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Pix of the Day, 23 March 2026

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[AIM] Maputo -- At least 18 people have lost their lives in the second wave of flooding in Mozambique, according to the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Risk Management Institute (INGD).

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[Leadership] The number of victims affected by the gas explosion in Calabar on Saturday has risen to 60.

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[Vanguard] Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content and APC lawmaker representing Delta South, has strongly condemned the alleged attack on women and girls during a festival in Oramudu Community, Ozoro Kingdom, the headquarters of Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State.

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Kenya Airways says bookings on its flights have surged sharply in recent weeks, as disruptions linked to the conflict in the Middle East reshape global travel patterns.

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Moses Itauma, one of heavyweight boxing's brightest prospects, says he found the answers to questions about his identity on a trip to his father's village in Nigeria.

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[Vanguard] Abuja -- Security operatives on Monday cordoned off the national secretariat of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Abuja amid an intensifying leadership crisis within the union.

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[InfoWire] Former Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni, the driving force behind Benin's impressive 8% economic expansion, has officially launched his 2026 presidential campaign with a bold promise: transforming the nation's macroeconomic triumph into everyday prosperity. His "Further, Together" manifesto sets out an optimistic, forward-looking agenda to harness the untapped energy of Benin's youth and decentralize wealth creation across all regions.

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Nigeria's Dangote mega-refinery says it has begun exporting fuel to other African countries, after global oil prices soared due to the Middle East war.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A comprehensive rehabilitation of the Nairobi Dam is set to be undertaken following a joint assessment by officials from the County Government of Nairobi, Water Resources Authority (WRA), Nairobi Rivers Commission, Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company, and disaster management teams.

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[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Air Botswana has implemented a short-term strategic plan to stabilise its performance, starting with the completion of a mandatory C-check maintenance on its ATR72-600 on March 6, increasing the airline's operational fleet to three aircraft, though it currently maintains a two-aircraft schedule.

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[Premium Times] The Nigeria Federation of Business and Professional Women has petitioned the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, over the violent assaults on women during a local festival in the state.

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[New Times] Kigali International Airport has been ranked the third best airport in Africa in the 2026 SKYTRAX World Airport Awards.

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[WFP] The East African nation has long offered asylum to some of the continent's most vulnerable people. But steep cuts in humanitarian assistance are increasing food insecurity for Uganda's nearly 2 million refugees and threatening to reverse progress in building long-term resilience

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju was on Monday arrested shortly after resurfacing from what his family and lawyers had described as a mysterious disappearance.

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With Benin's presidential election just weeks away, the country's main opposition party says it won't be backing any candidate.

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In São Tomé and Príncipe, a new generation of cocoa producers is at the forefront of restoring degraded ecosystems and enhancing sustainable cocoa production, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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Interest is rising across Nigeria in a new long-acting HIV prevention injection, even before its full nationwide rollout.

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A court in Cape Town found Iain Wares guilty of indecently assaulting a former student who accused him of sexual abuse in the 1980s.

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Former Kenyan cabinet minister Raphael Tuju has said he went into hiding after suspecting he was being followed, a day after his disappearance prompted fears he may have been abducted.

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The videos sparked widespread anger, leading to the hashtag #StopRapingWomen to trend on social media.