January 29
South Africa: Opposition Parties Call for More Police to Tackle Gang Violence - South African News Briefs - January 29, 2026
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Uganda: Ugandan Military Continues Post-Election Manhunt for Main Opposition Leader Bobi Wine
People's Dispatch
After bragging of killing 30 members of Wine's party, Uganda's military chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of its 81-year-old president and heir apparent, said "our troops have orders… Read more »
Africa: AU Media Fellowship Attracts Over 100,000 Applications, Advancing Pan-African Storytelling
African Union
Africa's media ecosystem is rich in talent and creativity, yet many journalists and content creators face limited opportunities to collaborate across borders or engage with… Read more »
Kenya: Banning Rafiki Was Unlawful - Why New Court Ruling Is an Important Moment for African Film [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The film Rafiki is a charming love story that plays out in urban Kenya. It follows two teenage girls whose close friendship slowly turns into first love. Directed by rising… Read more »
Botswana: Power Profits and Prescriptions
Botswana Daily News
On a Thursday evening, Minister of Health Dr Stephen Modise walked into the BTV studio to address the nation. Read more »
Nigeria: Police Detain Officers Who Allegedly Shot Motorcyclist Dead
Premium Times
The latest incident occurred about 15 months after police operatives from the Crack Squad in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, shot dead a labourer and critically injured three others in… Read more »
South Africa: EC Farmers Fear a Second Wave of FMD Amid Struggle to Contain Rapid Spread
Daily Maverick
A lack of vaccines, new strains of disease and the unopposed spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has Eastern Cape farmers on their knees, praying they do not see a second… Read more »
South Africa: Who Killed the SA Film and Television Industry? Spoiler Alert - - the Government
Daily Maverick
An industry that once employed almost 32,000 people and generated more than R7-billion per annum has been halted by inaction within the Department of Trade, Industry and… Read more »
Nigeria: My Role in $6.23m Cash Withdrawal From CBN Vault During Emefiele's Tenure - Official
Premium Times
The prosecution witness, who is a CBN official, narrated the roles he played in facilitating the suspicious withdrawal of $6.23 million cash from the bank's vault in February 2023. Read more »
Tunisia: Facing a Global Threat, Tunisia Escalates Fight Against Digital Money Laundering, New Study Finds
Tunis Afrique Presse
Digital money laundering threatens national economies and poses major challenges for oversight and cross-border financial crime-fighting authorities, according to a study titled… Read more »
Nigeria: Suspected Coup Plotters Planned to Truncate Buhari's Handing Over to Tinubu
Premium Times
The coup was initially scheduled for 29 May 2023 during the presidential inauguration, sources told this newspaper. Read more »
Nigeria: Lassa Fever Kills 17 Nigerians in Eight States - NCDC
Vanguard
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that no fewer than 17 people have died from Lassa fever across eight states in Nigeria in the first three weeks of 2026. Read more »
Nigeria: Emefiele's Trial - I Take Responsibility for $2.5m Illegal Withdrawal From CBN - Witness
Vanguard
The ongoing trial of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, took a dramatic twist on Thursday when a witness called to testify against him… Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Constitutes Committee to Harmonise Views On Electoral Act Amendment
Premium Times
Senate President Godswill Akpabio set up the ad hoc committee to harmonise senators' views on some contentious clauses in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Read more »
Nigeria: Controversy Trails Abduction of Tinubu Campaign Coordinator in Zamfara
Premium Times
Mr Isa, the North-west youth leader for President Bola Tinubu's reelection campaign, was reportedly taken by armed men in the state capital, Gusau, on Thursday night. Read more »
Nigeria: Govt's Ongoing Reforms Restoring Global Community's Confidence in Nigeria - Shettima
This Day
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Uganda: I Will Not Comment On the Outcome of the Results, Says Mbidde Following Buweekula Loss
Nile Post
Former East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Member of Parliament and Vice President of the Democratic Party (DP), Fred Mukasa Mbidde, has spoken out following his defeat in the… Read more »
Uganda: Govt Must Account for Missing NUP Leaders, Ssenyonyi Tells Parliament
Nile Post
The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has called on the government to explain the whereabouts of National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy presidents for Northern and Western… Read more »
Uganda: Ssemakadde's Bid for Presidential Pardon Rejected
Nile Post
The Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy has declined to advise the President on granting clemency to exiled president of the Uganda Law Society, Isaac Ssemakadde. Read more »
South Africa: Tribute for Ekurhuleni MMC Andile Mngwevu
SAnews.gov.za
Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has paid tribute to Ekurhuleni's Member of the Mayoral Committee for Roads and Transport (MMC) Andile Mngwevu for being a… Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Hands Over 130 Operating Licences to Transport Operators
SAnews.gov.za
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport handed over 130 operating licences to compliant public transport operators on Thursday during a ceremony held at the Koedoespoort… Read more »
Malawi: Limbe Vendors Storm MRA Offices in Protest Over New Tax System
Nyasa Times
Traders from Limbe in Blantyre yesterday staged a rare and symbolic protest by marching to the offices of the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to submit a petition rejecting the new… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia, Egypt Strengthen Disaster Management Cooperation
Shabelle
Somalia's National Disaster Management Agency (SODMA) chairman, Mohamud Moalin Abdulle, met Thursday with Egypt's ambassador to Somalia, Mohamed Salah Hassan, to discuss closer… Read more »
Ethiopia: WB, Ethiopia Agree to Strengthen Partnership, Support for Macroeconomic Reforms
ENA
The World Bank and Ethiopia have agreed to strengthen their partnership and continuous support to sustain the macroeconomic reforms. Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Brazil Sign Market Access Protocol That Enhances Ethiopia's Accession to WTO
ENA
Ethiopia and Brazil have signed a Bilateral Market Access Protocol on trade in goods and services, an important milestone in Ethiopia's accession process to the WTO. Read more »
