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Africa: Open Skies Delays Keep Africa's Trade Costs High

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- African governments and aviation industry leaders are pushing for faster implementation of open-skies policies, warning that fragmented air transport markets are raising business costs and limiting the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area.

Nigeria: Atiku Raises Alarm Over Mysterious Credit Alert, Suspected Data Breach

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[Vanguard] Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over a suspicious credit into one of his private bank accounts domiciled with one of Nigeria's leading commercial banks, and has put security agencies on notice over the incident.

Editor of top Ethiopian independent news site seized by police, publisher says

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Rights groups say this as part of a pattern of targeting news outlets - the government has not commented.

Spanish enclave of Ceuta still reeling from mass influx of migrants

Africanews  

Although most of about 80,000 people who swarmed into the tiny North African territory have gone back, it is estimated that 3,000 to 5,000 remain.

Ghana: Police Seize Suspected Cocaine Worth $6.9m in Gari Sacks

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[Ghanaian Times] Tema -- The Tema Regional Police Command has intercepted 866 parcels of substances suspected to be cocaine concealed in sacks of gari and allegedly destined for export, with an estimated street value of $6.928 million, and arrested four suspects in two separate anti-narcotics operations.

Liberia: Police Chief Denies Alleged Ties to Drug Cartel

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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Coleman's statement, posted to his personal Facebook page, reads less like a routine institutional update and more like a man answering a question nobody asked him directly, because everybody has been asking it indirectly for weeks. "Criminal organizations thrive where fear, silence, and institutional weakness prevail. They will not prevail in Liberia again," he wrote. "The Liberia National Police will not be intimidated, distracted, or deterred from enforcing the law."

Liberia: Boakai On Drug Scandal - 'We Will Find You' - but Will the Courts Deliver?

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[FrontPageAfrica] He came to swear in judges and court marshals. He left having delivered the most direct public warning of his presidency -- to drug traffickers, yes, but also, if the words are taken at face value, to anyone inside his own government still hoping this scandal blows over quietly.

Senegal jails three TikTok influencers over posts criticising president Faye

Africanews  

A Senegalese court has sentenced three TikTok influencers to prison for posts that allegedly insulted President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

Tanzania: Uganda, Tanzania Seal Deal to Develop Tanga Into Regional Energy Hub

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[Independent (Kampala)] Dar es Salaam -- President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda and Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania have endorsed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at reshaping East Africa's energy economy by shifting the region's focus from crude oil exports to building an integrated regional energy and industrial hub.

South Africa: Maré and the Cape Flats - Where Violence Becomes a Public Health Crisis

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[allAfrica] "Stay together."

Lightweight bamboo wheelchairs helping Kenyan children with disabilities

Africanews  

The aim being to ensure that every wheelchair is perfectly fitted to the needs and challenges of each child that requires one.

Meta hit with record $942 million penalty over child safety failures

Africanews  

Meta has been ordered to pay a record $942 million after a US judge ruled the company failed to protect children from harm on its social media platforms.

Ivory Coast cocoa buyout completed, authorities say

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Ivory Coast’s cocoa buyout operation has been completed, the country’s Coffee-Cocoa Council said in a statement on Thursday.

Kenya: High Court Declares 2027 Election Date Unconstitutional, Says Poll Was Due in 2026

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has declared that Kenya's next presidential election ought to be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, ruling that the Constitution requires the poll to be conducted on the second Tuesday of August in the fifth year following the previous General Election, and not after the fifth year as currently planned by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

Reports that Morocco ready to cooperate on return of minors from Ceuta

Africanews  

Moroccan state media says Rabat will work with the EU to identify the children with a view to “their return to their homeland”.

Ugandan MPs vote to deploy soldiers to Gaza peacekeeping force

Africanews  

Uganda’s Parliament passed a motion on Thursday supporting President Museveni's decision to deploy soldiers to the Gaza Strip.

Africa’s Unfinished Journey To Integrate NCDs Into Routine Care

AfricaDotcom  

For decades, African health systems were built to fight infectious diseases, and rightly so. Those investments have saved millions of lives and transformed

Higher Metal Prices Lift South Africa’s Export Earnings

AfricaDotcom  

South Africa generated more than $14.6 billion from exports of six key commodities during the first half of the year, underscoring the mining sector’s

Congo Bans Copper and Cobalt Concentrate Exports

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned exports of copper and cobalt concentrates as part of a broader strategy to promote domestic mineral processing and

Ghana’s Inflation Falls for First Time Since March

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Ghana’s annual inflation rate slowed to 4.6% in July 2026 from 5.3% in June, marking the first decline in consumer price growth since March and highlighting

Nigeria’s Crypto Reforms Leave Key Regulatory Gaps

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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu signed an executive order in mid-2026 aimed at unifying oversight of the country’s fragmented digital asset sector, but

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