[RFI] More than 17 million people across nine conflict-hit states in northern Nigeria face severe hunger, the UN's food agency (WFP) has said, warning that violence and funding cuts are driving food insecurity to its worst level in nearly a decade. Stripped of their livelihoods, some people are fleeing across the border into neighbouring Benin.
[Daba Finance] African stock exchanges have crossed $2 trillion in combined market value, up from $1.6 trillion in 2024, according to the African Securities Exchanges Association. The gain comes after a decade of steady expansion across the continent's capital markets, from Lagos to Abidjan to Cairo.
[RFI] Jihadists and their separatist Tuareg-led allies have hit northern Mali, where government troops and Russian paramilitary forces are based, with fresh coordinated attacks - striking several towns and a prison, according to the army, residents and security sources.
[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- Andrew Bergman interviews Klaas van Dijken, Director of Lighthouse Reports for Radio Dabanga
[African Arguments] 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.
[RFI] Severe floods have hit Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, Togo and Nigeria this week. At least 13 people have been killed in recent days in Ghana and five in Togo, while 59 have died in Côte d'Ivoire since the rainy season began in mid-May.
[UN News] The war in Sudan threatens to spiral further as the strategically-important town of El Obeid continues to face "relentless" drone attacks by advancing paramilitary militias, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk, said on Friday.
[allAfrica] As Zambia moves toward its 2026 general election, the contest is increasingly being framed not as a clash of ideologies, but as a national assessment of performance, expectations, and credibility.
[CAF] Cape Verde's historic World Cup run ended in heartbreak after the Blue Sharks pushed defending champions Argentina to extra time before losing 3-2 in a dramatic round-of-32 tie in Miami on Friday night.
[allAfrica] Last month, Mombasa made history as the first African city to host the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) - an international convening to protect and conserve the ocean, gathering well over a hundred countries. Yet the significance of the conference went far beyond where it was held. It demonstrated why Africa is increasingly becoming one of the world's most influential voices in shaping the future of our ocean.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Women in Technology and Innovation Africa (WITIA) has expanded its digital education programme with the launch of its second Smart Library in Machakos County.
[Leadership] The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has overturned a judgment of the Oyo State High Court that permitted female Muslim students of the University of Ibadan International School (ISI) to wear hijab with their school uniforms.
[Vanguard] The African Union called an emergency meeting on its military mission in Somalia on Friday after Washington announced it would end critical funding over the lack of progress against Islamist insurgents.
[Leadership] Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 National Assembly elections in Ondo State have appealed to party members to accept the outcome of the party's primary elections and avoid protests, stressing that unity is essential to securing victory in the general elections.
[Leadership] The Bayelsa State Government has dismissed claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that Governor Douye Diri's administration has failed to address hunger and poverty, insisting it has implemented wide-ranging programmes and projects aimed at improving residents' welfare over the past six years.
[Leadership] Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has dismissed reports alleging that he has defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), insisting that he remains a committed member of the ruling party.
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Friday received a high-level Italian delegation led by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi for talks focused on strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation on security, migration and state-building.
[Shabelle] Ouagadougou -- Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have formally launched the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after submitting official notifications to leave the Rome Statute, according to a statement from the Assembly of States Parties to the court.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Supreme Court has handed Cytonn Investments a temporary legal reprieve by suspending the implementation of Court of Appeal orders that had cleared the way for the Official Receiver to take control of and transfer several high-value properties linked to the firm's troubled real estate investment schemes.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL), through its flagship brand Uganda Waragi, has commissioned a transformative community infrastructure project at Port Bell Landing Site in Luzira. As part of Uganda Waragi's landmark 60-year Diamond Jubilee legacy, the intervention delivers solar-powered flood lighting and structured waste management systems designed to eliminate public health hazards, protect livelihoods, and boost the night economy.
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