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[Afrobarometer] More than eight in 10 citizens say they worry 'a lot' about obtaining or affording medical care.

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[Democracy Works] Background and Rationale

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[Afrobarometer] More than eight in 10 young adults say their country is headed in "the wrong direction."

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[Afreximbank] Cairo, Egypt, 27 Oct. 2025: -African Export-import Bank (Afreximbank) on Saturday in Cairo, Egypt, swore in Dr. George Elombi as the Bank's fourth President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, taking over from Prof. Benedict Oramah as head of the African Multilateral Finance Institution.

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[Afreximbank] Luanda, Angola -- 29 October 2025 The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions (AAMFI) and the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) have jointly announced the establishment of the AAMFI Infrastructure Financing Facility for African Union Development projects, a major initiative to accelerate infrastructure development across Africa. The announcement was made during the Luanda Infrastructure Financing Summit, held under the theme "Cutting the Cost of Capital: Financing

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[Health-e] On 26 October 2025, the Eastern Cape Department of Health concluded a three-day oral-health blitz, a belated celebration of Oral Health Month. Partnering with Operation Smile, Colgate-Palmolive, and others, the campaign delivered oral healthcare services to nearly a thousand people, including life-changing cleft surgeries for children. These efforts deserve recognition. They shine a light on oral diseases and their human toll. But they also reveal something more uncomfortable: in South Africa, oral health

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[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name.

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[ISS] The ruling party's decision to extend President Mnangagwa's second term in office is inflaming tensions in Zimbabwe.

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[UN News] The UN is calling for restraint in Tanzania, amid deadly protests following the 29 October general election, as the country remains under curfew and faces widespread internet restrictions.

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[The Conversation Africa] A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to landlocked Mali's capital. For over a month, they have attacked convoys supplying Bamako with fuel, putting considerable pressure on the military junta that has been ruling the country for five years.

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[The Conversation Africa] Mali's military regime is coming under increasing pressure from Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an armed group linked to al-Qaida that now controls large swathes of territory across the Sahel region of western and north-central Africa. The group is blockading major highways in Mali and torching tanker lorries, with dwindling fuel supplies threatening to suffocate the country economically.

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[Capital FM] Nakuru -- Deadly floods and a mudslide have left nine people dead in two villages in the Marakwet East Sub-County of Elgeyo Marakwet.

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[SNA] Baku, 1 November 2025 (SUNA) - The Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan in Baku held a press conference on Saturday morning to brief the media on the recent developments in Sudan.

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[GroundUp] Protest, originally banned, proceeded after police minister gave it the go-ahead

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[Shabelle] Garowe, Somalia -- Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni on Friday evening addressed residents of the Nugaal region in a public awareness event on community policing, as the semi-autonomous state prepares to deploy newly trained police forces across key towns.

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[New Zimbabwe] WOES continue to mount for jailed businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, with the State now seeking to confiscate their properties following their conviction in a US$7 million fraud case.

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[Premium Times] The ministry further noted that religious freedom has not been impeded in the country, and Christians have the freedom to practice their faith across the country.

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[This Day] Abuja -- United States President Donald Trump has announced Nigeria as a "country of particular concern" after claiming that Christianity faces a threat in the country.

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[This Day] President Donald Trump yesterday designated Nigeria a 'Country of Particular Concern,' citing alleged widespread killings of Christians and rising religious intolerance.

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[RFI] At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that €1.5 billion has been pledged in aid. Meanwhile the airport in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will reopen to humanitarian flights.

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[RFI] Around 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.