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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Last month - May 2026 - experienced some reactions in the financial market, with banks slightly reducing their interest rates while treasury bond yields also fell.

[Nile Post] Traders operating at the Mpondwe-Lhubiriha border in Kasese District are facing mounting financial losses following the temporary closure of the border point, which was introduced several weeks ago as part of government measures to contain the spread of the Ebola outbreak.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Court of Appeal (CoA) has lifted conservatory orders that had suspended the government's planned sale of a 15 percent stake in Safaricom to South Africa's Vodacom, allowing the transaction to proceed.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Gauteng Department of e-Government has been allocated R1.9 billion for the 2026/27 financial year to advance the province's digital transformation agenda and improve government service delivery.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, held a national consultative meeting with participants in the Working on Fire (WOF) Programme to discuss concerns about working conditions.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Shisha sellers, importers and distributors could face fines of up to Sh1 million under a new Ministry of Health proposal aimed at tightening controls on waterpipe tobacco products.

[GroundUp] Foreign affairs minister Limpho Tau lists land dispossession, migrant labour and apartheid-era raids as historical injustices

[Liberian Observer] The news did not arrive with the roar of heavy equipment or the dust clouds of construction crews breaking ground. There were no bulldozers rolling through villages and no freshly paved roads stretching across the countryside.

[Liberian Observer] At least 40 members of the House of Representatives of the 55th Legislature have signed and adopted resolution urging President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to temporarily suspend the operations of GLS Menzies Aviation Cargo Services and Express Handling Services (EHS) at Roberts International Airport (RIA), pending the outcome of an ongoing narcotics investigation linked to an alleged breach in the airport's air cargo handling chain of custody.

[New Times] The Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board plans to launch commercial operations at its Geoscience Laboratory in September, with testing and certification revenues expected to make the facility fully self-sustaining within three years.

[Liberian Observer] As the country seeks to attract long-term foreign investment and accelerate economic development, the Dugbe Gold Project is increasingly emerging as one of the country's most strategically important industrial investments.

[Liberian Observer] Just days after renewed discussions surrounding Liberia's future as a regional mining and transport hub, the United States Government has announced a US$250 million investment in technology company I-Pulse, a venture co-founded by billionaire mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland -- the majority shareholder behind Ivanhoe Atlantic, developer of the Kon Kweni iron ore project spanning Guinea and Liberia.

[New Dawn] The House of Representatives has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to temporarily suspend the operations of GLS Menzies and Express Handling Services (EHS) pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation into the recent seizure of narcotics valued at approximately US$19.2 million at Roberts International Airport (RIA).

[ENA] Across Africa, nations are embracing the digital revolution as a catalyst for economic growth, stronger governance, and greater global competitiveness. Among them, Ethiopia--long celebrated for its ancient civilization, rich cultural heritage, and strategic position in the Horn of Africa, is emerging as one of the continent's most ambitious digital transformation stories.

[New Times] A while back I needed one person. Just one. Someone who could take a half-trained language model, fine-tune it to Kinyarwanda, and make it sound natural to the common Rwandan. So, I made a list of people in Kigali who could do that work. Two names. And both were already booked solid for the year.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has directed public institutions to stop branding publicly funded projects and programmes with the names, portraits, images or symbols of serving public officials, warning that the practice amounts to abuse of office.

[Daily Maverick] South Africa's retirement fund industry shows promise, but many members still engage too late, risking insufficient support in their golden years.

[Daily Maverick] South Africans know they should start planning for retirement earlier, save more, preserve their retirement money when they change jobs and get professional advice before making big financial decisions. The problem is that real life keeps getting in the way.