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Nigeria: Army Says It's Killed 'Notorious' Terrorists, Arrested More Than a Thousand
[Premium Times] The terrorists were killed and apprehended across theatres of operation from April to June
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:
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Ethiopia: AfDB Approves $50m Trade Finance Guarantee to Boost SMEs, Local Corporates Via Awash Bank
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility to support trade finance operations at Ethiopia's Awash Bank S.C.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: 'Act Now' to Prevent War in Tigray - Abiy Warns It Will Be 'Worthless After Conflict Begins'
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today issued a call to all religious leaders across Ethiopia to immediately intervene to prevent the escalation of conflict in Tigray, warning that any efforts to speak after war breaks out would be futile.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: Abiy Dismisses War Talk With Eritrea
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a briefing delivered today to parliamentarians, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed repeated Ethiopia's pursuit of access to the sea "peacefully" while underscoring the country's sovereign right to the access.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Scam or Solution? Online Battle Rages Over South Africa's Just Energy Transition
[allAfrica] South Africa predominantly relies on burning coal to generate electricity
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Tanzanian PM to step down in surprise move
His unexpected withdrawal has sparked speculation of a power struggle within the ruling party.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Women Face Gender Obstacles, Lag Behind in School, Work, and Public Office
[Afrobarometer] Eight in 10 citizens say the police and courts should do more to protect women and girls from discrimination and harassment.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Africa: African Fish Workers Excluded From International Trade Deals - Report
[IPS] Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- A new report has raised concerns about the exclusion of African fish workers from trade protocols between their governments and developed countries, resulting in impoverished communities relying on fishing.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Ruto Orders Closure of Any Hospital Involved in Social Health Authority Fraud
[Capital FM] London, UK -- President William Ruto says 1,000 hospitals have been shut down over fraudulent Social Health Authority (SHA) claims.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Equatorial Guinea: Equatorial Guinea Sextapes - Baltasar Engonga Risks 18 Years Jail Term
[Premium Times] The Equatorial Guinean who went viral in November after explicit sex videos involving him and multiple women surfaced online has returned to the spotlight.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Africa: Zero Malaria Still Starts with Us - Ten Years of Progress, One Final Push
[allAfrica] On World Malaria Day 2014, in Dakar, Senegal, parents, health workers, students, government officials, athletes, teachers, and community and national leaders stood up and said, ''Zero Malaria Starts With Me.'' Today, that commitment is alive across the African continent. They meant it. With every bed net hung, every child tested and treated, and every village meeting, they pushed back against a disease that...
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Why I Joined Coalition to Unseat Tinubu - Peter Obi
[Premium Times] On Wednesday, the National Opposition Coalition Group adopted the African Democratic Congress as its platform for the 2027 general election.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Africa: Trump Invites Five African Leaders To Summit In Washington
[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security partnerships.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Africa: 'Journalism is Not a Crime' - Courts Weaponised Against African Journalists
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- A disturbing pattern is emerging across Africa where courts are being weaponised to silence journalists, with two high-profile cases this week highlighting how the judicial system is being used to punish reporters for simply doing their jobs.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:How Wafcon 2024 will be 'a dream' for underdogs Botswana
Botswana's Keitumetse Dithebe says the lowest-ranked side at Wafcon 2024 carry belief after reaching the last eight on their debut.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Top Politicians Defect in Major Nigerian Party Shake-Up
[Vanguard] Abuja -- Coalition leaders, including former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Labour Party in 2023 election, Peter Obi, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and ex-Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday took over control of African Democratic Party, ADC, as the platform to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:South Africa's political marriage of convenience avoids divorce - just
One year after the formation of the coalition government, the rocky relationship teeters but avoids collapse.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Former President Buhari Receving Medical Treatment in London
[Premium Times] Buhari stepped down in 2023 and retired to his hometown of Daura, Katsina State. His extended absence now raises questions about his recovery and return to Nigeria.
Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Cape Town Warns of Fake Health Inspectors - South African News Briefs - July 3, 2025
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Published on: July 03, 2025 | Source:Africa: ECA Chief Calls for Financial Instruments That Reflect Africa's Development Needs
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete has urged a shift from rhetoric to results, calling for financial instruments that reflect Africa's development needs.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: African Single Electricity Market Program Gains Momentum
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- The African Single Electricity Market (AfSEM), a continental energy trading program that aims to interconnect all 55 African Union (AU) members through an efficient and affordable electricity market, is well in progress, AU officials remarked.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:East Africa: Ethiopia Shares Successes in Poverty Reduction, Food Security At Global Conference
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Ethiopia's Minister of Agriculture, Girma Amente, highlighted the nation's "Yelemate Terufat" (Bounty of Basket ) initiative at a high-level meeting of the Global Alliance Against Poverty and Hunger.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Africa: African Leaders Urge Nuclear Energy Adoption to Drive Growth
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Participants of African delegates at the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA 2025) underway in the Rwandan capital of Kigali called for the accelerated adoption of nuclear energy to meet the continent's rising energy demand, support industrialization, and drive sustainable development.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:How 'blood gold' is fuelling conflict in West Africa
Gold appears to be a lifeline for military juntas and jihadist groups in the Sahel region, analysts say.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Nestlé Zimbabwe Boosts Cerevita Production to Meet Rising Demand
[New Zimbabwe] Nestlรฉ Zimbabwe has ramped up local production of its popular flagship breakfast cereal, CEREVITA, in response to a sharp increase in consumer demand across the country.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Tranos Begins Construction of 800mw Solar Panel Plant to Boost Nigeria's Energy Industry
[Leadership] Tranos, an indigenous engineering and manufacturing company, has begun laying the foundation for an 800-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) panel manufacturing line, signalling a major advancement in the localisation of renewable energy production in Nigeria.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Uganda: Ugandan Embassy in Washington Hosts Prominent Tour Agents in Kampala
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- A team of highly influential American tour agents arrived in Uganda on Friday, June 20th, for a curated nationwide exhibition to experience and explore Uganda firsthand. The delegation is here at the invitation of Uganda's Ambassador to the United States- H.E. Ambassador Robinah Kakonge, who started their visit with a dinner at Latitude 0Hotel in Kampala. The Embassy activity is part...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Kenya: National Assembly Clears First Hurdle in Bid to Amend Constitution, Secure Ng-CDF
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A second attempt by Members of Parliament to amend the constitution has sailed through the first hurdle after the National Assembly successfully passed the Constitutional Amendment bill 2025 after garnering the two-thirds threshold.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Kenya: The Rise of Male Cosmetic Surgery in Kenya - Top 5 Procedures Men Are Choosing
[Capital FM] On a bright Thursday morning, James*, a 34-year-old marketing executive, sat nervously in the softly lit reception of a renowned cosmetic surgery clinic in Nairobi. He had spent years in the gym, pushing himself through endless workouts, but the stubborn love handles never quite disappeared. For a long time, the idea of cosmetic surgery felt "foreign and too out there"--something for celebrities or women,...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Togo: Religious Leaders Condemn 'Disproportionate' Use of Force Against Protesters
[Agenzia Fides] Lomรฉ -- "We condemn in the strongest possible terms the unacceptable and disproportionate violence, regardless of its origin, perpetrators, or justification," the bishops of Togo issued a joint statement on last week's clashes, which resulted in the deaths of at least seven people. The statement, published on June 30 and signed by Benoรฎt Alowonou, President of the Togolese Bishops' Conference and Bishop...
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Uganda: 17 Remanded Over Terrorism As Govt Tightens Noose Around Electricity Infrastructure Vandalism
[Nile Post] A total of 17 people have been remanded to Luzira on terrorism charges after being arrested over electricity infrastructure vandalism.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:South Africa: African Development Bank Approves Zar 2.5 Billion Loan to City of Johannesburg for Critical Urban Infrastructure Development
[African Development Bank (AfDB)] The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a ZAR 2.5 billion (approximately $139 million) corporate loan to the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, marking the Bank's first direct lending to a subnational entity in Africa.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Ugandan military helicopter catches fire in deadly Somalia crash
Five people on board died, while three survived with "severe burns", the military said.
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Crisis Brews in Adc As Faction Rejects Adoption By Atiku-Led Coalition
[Premium Times] "The ADC is not a private coalition platform to be hijacked by any elite group or individuals--regardless of how eloquent or ideologically polished their speeches may sound."
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source:South Africa: No Water to Put Out Fire - Man Dies
[GroundUp] Neighbours in Makhanda say they could not save Thandisizwe Nondlwana when his house caught alight
Published on: July 02, 2025 | Source: