March 30
South Africa: No Need to Sign Up for Gym - Even Small Movements Have Health Benefits - Research [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa is facing an alarming increase in non-communicable diseases and related mortality. According to Statistics South Africa, deaths due to non-communicable diseases such… Read more »
Nigeria: Violent Conflicts Are Reshaping What Nigerian Farmers Grow - What This Means for Food Security [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Agriculture is the backbone of Africa's economy. It provides livelihoods for over 70% of the rural population and contributes to national food security and economic development. Read more »
Angola: Angola Qualified to the African Men's Wheelchair Quarter-Finals
ANGOP
The men's wheelchair basketball team qualified on Monday for the quarter-finals of the African championship, 5x5 variant, by beating the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 58 to… Read more »
Angola: President João Lourenço Grants Pardon to 310 Prisoners
ANGOP
Angolan President João Lourenço on Monday granted pardon to 310 citizens serving custodial sentences in several provinces, in reference to the celebration of the 4th… Read more »
Africa: Pan African University Graduates 76 Students From 37 African Nations At Pauwes 10th Graduation Ceremony in Tlemcen
African Union
The Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences including Climate Change (PAUWES) held its 10th graduation ceremony on 30 March 2026 at the University of… Read more »
Africa: Continental Workshop On Strengthening Teacher Development and Alignment With the Continental Teacher Qualifications Framework Concludes With Strong Call for System Transformation
African Union
The African Union Commission (AUC), through its Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), successfully concluded the Continental Workshop on Strengthening… Read more »
Ghana: Gzone Tournament System and Features for Competitive Card Play
Ghanaian Times
GZone Tournament defines a structured competitive space within GameZone for online card players. Read more »
Ghana: Vice President Opoku-Agyemang Visits Accra New Town Collapse Site
Ghanaian Times
Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang this morning visited the Accra New Town Experimental School following the collapse of a multi-storey building on the premises, where she… Read more »
Ghana: Government to Introduce New Loans Act to Regulate Borrowing - Ato Forson
Ghanaian Times
The Minister for Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that government will introduce a new Loans Act to strictly regulate how borrowed funds are used. Read more »
Eritrea: Cultural and Sports Weeks in Ghinda and Dubarwa Sub-Zones
Shabait
- Educational, cultural and sports weeks have been conducted in the sub-zones of Ghinda and Dubarwa. Read more »
Eritrea: Voluntary Blood Donation in Adi-Quala Sub-Zone
Shabait
Secondary school students in Adi-Quala sub-zone have voluntarily contributed 543 units of blood with a view to saving lives through their donated blood. The donation was made… Read more »
Eritrea: Meeting On Implementation of Small and Productive Farm Plots
Shabait
Assab, 30 March 2026 - The Ministry of Agriculture conducted a meeting on 27 March with partners in the port city of Assab, focusing on the implementation of small and productive… Read more »
Malawi: You Can't Build a Nation On Hunger - Kazembe's K200,000 Demand Sparks Outrage
Nyasa Times
Gerald Kazembe's proposal to raise Malawi's minimum wage to K200,000 has sparked predictable backlash, dismissed by critics as unrealistic, impractical, even populist. But beneath… Read more »
Malawi: Calm in the Storm - Simplex Chithyola Banda Speaks Without Ambition [opinion]
Nyasa Times
In a political space where silence is often mistaken for strategy and every answer is dissected for hidden intent, Simplex Chithyola Banda came across as a man determined not to be… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's President Briefs Diplomats On Security, Reforms
Shabelle
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met ambassadors and representatives of international organizations at the presidential palace on Monday, where he outlined progress on security, political… Read more »
Somalia: Southwest State Leader Steps Down, Appoints Acting President After Baidoa Capture
Shabelle
The outgoing leader of the South West State, Abdicasiis Laftagareen, officially resigned on Monday, naming Finance Minister Ahmed Mohamed Hussein as acting president of the… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Teenage Hadebe Suspended After Video of Him Flaunting Alcohol in Warriors Camp Leaks
New Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Football Association ( ZIFA) has suspended vice captain Teenage Hadebe for a match after a video of him flaunting a bottle of whiskey in the Warriors camp, found its way… Read more »
South Africa: Cogta Committee to Receive Briefing On Water Sector Audits and Engage With Religious Leaders [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) will on Tuesday receive a briefing on the Office of the Auditor-General's findings on failures in… Read more »
South Africa: Correctional Services Committee to Be Briefed On State Patients in Correctional Centres [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services will tomorrow receive a briefing from the Department of Correctional Services on the number of declared state patients detained in… Read more »
Sudan: Northern State Wali Discusses Fisheries Project With Chinese Delegation and FAO
SNA
- Wali of Northern State, Lieutenant General Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid Ibrahim, received the Chinese Embassy's Chargé d'Affaires, Mr. Xu Jian, and FAO Executive Office… Read more »
Sudan: Prime Minister Reviews Overall Situation in White Nile State
SNA
- Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris reviewed the overall security, economic, and social conditions in White Nile State during a meeting on Monday in Khartoum with Wali of White Nile… Read more »
Sudan: Foreign Minister Receives New WFP Representative to Sudan
SNA
- Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Mohi-Eddin Salim, received at his office today Dr. Abdullah Al-Waradat, the newly appointed Representative… Read more »
Uganda: Katanga Case and the Rise of Trial By Social Media
Independent (Kampala)
The Katanga trial has been going on since 2024, and few cases in recent memory have gripped the country in the same way. From the moment businessman Henry Katanga died in his home… Read more »
Africa: Europe, Africa Face Moment of Reckoning As Global Shifts Expose Limits of Unequal Partnership
Daily Maverick
As global fragmentation exposes the widening gap between international rules and lived realities, the Europe-Africa partnership is increasingly tested on whether it can move beyond… Read more »
South Africa: Canal+ Has Impeccable Tailoring On the Pants It Wears in the Multichoice Marriage
Daily Maverick
Canal+ doesn't just wear the pants in its Multichoice nuptials - it also secured full control over the family home and the parents are only now asking the right questions.… Read more »
