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[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan announced yesterday that the government will establish a reconciliation commission to facilitate the next phase of the constitutional review process, reaffirming her administration commitment to political dialogue and national unity.

[Daily News] Mwanza -- TWENTY-three people have been arraigned before the Mwanza Resident Magistrate's Court over alleged participation in meetings linked to terrorism held in Mwanza city earlier this month.

[RFI] G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to halt all actions that could lead to further atrocities or endanger civilians in El-Obeid.

[UN News] In war-torn Sudan, a deadly new cholera outbreak has already claimed more than 100 lives, heightening serious concerns for vulnerable communities including in besieged El-Obeid, where daily drone attacks have continued to hamper aid access.

[RFI] South Sudan, the world's youngest country, on Thursday marks the 15th anniversary of its independence, following decades of war with Sudan, a 2005 peace agreement and a 2011 self-determination referendum in which almost 99 percent of voters backed statehood. But the hopes that came with it have given way to renewed conflict, economic collapse and political deadlock.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Assembly has formally challenged a High Court ruling that declared the composition of President William Ruto's Cabinet unconstitutional for failing to comply with the Constitution's two-thirds gender principle.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Parliament will appeal a High Court ruling declaring President William Ruto's Cabinet unconstitutional for failing to comply with the constitutional two-thirds gender rule.

[Nile Post] The High Court in Kampala has dismissed a bail application filed by veteran opposition politician Kizza Besigye and his co-accused, Obeid Lutale, citing want of prosecution.

[Nile Post] KAMPALA -- The High Court has ordered a formal judicial inquest into the 2018 shooting of Yasin Kawuma, the driver of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, paving the way for a public inquiry into one of Uganda's most politically contentious unresolved killings.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Several youths were arrested by plainclothes police officers along Harambee Avenue on Tuesday morning after they attempted to gather near the Office of the President as security agencies enforced heightened restrictions during the Saba Saba commemorations.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Residents in Mombasa were allowed to stage a 15-minute march protest through the city's Central Business District after consultations with police officers.

[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.

[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.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- President Museveni has defended the government's opposition to granting bail to some opposition figures facing criminal charges

[HRW] Nairobi -- Unlawful, Abusive Campaign Creates Climate of Fear

[Nile Post] The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has called on the Judiciary to publicly and unequivocally condemn President Yoweri Museveni's remarks on the pending treason trial of veteran opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye, as well as his renewed push to abolish bail, describing the comments as unconstitutional executive interference in the administration of justice.

[The Conversation Africa] Public rallies were banned in Tanzania in June 2026 for the second time in a decade. The first ban was imposed by President John Magufuli in 2016. His successor, President Samia Hassan, lifted it in 2023 as part of a reform agenda. Now she has reimposed the ban. Dan Paget has spent over a decade chronicling the struggles of Tanzania's democracy movement amid waves of repression. He's had a special focus on a form of political communication that's of extraordinary significance in Tanzania: mass rallies. He

[Nile Post] Veteran journalist and political commentator Timothy Kalyegira has been granted cash bail of Shs650,000 by the Kira Chief Magistrate's Court in Wakiso District.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A TikTok user accused of publishing a viral video that allegedly incited religious and ethnic hostility has been charged before the Garissa Law Courts and released on a bond of Sh500,000, with an alternative cash bail of Sh200,000.