allAfrica  

[New Zimbabwe] A Chiredzi man arrested on allegations of incitement to commit public violence following a viral video in which he criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa and businessman Wicknell Chivayo spent a second night behind bars Wednesday after failing to secure bail.

allAfrica  

[Vanguard] ABUJA -- The Federal Government yesterday directed financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions to maintain full compliance with sanctions obligations by freezing the assets of terrorists financiers.

allAfrica  

[allAfrica]

BBC News Africa  

Protesters demand justice for more than 80 people killed during the 2024 demonstrations and last year's anniversary protests.

allAfrica  

[Capital FM] A Naivasha court has ordered the release of a ninth suspect linked to the deadly Utumishi Girls Academy fire after investigators found no evidence connecting her to the tragedy, even as eight other students remain in custody awaiting plea-taking on murder charges.

allAfrica  

[allAfrica]

allAfrica  

[SNA] New York, June 24, 2026 (SUNA) -- Sudan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Al-Harith Idris, signed the "UN80 Charter" on Wednesday at United Nations Headquarters in New York, as part of activities organized by the UN General Assembly marking the 80th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter.

Africanews  

Zimbabwe's Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved controversial constitutional amendments that would keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in office until 2030, giving the changes full parliamentary support after earlier consent from the lower house

allAfrica  

[SAnews.gov.za] Bafana Bafana boosted their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over South Korea in their Group A clash at the Estadio Monterrey in Guadalupe early on Thursday morning.

allAfrica  

[Unicef] New York/Geneva/Copenhagen -- In a move designed to accelerate access to a vaccine against Bundibugyo Ebolavirus disease, UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance today announced the launch of a Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) to gather information from vaccine developers and manufacturers on their plans to develop a vaccine against the disease. Building on Gavi's recent commitment of US$40 million to support accelerated vaccine access, this EOI will help inform how that financing can best support manufacturing scale-up and

allAfrica  

[WHO] At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people globally still lack access to electricity, and two billion use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking putting their health and well-being at risk. Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate share of these gaps, with over 560 million living without electricity and 970 million lacking access to clean cooking.

allAfrica  

[This Day] In what could become the most far-reaching restructuring of Nigeria's internal security architecture since the return to democratic rule in 1999, the Senate on Wednesday passed for further constitutional processing President Bola Tinubu's State Police Bill, 2026, setting the stage for a nationwide shift from a centrally controlled policing system to a dual federal-state policing framework.

allAfrica  

[Vanguard] ABUJA -- The Senate has passed a bill seeking to increase the statutory allocation to the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) from 0.5 per cent to 1 per cent of revenue accruing to the Federation Account, in a move aimed at strengthening police funding, improving operational capacity and enhancing the welfare of personnel.

allAfrica  

[Leadership] The federal government has welcomed the decision of the United States to sanction Mukthar Muhammad Adamu and two Bureau De Change (BDC) companies over their alleged links to terrorism financing, describing the move as a significant step in the global fight against terrorism.

allAfrica  

[Nyasa Times] Former Zomba Air Base Operations and Training Officer Captain Henry Nthani has delivered one of the strongest and most emotionally charged assessments yet of the military aircraft crash that killed Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and eight others on 10 June 2024, telling a parliamentary ad hoc committee that the disaster was "a very unavoidable fatal accident."

allAfrica  

[Shabelle] Benghazi, Libya, June 24, 2026 -- Authorities in eastern Libya have banned the entry of nationals from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, saying the measure is part of efforts to reorganize and regulate the flow of foreign nationals entering the country.

allAfrica  

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni, recently survived a serious illness and is now recovering well.

allAfrica  

[263Chat] Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has warned that weaknesses in public procurement are not merely administrative shortcomings but a governance crisis that demands strong political leadership, robust institutions and uncompromising accountability.

allAfrica  

[RFI] French health authorities on Wednesday announced the first confirmed case of Ebola identified on national territory - a doctor who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

allAfrica  

[RFI] Niamey airport was attacked for the second time this year on 18 June, with 13 people killed, in an assault that illustrated how jihadist groups are changing their methods to test Niger's security forces. Nigerien researcher Brimaka Abdoul Azizou Garba tells RFI the attack showed terrorism is "not abating" but adapting.

allAfrica  

[UN News] The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread faster than aid efforts can keep pace, despite significant gains in treatment capacity and growing community engagement, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.