South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that former Zambian President Edgar Lungu can be buried in South Africa, where he died. This overturned an earlier court decision that allowed the Zambian government to repatriate his body for a state funeral.

The ruling ends a prolonged legal dispute between Lungu's family and the Zambian government, which wanted him buried alongside former presidents in

The Nigerian Presidency has described as misplaced a call by prominent politician Peter Obi for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Obi had urged Tinubu to emulate the British Prime Minister and step down to "save the country" from worsening economic conditions.

In a swift reaction, the

Zimbabwe's National Assembly has secured the required two-thirds majority to pass a contentious constitutional amendment bill, despite strong opposition from civil society groups and opposition lawmakers. Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda announced the results following weeks of heated, highly polarized debate over the legislation.

Among the most controversial proposals are measures that would extend the

The government has introduced free healthcare for all illnesses in Ituri, the northeastern province at the epicenter of the country's latest Ebola epidemic. The measure comes as health authorities struggle to contain the outbreak, with confirmed cases now surpassing 1,000.

Congolese Minister of Health, Dr. Samuel Roger Kamba, said the government intends to eventually scale up this "pilot project"

A prominent opposition leader is awaiting trial on treason charges in Lesotho after allegations that he recruited young Basotho men for illicit military training on South African farms.

Tšepo Lipholo, head of the Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM), was arrested in July 2025 after security forces raided his residence, confiscating computers

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been re-elected after his Prosperity Party won the election, taking 438 out of 501 seats in the parliament. Many of his supporters believe the victory is a mandate to push for more economic reforms. Critics, however, warn that Ethiopia remains deeply divided and faces mounting security challenges.

The

The killing of Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Sicelo Mleve and a Democratic Alliance councillor candidate in Cape Town has sharpened fears over political violence, with calls in Nelson Mandela Bay for security upgrades at ward offices, writes Andisa Bonani for Daily Maverick.

The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has condemned the armed attack on Niamey's international airport while commending the swift response of Niger's security forces in repelling the assailants.

In the aftermath of the attack, Nigerien authorities reinforced security measures at several

As Ethiopia's utterly unsurprising election results come in, they will undoubtedly be digested abroad according to one of two very different narratives. One will focus on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party's resounding victory and interpret the results as an encouraging sign that the country will stay the course of his reform agenda. The other will emphasize the highly constrained political space in which the elections were held, and the parts of the country in which

Two of the world's leading cocoa producers have agreed to a series of interventions to promote a "sustainable cocoa economy". The deal, jointly signed by Ghanaian President John Mahama and Côte d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday in Abidjan, will place farmers at the center of priorities for the sector's governance and value sharing.

As part of the interventions, the two countries