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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A simmering row over the intersection of faith and politics has emerged within Jesus Compassion Ministry (JCM) after the head of its United States branch resigned in protest over the church's decision to host President William Ruto during its anniversary celebrations.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi County has unveiled plans to tighten control of the alcohol sector through a sweeping legislative overhaul aimed at protecting families, improving public health, and restoring order in the industry.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nobel Peace Prize laureates are set to visit Kenya in March to mark Wangari Maathai Day, also recognised as Africa Environment Day, while engaging young women activists on climate justice, peace and human rights.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- For years, sustainability in Kenya lived in the corporate social responsibility appendix; tree-planting ceremonies, glossy brochures and symbolic pledges. In 2025, it sits firmly in capital expenditure budgets.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Talks between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the opposition-aligned Future Council ended without agreement on Monday, members of the council said.

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[Daily Trust] Omoyele Sowore, former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has revealed that his experiences under Nigeria's civilian government in 2025 have been harsher than during the military regime, describing a period marked by arrests, intimidation, and restrictions on his freedom.

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[New Times] Members of Parliament have thrown their weight behind tougher measures to address abandoned and unrestored mining pits, warning that the sites continue to endanger lives, pollute rivers and undermine environmental protection efforts across the country.

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[New Times] For the first time, public contracts driven by innovation in Rwanda will be governed by specialised procedures rather than the standard public procurement framework, a shift that could significantly change how government institutions engage innovators and award solution-based tenders.

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[New Times] The evolving mediation efforts surrounding the conflict in eastern DR Congo reflect both the complexity of the crisis and the strategic recalibration now underway in the region. The renewed emphasis by Kinshasa on the Luanda process, after earlier engagement through discreet diplomatic channels in Doha, has prompted debate about direction, coherence, and commitment.

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[New Times] The government has reduced soil erosion across 1.2 million hectares, a major step toward protecting rivers that form the headwaters of the River Nile and safeguarding water quality for millions of people downstream.

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[This Day] Abeokuta -- A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Centre for Women Health and Information, has launched a Technical Action and Sustainability Plan (TASP) Towards Ending Violence Against Women With Disabilities.

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[This Day] Nigeria's struggle with corruption seemingly remains stubbornly unresolved, despite years of reforms, prosecutions and policy pledges. The 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) recently released by Transparency International, through its Nigerian chapter, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), shows that the country has once again failed to make meaningful progress, retaining a score of 26 out of 100 while slipping further down the global rankings. While isolated gains in asset recovery

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[This Day] Abuja -- The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, to immediately withdraw the Lawful Interception of Communications Regulations, 2019, describing the rules as "unconstitutional, unlawful and inconsistent with Nigeria's international obligations."

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[Dabanga] El Tina -- The Joint Forces, allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), say they have repelled what they describe as a "treacherous" attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the El Tina border crossing between Chad and North Darfur, hours after the RSF announced yesterday that it had taken control of the town.

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[Daba Finance] Aliko Dangote has appointed his three daughters to expanded leadership roles across Dangote Group as he pursues a plan to build the business into a $100 billion enterprise within 4 years.

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[Daba Finance] Nigerian fintech Risevest has obtained a Fund and Portfolio Manager licence from the Securities and Exchange Commission, bringing its investment operations under direct regulatory oversight.

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[Daba Finance] Ethiopia's ban on imported gasoline and diesel cars is driving a rapid shift toward electric vehicles, reshaping one of Africa's smallest auto markets. In 2024, the government barred fossil fuel-powered vehicle imports and cut tariffs on electric models. Duties were reduced to 15% for completed EVs, 5% for semi-assembled units and zero for fully knocked-down kits assembled locally.

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[Daba Finance] Tech entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth is introducing a conservation-linked income program on Príncipe, a small island in São Tomé and Príncipe, where he owns several luxury resorts. Through his nonprofit Faya, up to 3,000 residents, about 60% of the island's adult population, will receive annual payments of as much as 20,000 dobras, or about $958. The payments will be distributed quarterly and are described as a "natural dividend."

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[Daba Finance] South Africa's unemployment rate fell to 31.4% in the final quarter of 2025, the lowest level in more than 5 years, according to Statistics South Africa.

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[RFI] Ethiopia and Eritrea say they are preparing for the possibility of war, with landlocked Ethiopia's claim it needs access to the Red Sea seen as a provocation by Eritrea. As tensions build, violence is escalating on their shared border in the Tigray region.

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[RFI] Somaliland is willing to give the United States access to its minerals and military bases, the minister of the presidency has said, as the breakaway region of Somalia pushes for global recognition.