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[Addis Standard] Mekelle -- Ethiopian Airlines has suspended flights scheduled for today to airports in Tigray, including Mekelle, Axum, Shire, and Humera, according to information obtained by Addis Standard.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba--Ethiopia's humanitarian logistics network faced mounting pressure in the final quarter of 2025 as conflict, climate shocks, and disease outbreaks continued to drive displacement and restrict aid delivery across several regions, according to a new Logistics Cluster fact sheet.
[New Times] The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board has handed down sanctions against Senegal, Morocco, and several players and officials following chaotic scenes that marred the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 final.
[Afreximbank] Cairo, Egypt - 28 January 2026 - African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), working with other mandated lead arrangers, has successfully closed a US$1.75 billion syndicated receivables purchase facility for Sonangol, Angola's national oil company.
Africanews
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday removed all outstanding sanctions imposed against Guinea following the 2021 coup, after last month's election of former junta leader Mamady Doumbouya.
The Confederation of African Footall has issued heavy sanctions against both Senegal and Morocco after chaotic scenes at the 2025 Africa Cup final in Rabat.
[allAfrica] South Africa's major cinema chains withdrew the documentary Melania just days before its scheduled international release on January 30. The documentary focuses on the US First Lady, Melania Trump.
BBC News Africa
Senegal manager Pape Thiaw his banned for five games after the chaotic scenes during the Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco.
[RFI] Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno is set to visit Paris on Thursday, where he will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in a sign of improving relations between the two countries after more than a year of tension.
A burst of heavy gunfire and explosions erupted early Thursday near the international airport in Niger's capital Niamey before halting within hours.
Search and rescue efforts continued in Mozambique after weeks of heavy rains that caused severe flooding, submerging farmland, homes, and infrastructure.
The airport houses an air force base and is about 10km (six miles) from the presidential place.
[Scrolla] Ntate Digasho, 67, drives a scholar transport taxi in Lenasia and earns R5,000 monthly from 28 learners at R150 each.
[Daily Maverick] The minister of sport, arts and culture engages in bluster, dismissing evidence, disregarding accountability and substituting raw power for reason.
[Premium Times] Data from the report indicate that 104 suspected cases were recorded in the reporting week, out of which 21 were laboratory confirmed, with no probable cases reported.
[Nyasa Times] The Confederation of African Football has thrown out Morocco's complaint over the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final, confirming that the disciplinary proceedings arising from the match do not affect the result. CAF has made it clear that the final scoreline stands and that Senegal remains the rightful African champion.
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[allAfrica] Darren Jason Watkins Jr, popularly known as IShowSpeed, one of the world's most popular content creators, has received approval for a Ghanaian passport following his visit to the country.
[DW] Eight children were killed in an attack on a remote village in Cameroon's North West has shocked the nation. But there appears no end in sight to the separatist conflict in the Anglophone regions.
[GroundUp] A human rights organisation has petitioned South Africa's Parliament to scrap passports at Lesotho borders
[Nile Post] The Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Governance, Sarah Bireete, has been granted bail by the Buganda Road Magistrate's Court.
