BBC News Africa  

Yameogo Aminata says her four sons were slaughtered and her daughter is missing.

allAfrica  

[Nile Post] Corruption remains a serious global threat, with limited signs of progress, according to the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International.

Africanews  

Abdoulaye Ba died as demonstrations over unpaid financial aid escalated into clashes with security forces.

allAfrica  

[GroundUp] Nkosi Sikelel' iAzania at Museum Africa runs until 27 February

allAfrica  

[GroundUp] Hundreds of families are living in apartment buildings leased by the City of eThekwini

allAfrica  

[Nyasa Times] Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken a major step toward extending his grip on power, after cabinet approved draft legislation that could allow him to remain in office until at least 2030.

allAfrica  

[Nyasa Times] A contractor working on the M1 Road rehabilitation project from Kasungu to Jenda has threatened to suspend all construction works starting this Friday due to unpaid arrears amounting to K2.4 billion.

allAfrica  

[allAfrica]

allAfrica  

[Nyasa Times] The family of late former Zambian president Edgar Lungu has finally filed a formal appeal in South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), in a move widely seen as driven less by burial preferences and more by mounting legal and financial pressure back home.

allAfrica  

[The Herald] CABINET yesterday approved the Constitutional Amendment No. 3 Bill of 2026, which proposes a parliamentary process for the election of the President and seeks to replace the current five-year term with a seven-year term.

Africanews  

The airline has praised its pilot for his handling of the situation after the aircraft suffered a technical fault.

allAfrica  

[allAfrica]

allAfrica  

[Daily Trust] Russia has denied hiring Nigerians as soldiers to fight in its war against Ukraine.

allAfrica  

[HRW] Appeals Court Upholds Former Prime Minister's Prison Sentence

allAfrica  

[Horn Diplomat] Dubai -- Somaliland plans to step up diplomatic outreach to Washington and other major capitals following Israel's recognition of the republic of Somaliland, pitching itself as a strategic and resource-rich partner in the Horn of Africa, its president said.

allAfrica  

[New Times] Rwanda has recorded its highest score yet in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), as traditionally strong performers including the US, Canada, the UK, and several European countries had declining scores "due to weakening oversight, political interference, and growing tolerance for unethical conduct."

allAfrica  

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has dismissed allegations that forest rangers in Mt Elgon Forest issue firewood in exchange for sex, saying no such cases have been reported or documented by authorities in Bungoma County.

allAfrica  

[Africa Check] Ramaphosa's 2025 Sona promises: how has he fared?

allAfrica  

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has successfully rescued and repatriated 27 Kenyans stranded in Russia after being illegally enlisted to fight in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi confirmed.

allAfrica  

[Shabelle] Jamaaame, Somalia -- Somali National Army special forces Danab, in coordination with Jubaland security forces, carried out a targeted operation against Al-Shabaab militants in areas surrounding Jamaame town in Lower Jubba region on Tuesday.

allAfrica  

[Daily Maverick] The good news is that poachers slaughtered far fewer rhinos in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal last year. The bad news is that they killed many more in Kruger National Park instead.