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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The Ministry of Energy has launched the National Petroleum Policy 2025, aimed at regulating the oil and gas sector as the country prepares for oil production.
[Shabait] Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has once again, in his recent rhetoric, aired via Ethiopian state media earlier this month, attempted to frame sovereign sea access as an "existential" and "irreversible national objective."
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- An influential figure in African finance and enterprise development, Dr Lamba has been selected to join the prestigious W.O.W Africa "50 Rare Men Continental Circle 2026," an invitation-only gathering of top business leaders shaping the continent's economic future.
Africanews
Footage released by Russia’s défense ministry purports to show troops fighting with Tuareg rebels in Mali. It comes after Moscow’s Africa corps paramilitary unit was forced to withdraw from the town of Kidal following attacks by Tuareg rebels and jihadists.
The UNESCO-protected pyramids, at several sites including Meroe, have survived years of sand, rain, war, and neglect.
Mali’s security crisis intensified this week as jihadist group JNIM announced a blockade on all roads leading into Bamako, even as junta leader Assimi Goïta appeared publicly for the first time in days to claim the situation was “mastered.”
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has issued an urgent flood warning to residents living along the Lower Tana River following rising water levels in the Seven Forks dams due to heavy rainfall upstream.
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A video claiming that Cape Town is officially a province of the US, after South Africa's Democratic Alliance party secured a loan from the "Bezos Foundation", is circulating online. But this claim is false, and the audio shared as evidence has been fabricated.
[Premium Times] Lagos is ramping up state-backed electricity generation and distribution after securing 400 megawatts of new supply, as Nigeria's unreliable national grid continues to fall short of demand.
[New Era] Marginalised communities have called for an end to what they describe as continued dehumanisation and marginalisation as they push for dignity and land ownership in Namibia.
[New Era] Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Joseph Shikongo, has clarified that the recent reshuffle of senior officers is a planned, strategic move to strengthen the police force and improve service delivery nationwide.
This Is Africa
Bitcoin, the CFA franc, and the monetary chapter of African decolonisation.
[New Times] The government is considering introducing a law that would restrict children under the age of 16 from using social media platforms, in an effort to strengthen child protection in the digital space.
[Daily News] Arusha -- THE Tanzanian government has ruled out any plan to suspend or ban tourist hunting, saying it is instead strengthening policies, laws and guidelines to ensure the activity supports conservation, national revenue and community development.
Rules for showing red cards to players at the World Cup were updated Tuesday because of two controversies in international football this year.
[Daily News] Dodoma -- KENYA'S President William Ruto is scheduled to address Tanzania's Parliament on May 5, 2026, in a move aimed at strengthening regional cooperation.
As Uganda presses ahead with its crackdown on illegal migration, authorities have arrested dozens of foreigners since Monday. The latest operation targeted a group of people living in the north of the country, and another group living in a closed compound.
FIFA is paying out more than $100 million in extra cash to World Cup teams to help cover higher-than-expected costs of being in North America.
Four critically endangered mountain bongos arrived in Kenya on their way to their native forests after years in the care of a zoo in the Czech Republic.
BBC News Africa
The 28-year-old was arrested in February after a man had been shot at his home in Johannesburg.
