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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has lowered its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to 8.75 per cent in a move aimed at stimulating private sector credit and supporting economic growth.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Cabinet has approved the release of Sh4.1 billion to scale up interventions aimed at alleviating the worsening drought conditions in several parts of the country.

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[Botswana Daily News] Mmathethe -- Consultations on the establishment of Constitutional Court were met with high expectations, as Mmathethe residents expressed eagerness for the court's immediate takeoff.

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Botswana is feeling the pinch as a slump in diamond sales forces the government to consider raising taxes. Diamonds are the backbone of the economy, but global demand has weakened, prices are down, and production has slowed, leaving a big hole in state revenues.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A group of nurses staged a protest outside City Hall in Nairobi, raising concerns over delayed hiring, unfair contracts, and lack of job security.

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[Daily Maverick] During a heated exchange at the Mining Indaba, Gwede Mantashe challenged the Democratic Republic of Congo's critical minerals agreement with the US, stressing the need for continental unity in Africa's resource management.

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Iran publicly rejected a core U.S. demand to cease all uranium enrichment on Monday, projecting a dual-track strategy of guarded diplomacy and reinforced military preparedness, as indirect talks with Washington remain deadlocked.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- A StarSky aircraft crashed in shallow water near the Mogadishu coastline shortly after departing from Aden Adde International Airport, authorities said.

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[GroundUp] The area has experienced an intermittent water supply for years and taps have been dry since last week

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[Nyasa Times] Governments in the Southern Africa, including Malawi, have come under heavy criticism for their alleged perpetuation of a culture of human rights abuses and impunity, with security forces using excessive force, arbitrary arrests, and restrictions on freedoms.

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[Premium Times] The Senate re-amended the Electoral Act to accommodate the electronic transmission of results. However, the provision comes with a caveat that, in the event of internet failure, Form EC8A will serve as the primary means of result collation.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Cabinet has also endorsed the financial year 2026/27 Budget, totalling 4.7 trillion Shillings.

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[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Heavy gunfire erupted Tuesday morning near Guinea's central prison in Conakry, sparking widespread panic across the capital, according to Reuters. Eyewitnesses reported seeing security forces in armored carriers mounted with machine guns deployed around Kaloum, the central administrative district housing the presidential palace.

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Mounting pressure is pushing the Kenyan government to halt labor recruitment to Russia, as families are left to hold symbolic funerals for loved ones lured abroad only to be killed on the front lines of the war in Ukraine.

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Motorcycle taxis are among the fastest and most affordable ways to get around East Africa, and in Uganda they are widely known as boda bodas. Thousands crisscross city streets every day, especially in the capital Kampala, where traffic congestion and limited public transport make them essential.

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[UN News] UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed on Tuesday to all parties involved in renewed heavy fighting in Ethiopia's 'precarious' Tigray region to step back from the brink, warning of the potential for a deepening crisis in the country's war-weary north and beyond.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- County governors have formally requested urgent talks with the Senate leadership to ease rising tensions over parliamentary oversight, warning that the current climate could undermine collaboration between the two institutions responsible for safeguarding devolution.

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[Scrolla] WaterCAN says Johannesburg residents already live in Day Zero conditions, with areas experiencing outages lasting close to 20 days. The group calls on the government to declare Johannesburg a national disaster area and demands daily updates from Johannesburg Water.

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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- A tweet from the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch to Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces, cast the spotlight on US-Uganda diplomatic relations in the wake of a contentious presidential election where President Yoweri Museveni was elected for a seventh term.

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[IPS] Mandera, Kenya, -- Every morning before sunrise, 10-year-old Amina Adan walks away from school and toward a shrinking water pan on the outskirts of Rhamu, Mandera County. By the time her classmates would be opening exercise books, Amina was already balancing a yellow jerrycan almost half her size.

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Angola’s President João Lourenço and representatives of the African Union have called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo.