[Liberian Observer] One of the country's largest cocaine investigations entered a critical new phase Wednesday as senior members of the Senate demanded immediate arrests and prosecutions, while Joint Security officials disclosed that investigators have progressed from identifying persons of interest to preparing criminal charges against potential suspects.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A routine inspection on a Nairobi-bound passenger bus turned into a major anti-narcotics operation after detectives intercepted a suspected drug courier transporting heroin valued at approximately Sh1 million along the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway.
[RFI] Algerians are voting in parliamentary elections on Thursday, with cost-of-living concerns, questions over political freedoms and the national football team's World Cup run all competing for public attention.
[CAF] Senegal's World Cup journey ended in painful fashion after Belgium produced a remarkable late comeback to beat the Lions of Teranga 3-2 after extra time in Seattle on Wednesday.
[New Times] The Government has submitted an $86.2 million funding proposal to the Global Shield against Climate Risks to strengthen emergency response and disaster preparedness in vulnerable areas, the Minister in charge of Emergency Management, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Albert Murasira, has said.
[New Zimbabwe] VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has sent another cryptic message on Constitutional Amendment Bill No.3 (CAB3), by using the bible to tell party supporters that a referendum should have been held.
[DW] Cocoa prices reached a peak in 2024 before plummeting by nearly 75%, dealing a financial blow to millions of farmers in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. Will the crisis mark a turning point for the sector?
[DW] Although the rainy season has only just begun, flooding has already killed dozens in the Ivory Coast.
[DW] Amnesty International says Sudan's Rapid Support Forces militia committed ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity in its assault on the city of el-Fasher amid the longrunning civil war with Sudan's military.
[DW] A German-Rwandan national has been arrested on suspicion of complicity in murders during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. He is thought to have been personally involved in the killing of one victim.
[Ghanaian Times] President John Dramani Mahama has called on Ghanaians to remain united, grateful and prayerful despite the recent floods that claimed lives and destroyed property in parts of Accra.
[HRW] Lift Ban on Allô Klédu, Protect Media Freedom
[RFI] Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the army, allied militias and Islamist armed groups have all committed abuses with impunity since the attacks in northern Mali in April.
[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.
[MFWA] From June 2021 to November 2023, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), with support from the European Union (EU), implemented the project, 'Promoting Media Freedom and Access to Quality Information in Guinea Bissau.' The intervention sought to strengthen press freedom, improve access to reliable information, and foster a more enabling environment for independent journalism and civic participation in Guinea Bissau.
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The Somali Future Council congratulated Somalis on the 66th anniversary of the country's independence and unification, while warning that Somalia continues to face deepening political and security challenges.
[Nyasa Times] The parliamentary inquiry into the June 10, 2024 military plane crash has heard fresh testimony from Kelvin Sentala, a close acquaintance of the late vice-president Saulos Chilima, who sought to clarify a widely discussed remark attributed to Chilima shortly before his death.
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