South Sudan’s Machar charged with treason, murder, suspended by Kiir
Riek Machar is charged over the Nasir attacks and suspended by President Kiir, deepening South Sudan’s political crisis
New mass graves in Kilifi revive fears of Shakahola-style cult killings
At least 34 bodies found in Kwa Binzaro; 11 suspects held as police probe possible Shakahola-linked sect
Russian ‘Africa Corps’ faces Tuareg war of attrition in northern Mali
FLA raids and a reported Su-24 crash near Gao spotlight rising risks for Russia’s Africa Corps in Mali
South Africa’s top court allows husbands to take wives’ surnames
Top court okays husbands taking wives’ surnames or hyphenating; Parliament to amend law after discrimination ruling
Accra to act as transit hub for US deportations of West Africans
Ghana agrees to take in U.S.-deported West Africans as a transit stop; 14 arrived and were sent on home
Uganda pins double-digit 2026/27 growth on mid-2026 first oil
Uganda sees 8% average growth; oil from mid-2026 and infrastructure spending to push 2026/27 GDP into double digits
Botswana launches new sovereign wealth fund to boost growth
Gaborone unveils a growth-focused fund to diversify, manage state firms and invest as diamond revenues fall
South Africa jails seven Chinese nationals for trafficking Malawians
South Africa jails seven Chinese nationals for trafficking Malawians at a Johannesburg sweatshop exposed in 2019
Islamic State affiliate steps up deadly attacks on Niger civilians, HRW says
HRW: 127+ civilians slain by ISSP in Niger’s Tillaberi since March; group urges probes into apparent war crimes
Bulape sealed off amid Congo Ebola flare-up; vaccines en route
Congo locks down Ebola-hit Kasai zones as cases climb; WHO sends vaccines, NGOs warn funding shortfalls
Sudan’s TASIS congratulates Ethiopia on GERD inauguration,
TASIS hails Ethiopia’s GERD inauguration, urging it to serve as a bridge for Nile Basin cooperation and shared development
Simone Gbagbo makes the ballot as Ivory Coast bars key rivals
Simone Gbagbo makes the ballot as key rivals are barred, testing Ivory Coast’s stability and gender politics
TASIS-claimed drone raids hit Khartoum in first strikes in months
Drones hit Khartoum oil and power sites; TASIS says raids answered attacks in Darfur and Kordofan
UN says landslides cut off South Darfur village, damage farms
UN: Landslides hit South Darfur’s Tarsin village; 1,000+ need aid, access takes 12 hours via donkey
TASIS PM names foreign, interior and health ministers in first cabinet move
Al-Ta’aishi names foreign, interior and health ministers in TASIS’s first cabinet step
ICC opens in-absentia hearings to confirm charges against Uganda’s Kony
ICC starts in-absentia bid to confirm 39 charges against fugitive LRA leader Joseph Kony
US taps ‘Amerikaners’ group to vet refugee cases for white South Africans
U.S. names ‘Amerikaners’ a referral partner for a refugee programme targeting white South Africans; Pretoria objects
Ethiopia switches on Africa’s biggest hydropower plant, deepening Nile rift
Ethiopia fully powers the 5,150-MW GERD, touting regional electrification as Egypt warns of Nile risks
Congo funeral attack leaves 50+ dead as ADF raids intensify
ADF fighters attacked a funeral in North Kivu, killing over 50 as raids escalate across eastern Congo
GERD launch electrifies Ethiopia—and tensions with Egypt
Addis Ababa switches on Africa’s largest hydropower dam, testing fragile Nile politics as Cairo vows to protect its water rights
Mali launches airstrikes after jihadist fuel blockade threat
Mali hit JNIM targets in Kayes after a fuel-blockade threat; truckers halted routes and several hostages were freed
M23 reclaims Shoa in North Kivu as Doha peace process stalls
M23 seized Shoa a day after the army and Wazalendo moved in, highlighting faltering talks and Masisi’s mineral stakes
Boko Haram kills over 60 in ‘house-to-house’ raid on Borno village
A night raid on Darul Jamal killed over 60, residents say, with homes burned and survivors fleeing to Bama
Edo ambush leaves 8 NSCDC dead; search on for missing Chinese worker
Ambush in Edo kills eight NSCDC officers; four Chinese workers rescued, one still missing
US shifts Abrego deportation plan from Uganda to Eswatini
U.S. shifts planned removal of Kilmar Abrego from Uganda to Eswatini; detainee pleads not guilty and says prosecution is coercive
Egypt calls ‘voluntary’ Palestinian displacement claim nonsense
Egypt says talk of “voluntary” Palestinian displacement is “nonsense,” presses for a Gaza ceasefire deal
Trump allows Obiang to travel to US cities to protect interests
The Trump administration is granting Equatorial Guinea’s vice president a temporary U.S. travel waiver to protect strategic interests despite his long record of corruption.