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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held an iftar meeting with leaders of political organizations to discuss the country's political situation and efforts to strengthen democratic governance.

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[Premium Times] Community members said no deaths were recorded during the raid, though the terrorists broke into several shops and carted away goods

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[New Times] For Olivier Nyabyenda, a farmer in Karambo Village, Butare Sector, Rusizi District, the heavy rain is always a source of worry. Two weeks ago, a heavy hailstorm swept through his 25 acres of cassava trees and left his family facing poor food access.

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[Nile Post] The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, has said Uganda's revised national curriculum is laying the foundation for a more confident, self-reliant generation, expressing optimism that it signals the emergence of a "new Uganda."

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[Nile Post] President Yoweri Museveni has said that youthfulness alone is not enough to transform a country, arguing that without the right ideology, young people risk misdiagnosing society's challenges and missing opportunities for wealth creation.

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[SADC] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Emergency Response Team (ERT) has officially concluded its field deployment in Toamasina, Anatsinanana Region, Republic of Madagascar, following the devastating impact of Tropical Cyclone Gezani, which made landfall on 10 February 2026.

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[Premium Times] Taiwo and his twin brother, Kehinde, rose to prominence in the Yoruba gospel music scene following the release of their debut album "Faratimi (Lean on Me)" in 1999.

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[Namibian] The Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) is again seeking to move the Fishrot accused to communal cells at the Windhoek Correctional Facility despite a recent High Court ruling.

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[Namibian] The director general of the Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS), Bamba Nghipandua, is asking the High Court to order that a defamation case about a vetting process in which he is being sued for N$1.8 million should be heard in secret.

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[Namibian] Former members of parliament (MPs) have condemned a new directive requiring public servants to use state healthcare facilities, citing constitutional concerns and poor public service standards.

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[Namibian] Analysts say the new budget will not allow for the economy to grow as it is focused on operations and too little has been left for development projects.

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[Leadership] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has uncovered a sophisticated, artificial intelligence-driven examination fraud syndicate and is moving to cancel the registrations of more than 100 candidates implicated in the scheme.

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[New Zimbabwe] THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has defended its position of maintaining the Bank Policy Rate at 35% arguing that it is still early days to shift it downwards.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Parliament has facilitated the airlifting of the remains of Emurua Dikirr Member of Parliament Johanna Ng'eno and five other victims of a fatal helicopter crash in Nandi County to Nairobi, as a parliamentary committee begins coordinating burial arrangements.

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[GroundUp] Government-contracted buses are chronically overloaded

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[This Day] The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA), led by its Director-General, Mr. Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, held a strategic engagement with the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) in Lagos to strengthen collaboration on corporate reporting, sustainability practices, and the promotion of a more transparent business environment.

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[This Day] Chinedu Eze

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[The Conversation Africa] When floods sweep through southern Africa, the most visible damage is immediate: homes washed away, crops destroyed, clinics disrupted, families displaced. These images dominate headlines and humanitarian appeals.

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[The Conversation Africa] Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), remains at large two decades after the International Criminal Court issued its first arrest warrants against him and four of his commanders.

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[The Conversation Africa] The African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) was introduced in 2000 as the cornerstone of US development-oriented trade policy towards sub-Saharan Africa. It was designed to grant eligible countries duty-free access to the US market.

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[Dabanga] Khartoum -- An independent group bringing together around 40 diverse Sudanese civil society initiatives, organisations and actors under the umbrella of the Sudan Civic Convergence Tracks (SCCT)*, say that they have developed "an initial vision for a unified civilian path to end the war and build peace," that the say serves as a starting point for joint action and for unifying the independent Sudanese civilian voice around a realistic path to end the war and build peace in the country.