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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

BBC News Africa  

Mohammed Tahir has yet to comment on allegations he led a multi-million-dollar ring using torture to get money.

Africa CDC urges U.S. to lift Uganda Ebola travel restrictions

Africanews  

Africa's top public health agency is urging the United States to lift travel restrictions on Uganda, arguing the country has brought its Ebola outbreak under control.

Uganda launches emergency food aid for drought-hit Karamoja

Africanews  

Uganda has launched an emergency food relief operation for the drought-stricken Karamoja region, where prolonged dry conditions have triggered widespread crop failures and worsening hunger.

Tobe Nwigwe Delivers New Single “Perfection” Feat. Flavour and C.S. Armstrong From Forthcoming Album The Bridge

AfricaDotcom  

Grammy-nominated artist, filmmaker, and cultural visionary Tobe Nwigwe unveils the second chapter of The Bridge with "Perfection," featuring Nigerian music

UNAIDS Chief urges Africa to rethink health funding after global aid cuts

Africanews  

The head of UNAIDS is calling for what she describes as a "radical change" in how Africa funds healthcare, following deep cuts to international aid.

ECOWAS urges Guinea-Bissau's military leaders to release jailed opposition figures

Africanews  

The West African bloc said this would “bolster the credibility” of the country’s year-long transition process.

Cairo's historic Sultan Qaytbay Mosque-Mausoleum reopens

Africanews  

The mosque-mausoleum of the ruler of the Mamluk Sultanate has reopened after years of restoration in Cairo.

U.S. funding cuts have gutted global AIDS program, report finds

Africanews  

Clinics closed, staff laid off as PEPFAR disruptions hit dozens of countries

40th edition of the Nuits d'Afrique music festival comes to a close

Africanews  

Forty years after its first edition, Montreal’s Nuits d’Afrique international music festival once again celebrated the influence of African cultures.

South Africa signs $1.5bn World Bank loan for infrastructure development

Africanews  

It will help the country confront challenges in electricity supply, freight transport, and water and sanitation services that have long constrained economic growth

Meloni orders full probe after arrest death sparks unrest

Africanews  

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for a full investigation into the death of a man during an arrest in Bologna, while strongly condemning violent clashes that left dozens of police officers injured.

Cairo’s Diagnostics Bet: How a $1.45 Million Round Signals Where African Healthtech Is Headed

AfricaDotcom  

Money doesn't always follow the loudest sector. Sometimes it follows the one quietly solving a problem nobody wants to talk about until they're the patient.

Six jailed Ivory Coast opposition party officials freed after months in detention

Africanews  

The Abidjan PDCI officials, arrested in October last year, were released on Monday after nine months in detention.

Africa’s $43 Billion Countdown: Nine Economies, One Tariff Deadline

AfricaDotcom  

The clock is ticking louder than most boardrooms would like to admit. On July 31, a pause on US reciprocal tariffs runs out, and nine African economies are

Africa overtakes Asia as world's hunger hot spot, UN report finds

Africanews  

Africa has overtaken Asia as the world’s hunger hotspot and could soon be home to almost 60 percent of the world’s chronically undernourished people.

Protests in Italy after Moroccan-born man dies while being restrained by police

BBC News Africa  

Thousands of people took to the streets demanding justice for a Moroccan-born man who died on Sunday.

Iran confirms receiving proposals from mediators amid war with US

Africanews  

Iran said Monday it has received proposals from mediators as back-and-forth attacks with the United States continue.

The Quiet Coup: How East African Banks Overtook South Africa’s

AfricaDotcom  

For twenty years, if you wanted the gold standard of African banking, you looked south. That assumption is now being quietly dismantled, and the numbers doing

Shock and anger after top Ghanaian politician sentenced to 20 years for illegal mining

BBC News Africa  

Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known as "Chairman Wontumi", was also fined more than $10,000 (£7,450).

Traffic officers arrested for allegedly seeking bribe from Nigeria's anti-corruption boss

BBC News Africa  

They are accused of stopping Musa Aliyu at a fake roadblock and telling him to drive to a cash machine.

Why Nigeria Just Joined a Club Full of Oil’s Biggest Skeptics

AfricaDotcom  

There's something almost contrarian about an OPEC heavyweight walking into the International Energy Agency's tent, given that the IEA has spent years as the

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