June 03
Africa: African Integration Beyond Trade - When Africans Become Foreigners in Africa [guest column]
allAfrica
In my earlier piece in February, Beyond Preferences and Rhetoric: What Africa's 2025 Integration Moment Really Demanded I argued that Africa's long-term competitiveness would… Read more »
Somalia: Concerns Over Media Freedom and Press Suppression in Somalia [press release]
Shabelle
The platforms of Shabelle TV and radio are once again under what looks like coordinated and selected pressure activities from state-sponsored minders in Somalia. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Opposition Accuses Zanu-PF of Fast-Tracking Constitutional Amendment Bill As Mudenda Rejects Calls to Delay Debate
New Zimbabwe
SPEAKER of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has dismissed opposition objections to a motion by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to suspend normal… Read more »
Kenya: Statement On Ebola Response Efforts and Cooperation With Kenya [press release]
U.S. Embassy Nairobi
We are aware of the court action filed in Kenya and are actively working with the Kenyan government to resolve any objections and communicate our shared objectives to the Kenyan… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya-US Disease Agreement 'Began in 2015' - Govt
Capital FM
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale says that the cooperation agreement between Kenya and the United States on threat reduction and biological and infectious diseases programmes… Read more »
South Africa: Bosses Who Hire Undocumented Workers Could Soon Face Jail Not Just a Fine
Scrolla
Labour deputy minister Jomo Sibiya says employers are driving demand for undocumented workers and the law must now go after them directly. The Employment Services Amendment Bill… Read more »
South Africa: Israel Has Until 2029 to Answer South Africa's Genocide Case At World Court
Scrolla
South Africa has until November 2027 to respond to Israel's arguments at the ICJ, more than five years after the case was first launched in December 2023. Israel's next… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Churches Rally Behind Prayer for MPs As CAB3 Debate Intensifies
263Chat
The Zimbabwe Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) has called for national unity, peace and prayer as Parliament continues deliberations on Constitution… Read more »
Kenya: President Ramaphosa to Host President of Kenya
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday host Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto on a State Visit to South Africa, with the two leaders expected to strengthen bilateral… Read more »
Kenya: Govt to Keep Power Tariffs Unchanged After Withdrawing KPLC Review Bid
Capital FM
NAIROBI,Kenya,June 3-Kenyan households, businesses and manufacturers will continue paying current electricity rates after the government withdrew a retail electricity tariff review… Read more »
Kenya: Energy Ministry Withdraws Electricity Tariff Review Application
Capital FM
The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has announced the withdrawal of a retail electricity tariff review application that had been submitted by Kenya Power and Lighting Company… Read more »
Gambia: GALA Threatens Nationwide Protest If NAWEK Fails to Stabilize Electricity By Mid-June
The Point
The Gambia Against Looted Assets (GALA) has warned that it will mobilise citizens across the country for a nationwide protest on June 19 if electricity supply does not improve… Read more »
Southern Africa: SADC Sounds Alarm Over Looming Region-Wide Hunger
Namibian
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for urgent and coordinated regional action to strengthen food security, climate resilience and agricultural systems. Read more »
Ghana: $182m Plan to Cut Energy Losses Launched
Ghanaian Times
An estimated $182 million strategic plan aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing electricity consumption in public institutions was launched in Accra on Friday. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Millers Warn of Bread Price Hikes in High Court Challenge
New Zimbabwe
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has filed an urgent legal challenge at the High Court seeking nullification of Statutory Instrument (SI) 87 of 2025, arguing that… Read more »
Nigeria: INEC Data Leak Sparks Row
Vanguard
Nollywood actor, Mr Emeka Ike, has said he is prepared to take action against Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, over… Read more »
Southern Africa: Sightings of Blue and Fin Whales Increase in South-East Atlantic
UCT
Research led by the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, revealed a recent increase in sightings of the world's two… Read more »
Sudan: Minnawi Urges Immediate Halt to Fighting Between Salamat and Beni Halba, Warns Against Targeting Civilians
SNA
Khartoum, June 2, 2026 (SUNA) - The Governor of Darfur Region, Minni Arko Minnawi, has called for an immediate halt to the tribal clashes between the Salamat and Beni Halba tribes,… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Economy Steady At 4.6pc, but Debt and Energy Costs Weigh On Outlook - EBRD
Capital FM
Kenya's economy is projected to maintain steady but subdued growth in the near term, even as rising energy costs, tight fiscal space and global trade disruptions weigh on broader… Read more »
Africa: Tanzania Teenage Star Athanasi Wins Golden Boot At TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Afcon
CAF
Tanzania forward Dismas Shida Athanasi has been named the Golden Boot winner at the TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2026, after finishing as the… Read more »
Kenya: Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit to Adopt NYPD-Style Tech and Data Policing Model
Capital FM
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said technology- and data-driven policing will form the backbone of the planned Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit (NMPU), as Kenya… Read more »
South Africa: Judgment Looms in Deadly Usindiso Fire Trial - South African News Briefs - June 3, 2026
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Zimbabwe: Whoever Wins, Wins - Mnangagwa Tells Elites Amid Constitution Debate
New Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has smugly challenged disgruntled, retired military generals and former senior civil servants, telling them "whoever wins, wins" in ongoing… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Chinese Nationals Flee Haroni River After Exposé - As Community Welcomes Government Intervention
New Zimbabwe
CHINESE nationals who devastated parts of Haroni River through illegal riverbed mining have fled and left their Rusitu Valley camp empty after being exposed in a collaborative… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Indigenous Millers Back Grain Levies, Say Policy Protects Land Reform Gains, Food Security
New Zimbabwe
The Indigenous Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (IGMAZ) has thrown its weight behind government's grain import levy framework. Read more »
