic city of El Souki in Sennar yesterday, just a day after capturing El Dinder, as they continue to advance against the… Read more »
Africa: Sci-Fi, Folklore, and Faith - Korede Azeez's Unique Lens As a Nigerian Muslim Filmmaker [interview]
African Arguments
Korede Azeez is one of the Nigeria's most prolific breakout filmmakers. Her journey sheds light on the broader landscape of women in Nigeria's expanding film industry. Read more »
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Confirms Conscription of 3 Journalists, 1 Still Missing
CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the forced conscription of journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Adama Bayala, and Kalifara Séré, who went missing in… Read more »
Ethiopia: UN Agency Warns of 'Severe Risks' As Most Refugee Children in Ethiopia Remain Unregistered
Addis Standard
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned that only 12 percent of the 576,000 refugee children in Ethiopia have been registered in the country's vital registration… Read more »
Africa: Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance Is Making Malaria Normal Again [analysis]
African Arguments
As Egypt is certified malaria-free, the parasite is developing resistance to treatments, costing the continent $127 billion in lost GDP by 2030, 600,000 lives a year and,… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia in Brics - Advancing Multilateralism With Global Growth Leaders
Ethiopian Herald
Ethiopia joined the BRICS alliance a year ago, alongside Egypt, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates, marking a major diplomatic achievement as the country enjoys steady economic… Read more »
Liberia: Speaker Koffa Looks to Supreme Court Amid Legislative Stalemate
Liberian Observer
The leadership of Liberia's House of Representatives (HoR) is contemplating a bold legal move to break the legislative deadlock that has paralyzed the lower chamber. Speaker J.… Read more »
Liberia: 'We Will Solve Our Small Family Problem Soon' - Speaker Koffa
Liberian Observer
House Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa has assured the Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET), that the ongoing leadership fracas at the House of Representatives will be settled in… Read more »
Nigeria: No Deadline On Circulation of Old Naira Notes, Central Bank Assures Nigerians
Premium Times
This follows the House of Representatives' call for the CBN to issue more new ₦200, ₦500, and ₦1,000 notes and gradually withdraw the old ones before the 31 December… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique's Ruling Party Hangs On to Power in Contested Election
RFI
Mozambique's ruling party, Frelimo, has retained power in presidential and parliamentary elections - extending its five-decade rule as the opposition accused it of fraud and held… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Authorities Confirm the Conscription of Three Missing Media Professionals Amidst a Growing Crackdown on the Press [press release]
RSF
In front of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the Burkinabe authorities broke their silence on the fate of three journalists who disappeared in June:… Read more »
South Africa: GBV Shelter Indaba - Calls For Funding And Action Intensify Ahead Of The Medium-Term Budget [press release]
National Shelter Movement of South Africa
According to the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA), the recent Annual GBV Shelter Indaba (held on 16-17 October) once again revealed that while… Read more »
Uganda: Museveni Says Kiswahili Can Easily Become a Powerful International Language
Nile Post
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the people of East Africa and Africa at large to use their similarity and promote Kiswahili as a powerful tool for economic integration… Read more »
Kenya: Court Suspends Adani's Sh95 Billion Energy Deal With Kenya
Capital FM
The High Court has suspended the Sh95 billion agreement between Kenya's Ministry of Energy and Adani Energy Solutions for constructing and operating key electricity transmission… Read more »
Kenya: High Court Puts On Hold Adani, Ketraco Transmission Line Deal
Capital FM
The High Court has temporarily halted the Sh96 billion deal between the Energy Ministry and Adani Energy Solutions Limited for the construction of electricity transmission lines… Read more »
Sudan: UN Agencies Warn of Spiraling Sudan Crisis As Civilians Face Grave Risks and Famine Threat Grows Amid Access Barriers
UNHCR
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to spiral, with millions of people in desperate need of assistance. The conflict has displaced over 11 million people, both internally… Read more »
South Africa: Workers Picket the Office of South Africa's Largest Defense Industry
People's Dispatch
Suffering a loss of real incomes over the last five years, members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) picketed the corporate office of South Africa's… Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Women Cry for Peace
New Republic
Dressed in their regular white t-shirts and white head ties all symbolizing peace, some concerned Liberian women have been crying for peace in the wake of the current crisis at the… Read more »
Sudan: North Darfur - SAF Airstrikes Kill 3 - Sudanese Congress Party Member Detained
Dabanga
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) airstrikes killed three people yesterday in Mellit, North Darfur, as fierce fighting continued in the state capital, El Fasher. Mudasir Omar Bashir, a… Read more »
Africa: IMF Isn't Doing Enough to Support Africa - Billions Could Be Made Available Through Special Drawing Rights
IPS
At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley called for more and better use of special drawing rights (SDRs), the International Monetary Fund's reserve asset. Read more »
Sudan: SAF Procurement Chief Latest Hit By U.S. Sanctions
Dabanga
Yesterday, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Mirghani Idris Suleiman, director of the Sudanese Defence Industries System (DIS).… Read more »
