Former Chief Justice David Maraga was among several environmental activists arrested during protests against the planned excision of 76 acres of protected land within Nairobi National Park. They argue that it violates wildlife conservation efforts and could lead to further encroachment on protected areas.

The Kenya Wildlife Service, which runs the park, is accused of giving a portion of the land to a neighbouring

More than 500 villages in Uganda's Namisindwa District are at risk of displacement and possible disaster following the emergence of large landslide-induced ground cracks across several sub-counties.

The affected areas include Buwabwala, Bumumali, Tsekululu, Mukoto, and Luwa Town Council, where widening fissures have left residents

The Speaker of Guinea's National Transitional Council (NTC), Dansa Kourouma, has said Guinea will "protect" the disputed Solumba border area, a territory Liberia maintains falls within its own borders. The statement was reportedly made during a debate at the ECOWAS Parliament, according to Senator Edwin Snowe, head of the Liberian delegation.

Snowe said Kourouma informed the regional body that while

At least 200 people have been reported killed after a landslide triggered by heavy rains struck the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The country's Ministry of Mines said around 70 of the victims were children, and several injured people were taken to medical facilities in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. However, Fanny Kaj, a senior official in the M23 rebel group,

The UK-Mauritius deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands was revived after a British court lifted a last-minute injunction that had blocked the agreement. The High Court initially blocked the signing following a legal challenge from two British-Chagossian women representing the islands' displaced residents.

The Trump administration is expelling South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool after statements he reportedly made during a meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote that Rasool is "no longer welcome in our great country".

A new inscription in the southern African language lxam has been carved into Rhodes House at Oxford University, acknowledging the suffering and labor of those who contributed to Cecil Rhodes' wealth.

The lxam inscription was carved by UK stone mason Fergus Wessel, who works in response to a longstanding English Arts and Crafts tradition. The inscription's handcrafted aspect responds to the saying's

The diplomatic relationship between South Africa and the United States has grown increasingly strained, exacerbated by the feud between Elon Musk, a South African-born entrepreneur and close Trump adviser, and Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). Musk labeled Malema an "international criminal" and called for

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to stop all aid to South Africa while criticizing the country's land expropriation policies. According to Trump, the controversial measure has enabled South Africa to confiscate land "unfairly" and to treat certain classes "very badly''.

This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa

Civil society organizations are outraged by U.S. President Donald Trump's "dangerous lies and threats". In a statement, they wrote that the idea that South Africa is "confiscating land and treating certain classes of people very badly" is demonstrably untrue and would be absurd if "this lie were not now