[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's federal government and opposition representatives have agreed to continue political dialogue aimed at easing tensions over the country's political future, according to a joint statement released by the Ministry of Information on Wednesday.
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Health and Sanitation Madalitso Baloyi says government is rolling out measures to fix long-standing gaps in healthcare access, from ambulance shortages to stalled clinic construction and a lack of specialised medical services.
[Bhekisisa] In early May this year South Africa's Constitutional Court became the battleground for one of the most consequential disputes over health legislation since democracy.
[Dabanga] El Obeid / El Fasher / Geneva / Chad -- The UN Human Rights Council has unanimously condemned the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for escalating violence in and around El Obeid, warning that the North Kordofan capital faces a growing risk of mass atrocities, while the RSF-aligned Sudan Founding Alliance (Tasees) called for an immediate ceasefire and renewed political negotiations.
[GroundUp] About 400 legally documented refugees have camped outside Durban's Refugee Reception Centre for a month, fleeing threats of violence
[Capital FM] Kisii -- People's Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua on Monday accused the government of violating constitutional freedoms by blocking Saba Saba demonstrations through extensive security deployments and roadblocks, saying the anniversary should be marked peacefully in honour of Kenya's pro-democracy struggle.
[Premium Times] Governor Hyacinth Alia says he updated President Bola Tinubu on security, the return of internally displaced persons, ongoing projects and the political situation in Benue following the state's golden jubilee celebrations.
[HRW] Amend New Asylum Law in Line with International Standards
[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.
[Vanguard] A 23-year-old Nigerian medical graduate, Nnani Adaobi Marian, has died after sustaining critical injuries in a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, just days before her graduation ceremony.
[GroundUp] To see this as "voluntary repatriation" is to turn a blind eye to the fear and hurt, says church leader
[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.
[HRW] HRW Oral Statement - Urgent Debate - HRC62
[Dabanga] Washington D.C. -- The US administration has issued a strong warning to Sudan's Muslim Brotherhood movement and its fighters, whom it says receive training and support from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), signalling that further sanctions could follow.
[Dabanga] Geneva -- The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate on Friday, July 3, to "address the human rights situation in and around El Obeid, North Kordofan in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Sudan." The debate in the Assembly Hall at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Friday morning, is being convened following an official request submitted on Monday, 29 June 2026 by a core group of countries - Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom.
[OCHA] Statement on Sudan by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher
[GroundUp] Most of the payout is interest calculated from when state's liability for TB contraction in prisons was established in 2012
[Premium Times] Drawing on a six-year study covering attacks between 2020 and 2025, Mr Vierhout, who spoke in Jos during a peace summit on Monday, said the dominant focus on jihadist groups such as Boko Haram obscures a far deadlier reality on the ground.
[Premium Times] The attack occurred as students were preparing to sit the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations
[Reporter] The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has rejected European Union accusations that it is undermining Ethiopia's 2022 peace agreement, instead accusing the federal government of violating the accord and warning that the Tigray region faces a growing risk of renewed conflict.
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