Four Ugandan Farmers Sue to Halt Pipeline Before First Oil - EACOP
Independent (Kampala)
Four Ugandans have filed a landmark lawsuit in the UK High Court seeking to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from becoming operational. Read more »
Farmers' Case Against EACOP 'First of Its Kind'
RFI
Four Ugandan farmers filed a case against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) at the UK's High Court on Tuesday, seeking to have Ugandan constitutional, environmental and… Read more »
Ethiopia Pursuing Three-Pillar Strategic Self-Reliance to Safeguard Sovereignty - PM Abiy
ENA
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has outlined a three-pillar doctrine of strategic self-reliance that he said will guide Ethiopia's foreign policy and national development amid an… Read more »
Sudanese Armed Forces Announce Liberation of Al-Kormuk in Blue Nile State
SNA
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), together with allied forces, announced on Wednesday that they had liberated the town of Al-Kormuk in Blue Nile State following fierce battles that… Read more »
Who Will Finance Rwanda's First Small Nuclear Reactor?
New Times
Rwanda's ambition to build its first small modular reactor (SMR) is moving closer to reality, but one major question remains unanswered: who will pay for it? Read more »
Somalia Government, Opposition Agree to Continue Political Talks
Shabelle
Somalia's federal government and opposition representatives have agreed to continue political dialogue aimed at easing tensions over the country's political future, according to a… Read more »
Tanzania Set for Africa's First Pollination Summit for Protection of Bees and Butterflies
Daily News
THE first ever African Pollination Summit to be held on the Continent is taking place in Tanzania in September, 2026, focusing on the protection of important flora and fauna agents… Read more »
South Sudan At 15 - How the Political Elite Have Found a Way to Profit From Peace As Well As War [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Sudan's independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa's longest civil wars: the north-south war that preceded it. Formally, it did. But… Read more »
Sudan's Aid Crisis Is Also a Crisis of Accountability
The New Humanitarian
"What is needed is structural change: defining red lines... and being willing to escalate when those lines are crossed, publicly and collectively." Read more »
'El Obeid Must Not Become the Next Crime Scene' Warn UN Investigators
UN News
Atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia against Sudanese civilians in El Fasher in October - including mass killings, abductions and gang rapes - bear the… Read more »
Uganda Law Society Bans 'My Lord' Titles, Courtroom Bowing in Decolonisation Push
Capital FM
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has ordered its members to immediately abandon colonial-era courtroom traditions, including addressing judicial officers as "My Lord," "Your Lordship,"… Read more »
Court Dismisses Besigye Bail Application for Want of Prosecution
Nile Post
The High Court in Kampala has dismissed a bail application filed by veteran opposition politician Kizza Besigye and his co-accused, Obeid Lutale, citing want of prosecution. Read more »
Somaliland Launches Groundbreaking Seawater Desalination Project
Horn Diplomat
Somaliland on Wednesday launched construction of a major seawater desalination project in the coastal district of Saylac, marking what officials described as one of the country's… Read more »
Parliament to Appeal Ruling Declaring Cabinet Unconstitutional
Capital FM
Parliament will appeal a High Court ruling declaring President William Ruto's Cabinet unconstitutional for failing to comply with the constitutional two-thirds gender rule. Read more »
Kenya Journalist Escapes Abduction After Criticism of President, Says CPJ
RFI
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for an investigation into the attempted kidnapping of a senior journalist in Kenya, which followed angry criticism of his… Read more »
