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[Daily Maverick] Facing threats from Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to withhold funding, Johannesburg's city manager, Dr Floyd Brink, told Parliament that rising revenue collections had stabilised the city's finances. But its municipal entities have written off at least R45bn in fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

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Welcomed by a towering Catalan human castle, Pope Leo XIV joined 40,000 young people in Barcelona on 9 June, urging greater support for those facing anxiety, loneliness and violence ahead of the blessing of the Sagrada Família's Tower of Jesus Christ.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba is expected to address the nation on Wednesday as concern grows over a wave of unrest that has disrupted learning in schools across the country.

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Another nine people were injured at an informal settlement in Cleveland late on Tuesday.

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The US military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated Wednesday following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that US President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.

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[IPS] United Nations -- Over the past few years, the humanitarian crisis in Africa's Sahel region has expanded considerably, largely driven by a surge of violence--particularly in the Central Sahel. Although the crisis has been described by the United Nations (UN) as having "largely faded from the headlines" since its wake in 2012, millions of people across the region are in dire need of humanitarian assistance as civilian displacement, climate shocks, and widespread hunger rapidly spill across borders.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyans across Nairobi are calling on the government to ease the burden of high fuel prices and reduce taxes on essential commodities ahead of the presentation of the Finance Bill 2026 by Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi in Parliament on Thursday.

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[HRW] Nairobi -- Rampant Abuses Against Civilians, Ex-Soldiers in Key Eastern Provinces

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A decision by US customs officials last week to deny entry to Somali referee Omar Artan is being met with blowback from fans and officials alike.

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[Leadership] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it has recorded 7,850 suspected cholera cases and 74 deaths in Borno State, while treating 7,439 patients between 1 May and 7 June 2026 across 14 local government areas.

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[HRW] Update on human rights in Tunisia and the need for international scrutiny

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[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- A major diplomatic breakthrough unfolded in Dar es Salaam as Tanzania and Singapore signed five key agreements to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, skills development, and economic transformation. The signing at State House marked a new phase in relations between the two countries during a high level State Visit.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A renewed protest against a proposed US-run Ebola quarantine and treatment facility in Nanyuki turned deadly on Tuesday after a clash between the police and protesters left one person dead and at least 19 others arrested, according to human rights groups.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed the High Court's Sh50 million award against the Senate as "an insult" and vowed to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal.

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[Dabanga] A group of international and regional powers has endorsed a civilian led political dialogue for Sudan aimed at restoring civilian rule within six months, while warning that those who obstruct the process could face consequences.

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[Darfur Network for Human Rights] The Darfur Network for Human Rights (DNHR) documents a series of drone attacks carried out between 6 and 8 June 2026 across North Kordofan State that killed at least 18 civilians and left dozens more wounded, striking a market, villages, civilian vehicles, and a fuel station. The attacks were carried out by the warring parties to Sudan's conflict, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), whose escalating drone campaign across North Kordofan has claimed the lives of at least 33

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[Dabanga] El Fasher / Nyala / North Kordofan / El Gezira / S -- A Darfur advocacy group says air strikes and drone attacks killed at least 470 people and injured 187 others across Sudan between March 2024 and January 2026, as civilians continue to bear the brunt of the war.

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[IPS] By Mario Jimenez and Ifeanyi Nsofor

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African refiners and distributors: A new roadmap for Africa’s downstream oil sector is taking shape following high-level discussions in Algeria on June