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[Premium Times] The probe follows a petition by Nigeria's major media organisations alleging anti-competitive practices, unauthorised use of news content and unfair commercial treatment by global technology companies.

[Nyasa Times] The South African government has expressed its deepest condolences to Malawi following the death of a third Malawian national during the ongoing voluntary repatriation operation, assuring both governments and the public that all legal, police and forensic procedures were conducted before the journey resumed.

[HRW] Disembarking at an airport in Cameroon a few weeks ago, two Cameroonian women shook with fear. They had fled their country over a year before to seek asylum in the United States, but were summarily deported from the US to Equatorial Guinea, whose authorities sent them back to Cameroon. Both women had been previously granted 'withholding of removal' by US immigration judges based on the likelihood they would be persecuted in Cameroon.

[FrontPageAfrica] A jury convicted all eight defendants on all charges Monday in Liberia's largest human trafficking trial, delivering a unanimous verdict after roughly 20 minutes of deliberation and closing out a case that has tested the country's justice system under intense international scrutiny.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Police will mount enhanced checkpoints across Nairobi on Tuesday in a major security operation ahead of planned Saba Saba demonstrations, even as activists insist they will proceed with the protests despite warnings that any gathering will be treated as unlawful.

[HRW] New Authorization Requirement Hinders Rights to Movement, Education

[GroundUp] About 200 people were taken to the Louis Trichardt showgrounds on Sunday

[This Day] President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, directed Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate major global technology companies and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms over allegations of anti-competitive practices and the exploitation of content belonging to Nigerian media organisations.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe was plunged into darkness on Monday evening after a technical fault on the national electricity grid triggered a nationwide power outage.

[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to the private sector and other well-wishers to provide additional financial support for Zimbabwe's ongoing repatriation programme to bring home citizens stranded in South Africa.

[The New Humanitarian] Ouagadougou -- "They say we have to accept dying for the homeland."

[RFI] Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda affiliates appear to have secured control of a key town in northern Mali following a coordinated offensive by the rebels over the weekend. The Malian army and Russian mercenaries have been holed up in the key camp of Anéfis after the rebels launched their offensive on Saturday 4 July.

[RFI] Tanzanians planning to protest Tuesday against government repression are facing a heavy police presence and warnings from authorities, which recalls the mass killings that followed last October's disputed election.

[RFI] Accra - Ghana is set to receive around 2,000 looted artefacts from the Netherlands and Germany, in what stands as one of the largest cultural restitution efforts involving the West African nation to date.