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Janine Lochrenberg, 65, was out on her daily morning swim with her club when she was attacked, her family tell the BBC.

Africanews  

More than 50 years after it formed, Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab is still getting audiences dancing and is now counting on a new generation of musicians to carry on its legacy. The Afro-Cuban and west African fusion group is about to release "Made in Senegal," its first album in nearly ten years

Africanews  

A 65-year-old woman has died after being attacked by a shark while swimming at a popular beach in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.

BBC News Africa  

A truck carrying people to a funeral and a market alleged to be supplying fuel to the RSF were targeted.

Africanews  

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned Eritrea on Monday that it faces "severe consequences" if it continues to support rebels in his country

Africanews  

Shadrack Sibiya faces multiple charges, including the alleged rape of an 18-year-old, human trafficking, and sexually grooming a 16-year-old.

Africanews  

State media says a large truck collided with a tour bus on the Cairo-Asyut Western Desert Road, west of Cairo.

Africanews  

Egypt's parliament on Monday delayed a debate on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's request to authorise military support for Saudi Arabia until next week, state media reported, after an emergency session ended without a decision a day earlier.

Africanews  

At the Nkyinkyim Museum in Nuhalenya, near Ada, African Americans and other members of the diaspora have gathered for a three-day ancestral veneration ceremony honouring those whose names and stories were lost across generations

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Community leaders in the north-eastern Menaka region have blamed the killings on the Islamic State Group.

Africanews  

A group protested against tech giant Meta in front of the company’s office in São Paulo on Monday over its alleged interference in Brazil’s elections.

BBC News Africa  

Dan Mackenzie initially defended his father but now says he felt he had to report his own grandmother.

This Is Africa  

As the All-African Movements Assembly (AAMA) 2026 convenes hundreds of grassroots activists in Maputo, lead organizer Prince Akpah confronts the persistent systemic barriers of international travel and visa restrictions. By rejecting rigid corporate formats for decentralized, trauma-informed solidarity, this assembly redefines pan-African resistance from the frontline up.

BBC News Africa  

More than 400 people, mostly children, become ill after drinking contaminated water, east of Pretoria.

Africanews  

Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called for curfews that would be “very limited” and “localized”, signalling a targeted approach to restoring order.

allAfrica  

[ISS] Criminal networks exploit job seekers' aspirations, turning promises of employment abroad into schemes involving detention, extortion and forced recruitment.

Africanews  

The late president and freedom fighter died when the plane he was travelling in crashed in the then-apartheid South Africa.

Africanews  

Africa's top public health agency and Congolese officials have raised concerns over $700 million in Ebola aid that is unaccounted for and called on aid groups to provide more information about their finances.

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Sonko says the country’s problem is one of cash flow and repayment timing, not necessarily the amount of debt owed. He has warned that the process could reach a political deadlock if the government fails to take what he considers a more practical approach.

Africanews  

Four soldiers from El Salvador have been missing since Sunday when they were seen fleeing their burning armoured vehicle near Port-au-Prince.

Africanews  

US raises Kenya travel advisory over Ebola and security concerns