June 28
Ghana: Ghana to Host the 2024 Africa Facts Summit
Africa Check
The 2024 Africa Facts summit, scheduled for October 9-10 in Accra, Ghana, will bring together fact-checking organizations and experts from across the continent. Read more »
Liberia: Stage Media Gets IFCN Grant Alongside 38 Other Organizations
FrontPageAfrica
Liberia's first fact-checking media outlet, The Stage Media-Liberia is among 38 international fact-checking platforms to receive the "International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN)"… Read more »
Ghana: Building for the Future - Developing Infrastructure for the Integrated Aluminium Industry [press release]
Ghanaian Times
The global aluminium industry is poised for remarkable growth and transformation in the coming decades. With applications ranging from aerospace and automotive to construction and… Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Cops Arrested Over Confiscated Alcohol 'Not Booked in As Evidence' [analysis]
Daily Maverick
In one of several recent corruption-style cases, cops in Cape Town detained a suspect for selling liquor without a licence and confiscated crates of alcohol at the end of May. But… Read more »
Eritrea: Seminar for Nationals in Washington
Shabait
Mr. Berhane Gebrehiwet, Chargé d'Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy in the US, conducted a seminar for nationals in Washington and its environs on 23 June, focusing on the… Read more »
Liberia: Uncertainty Hangs Over Liberia Women's Amputee Team World Cup Participation
FrontPageAfrica
FrontPageAfrica has learned that the Liberia Female Amputee National Team's participation in the World Cup is uncertain due to financial constraints. Read more »
Tanzania: Arusha Ready for the NCBA Golf Series
Daily News
ARUSHA: TOP golfers across the country are ready to tee off in the much anticipated NCBA Golf series. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Dynamos Legendary Forward Norman Maroto Dies
New Zimbabwe
Norman Maroto (40), the last Forward to score over 20 goals in a premiership season has died. Read more »
Nigeria: Appraising Hon. Leke Abejide and His Legislative Usefulness
Vanguard
In the complex and dynamic landscape of Nigerian politics, few individuals have made a profound impact and exhibited transformative leadership like Hon. Leke Abejide, the… Read more »
South Africa: En, Fr, PR - Draws All Round in Group C At the Hollywoodbets Cosafa Cup
Cosafa
There were two draws played in Group C at the HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Cup 2024 on Friday as Angola and Namibia ended 0-0 and Lesotho drew 1-1 with Seychelles at the Nelson Mandela Bay… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Stanbic's Rise Above Incubator Programme for SME's Comes Full Circle
263Chat
Stanbic Bank's Rise Above Incubator Programme for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has come full circle with three start-ups poised to receive business loans of varying amounts… Read more »
Zimbabwe: From Childhood Rivals to Lifelong Friends - Remembering Norman Maroto
263Chat
It was in 1996 when we became friends. I was in grade 6 and he was in grade 7. We had played against each other in the U13s, I was at Support Unit and he was at Dynamos. Read more »
Nigeria: Just in - JAMB Releases 2024 Supplementary Utme Results
Vanguard
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the release of results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Norman Maroto Dies
The Herald
THE Zimbabwean football fraternity this morning (Friday) woke up to the tragic news of former striker, Norman Maroto's death. Read more »
Malawi: Debt Restructuring Negotiations Start Bearing Fruits As China Signs Supplemental Debt Pact With Malawi
Nyasa Times
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Simplex Chithyola Banda has disclosed that negotiations with debtors over debt restructuring have started bearing fruits as Malawi has… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's 4x400m Relay Team Fails to Qualify for Olympics
Daily Trust
The Nigerian women's 4x400m relay team will not be participating at the Paris Olympic Games despite winning the gold medal at the 2024 African Athletics Championships in Douala. Read more »
June 27
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Bans Child Marriage
allAfrica
Sierra Leone's lawmakers have adopted the Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024 to ban child marriage in the country. Hundreds of thousands of children, the vast majority of whom… Read more »
Sudan: Bleak Outlook for Sudan As Warring Parties Fragment and Shift Allegiances
allAfrica
With the eyes of the West focused on the war in Gaza, international attention to the suffering of the people of Sudan – particularly those in Darfur and Khartoum – is… Read more »
Africa: A Tax On the Super-Rich to Fight Hunger Gains Ground
IPS
A global agreement could levy a small tax on the world's 3,000 richest people, with fortunes in excess of US$ 1 billion, and use the money to fight world hunger, a study by the… Read more »
Mali: Malian Journalist Yeri Bocoum Missing After Covering Banned Protest
CPJ
Malian authorities should urgently investigate the disappearance of journalist Yeri Bocoum and account for his whereabouts, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Read more »
Uganda: Will Turning to Local Leaders Help Museveni's Corruption Fight?
Nile Post
President Museveni has been urged to look beyond individual leaders in his fight against corruption and instead build systems that detect and deter the vice. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Memories of 2008 Violence Still Haunt Zimbabweans
New Zimbabwe
HORRORS that Zimbabweans went through in extremely violent and fatal weeks before a June 2008 Presidential Election runoff, still haunt them whenever polls are called, Heal… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader, 77 Activists Are Denied Bail in Absentia
New Zimbabwe
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists and the party's interim leader, Jameson Timba have been denied bail by Harare Magistrate Ruth Moyo. Read more »
Central African Republic: Opposition, Civil Society Call for Local Elections Boycott
VOA
The Central African Republic government has rejected calls from the opposition and civic society groups to postpone the country's first local elections in more than 35 years.… Read more »
Namibia: I'm Not a Sell-Out - VP Nandi-Ndaitwah On Genocide Negotiations
Namibian
Vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Thursday said she will never sell Namibia or Namibians out while negotiating with Germany over the 1904-08 genocide. Read more »