June 17
East Africa: Panic Grips Katosi As Nema Demarcates Lake Victoria Buffer Zone, Residents Fear Evictions
Nile Post
Panic and uncertainty have gripped residents of Katosi Landing Site in Mukono District following the demarcation of the Lake Victoria buffer zone by the National Environment… Read more »
Uganda: Three Arrested As Police Probe Suspected Murder Staged As Suicide
Nile Post
KIBOGA -- Police in Kiboga District have arrested three people in connection with the death of a 32-year-old man whose body was found hanging from a coffee tree in what initially… Read more »
Uganda: Lukwago Charged With Misprision of Treason, Seeks Bail On Health Grounds
Nile Post
KAMPALA -- Former Kampala Lord Mayor and senior counsel Erias Lukwago was on Thursday arraigned before the Makindye Chief Magistrate's Court and charged with misprision of treason,… Read more »
Africa: A Day of Memory and Meaning - CSPOC Delegates Join South Africa's June 16 Commemoration [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
On the morning of Youth Day, delegates of the 19th CSPOC Africa Region Conference gathered at the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto to mark fifty years since the 1976 Soweto… Read more »
South Africa: Committee Adopts Roadmap to Finalise Mkhwanazi Inquiry Report By 16 July [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has adopted a guide that will see it to the… Read more »
Africa: Nineteenth Cspoc Africa Conference Opens With Focus On Proactive Parliamentary Leadership [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The 19th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments (CSPOC) of the Commonwealth Africa Region got started in South Africa's Gauteng province yesterday. Read more »
Africa: Migration Takes Centre Stage At CSPOC Africa Conference Opening [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The issue of migration featured prominently during the opening of the 19th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth Africa Region (CSPOC Africa), currently… Read more »
Africa: We Are a Home for All Africans, South Africa Assures CSPOC Delegates [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
Officially opening the 19th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers (CSPOC) of the Commonwealth Africa Region, Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, the Chairperson of the National… Read more »
Africa: Gauteng Hosts Historic Pan-African Parliamentary Gathering, Urges Continental Unity Over Competition [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL), working alongside the South African Parliament, opened the week-long summit at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park on Youth Day, 16 June 2026,… Read more »
South Africa: SC On Security and Justice Concerned About 'Delaying' Tactics in Disciplinary Matters, Will Take One-Stop Border Post Bill to Public [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Select Committee on Security and Justice today received a comprehensive briefing from the Magistrates Commission on the status of disciplinary proceedings involving several… Read more »
South Africa: Media Statement - Trade Committee Welcomes Government's Decision to Save Tongaat Hulett [press release]
Parliament of South Africa
The Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition welcomes the agreement reached between the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), the business rescue practitioners of… Read more »
Liberia: Kogar's Cos Resigns Amid Fallout From U.S.$12m Audit Report
Liberian Observer
The political and administrative fallout from a recent General Auditing Commission (GAC) report on Nimba County's finances has begun to unfold, with Senator Samuel G. Kogar's Chief… Read more »
Liberia: MCC, EU Roll Out Urban Greenery Project to Protect Monrovia's Coastline
Liberian Observer
It started with sweeping and collecting the trash dumped on the beach--the proposed Monrovia City Beach, located behind the One UN building--clearing the way for the planting of… Read more »
Liberia: LWSC Trains 40 Employees in Technical Report Writing
Liberian Observer
The Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) has reinforced its commitment to workforce development and institutional efficiency with the successful completion of a month-long… Read more »
Liberia: LDEA Says RIA Cocaine Case Now Targets Global Criminal Syndicates
Liberian Observer
What began as the interception of approximately 237.6 kilograms of cocaine valued at more than US$19 million at Roberts International Airport (RIA) has now escalated into a… Read more »
Botswana: Govt Deploys Ikageng Workers to Support FMD Control Efforts
Botswana Daily News
Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs has deployed an additional 1 050 Ikageng Workers to support critical disease control activities in villages across Ramotswa,… Read more »
Botswana: Boko Calls for United Front Against Ebola
Botswana Daily News
President Advocate Duma Boko has called for urgent political, financial and technical support to contain the Ebola outbreak currently affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and… Read more »
Botswana: Ministry Starts Assessment of FMD-Impacted Farmers
Botswana Daily News
The Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs has instructed all District Councils in Foot and Mouth Disease affected areas to start a full assessment and registration… Read more »
Botswana: Mohwasa Unpacks Insourcing Policy
Botswana Daily News
The government's insourcing policy is a strategic reform designed to improve public service delivery, create decent jobs for citizens and reduce long-term dependence on private… Read more »
Botswana: School Feeding Programme Advances Despite Supply Delays
Botswana Daily News
The School Feeding Programme is being implemented fairly across Kanye District, despite ongoing challenges, particularly delays in the supply of key food commodities by suppliers.… Read more »
Africa: Angola Defends African Air Integration
ANGOP
The Minister of Transport, Ricardo de Abreu, defended on Wednesday the swift implementation of the African Single Air Transport Market (SAATM), pointing to the Lobito Corridor as a… Read more »
Angola: MPs Approve Implementation of Parliamentary Studies Prize
ANGOP
Members of the National Assembly (AN) unanimously approved on Wednesday, the Draft Resolution establishing the "November 26" Parliamentary Studies Prize and its respective… Read more »
Southern Africa: Angolan Minister Calls for Regional Cooperation to Overcome Maritime Surveillance Challenges
ANGOP
Angola's Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Carmen dos Santos, highlighted on Wednesday in Kenya the importance of regional cooperation, especially within the framework of… Read more »
Angola: Australia and Angola Pursue Stronger Bilateral Ties and Economic Cooperation
ANGOP
Australia has expressed interest in deepening strategic cooperation with Angola, this was during a meeting between the Angolan ambassador to Australia, Antonio Luvualu de Carvalho,… Read more »
Angola: Angola Wants to Strengthen Management of Urban Solid Waste
ANGOP
The Minister of the Environment, Ana Paula de Carvalho Pereira, expressed on Wednesday in Luanda the Angolan government's intention to strengthen the management of urban solid… Read more »
