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[HRW] Kigali May Be Open to International Sports, but Not to Critics

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[RFI] Cameroon on Monday is marking five years since protests organised by the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC) were violently repressed by the authorities. More than 500 people were arbitrarily arrested, 36 of whom remain in jail. As the country gears up for presidential elections, human rights group Amnesty International is calling for their release.

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[Daily Trust] The United States has warned that corrupt Nigerian politicians and government officials risk visa restrictions as part of its broader drive to promote accountability and good governance.

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[Leadership] A powerful coalition of Nigerian women's rights organisations has taken the battle over the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the United Nations, accusing the Nigerian Senate of gender-based discrimination and political retaliation following her allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

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[Leadership] Nigeria leads West Africa region to make a significant impact at the Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) 2025, organised by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), with 25 buyers from the region participating in the event.

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[Leadership] The Save Democracy Mega Alliance (SDMA) has called on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to accept the mantle of a lead nationalist, liberator and elder statesman by supporting Peter Obi to emerge the presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2027 election.

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[Leadership] Nigeria is once again turning to institutional collaboration to address one of its most pressing fiscal challenges: how to mobilise sufficient revenue to meet the demands of governance in a resource-constrained environment. And that is being done by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in unison with the relevant stakeholders, including government institutions.

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[Leadership] Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has launched a legal challenge against the federal government over criminal defamation charges filed against her. She described the move as a politically-motivated witch-hunt and an abuse of state power.

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[New Times] Violette Neza Irakoze is a 24-year-old Rwandan professional cyclist who is redefining what it means to be a woman in Rwandan cycling. Competing in road, gravel, mountain biking, and ultra-distance races, she rides for the Ridley Racing Team, a Belgian-based professional team.

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[Daily Trust] The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently had a change of leadership as Dr Sidi Oud Tah from Mauritania took over the helm of affairs as the ninth President from the outgone Nigeria's Dr Adewunmi Adesina. Adesina had been on the saddle between 2015 and 2025, being two terms of five years each.

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[The Herald] GLOWING tributes are pouring in for Star FM presenter Babongile 'The Ndebele Rockstar' Sikhonjwa, who died on Sunday in Bulawayo.

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[The Herald] GOVERNMENT, through the Rural Electrification Fund, has intensified its power connectivity campaign, successfully electrifying over 1 300 villages.

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[The Herald] In line with his thrust as a listening leader, President Mnangagwa at the weekend interfaced with cross border traders who presented him with a birthday gift and also got an opportunity to air their grievances regarding their sector.

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[GroundUp] Court hears that an internal hearing cleared one of the three police officers on trial

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[New Zimbabwe] The High Court of Zimbabwe has ruled in favour of a grieving mother, Patricia Dengezi whose one-year-old son was tragically killed during a chaotic traffic incident between pirate taxi operators and the police.

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[Centre 4s] This Tuesday, September 23, the 80th session of the UN General Assembly will open in New York. Its theme-- »Better Together: More than 80 Years of Serving Peace, Development, and Human Rights »--is eminently laudable. It offers an opening in an international context no longer characterized by a Cold War, but rather by real, deadly wars--Gaza, Ukraine--between Europe and Russia, and between Israelis and Palestinians. In this unprecedented context, that wish-- »Better Together

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[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa / New York -- The Committee of Heads of State and Government (CHSG) of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) convened an Extraordinary Virtual Session on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80). The meeting was chaired at the highest level of leadership and brought together African Union Member States to deliberate on urgent priorities for Africa's health security and sovereignty.

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[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- Islamic thinker Dr El Mahboub Abdelsalam says Sudan's Islamists failed to learn from their three decades in power and must now face up to democracy, accountability, and dialogue. Speaking in an in-depth interview on Radio Dabanga's Plain Speaking programme on Saturday, Abdelsalam accused both the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Islamic Movement of remaining locked in a culture of confrontation.

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[Africa CDC] We, the Committee of Heads of State and Government (CHSG) of the Africa CDC, meeting virtually on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80):

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[UN News] Music, memories and messages of peace filled the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday as the world body commemorated 80 years since its founding.

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[African Arguments] The political drama unfolding in Burkina Faso feels ripped from the headlines. The expulsion of French troops, the pivot to Russia, the fiery speeches by Captain Ibrahim Traoré at global forums--it is a powerful spectacle of a young military leader defying the old -world order. But to see this only as anti-French rhetoric or a simple geopolitical shift is to miss the deeper, more profound revolution at play.