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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has clarified that motorists and transport operators will not face penalties over several newly introduced vehicle inspection requirements as confusion continues over the implementation of the 2026 regulations.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Human rights organisations have expressed alarm over what they describe as the return of enforced disappearances and abductions in Kenya after activist Davis Lichuma was found alive days after he went missing, prompting renewed calls for an independent investigation into his alleged unlawful detention and torture.

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[Capital FM] Mombasa -- Police in Nyali, Mombasa County, are investigating a suspected robbery and murder incident involving mineral dealers after the body of a caretaker was discovered inside an unoccupied house along Nyali 2nd Avenue.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has ruled out extending the June 30 deadline for filing 2025 income tax returns, warning that taxpayers who fail to comply will face penalties and possible default tax assessments.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Police Service (NPS) says it is taking allegations of enforced disappearances, torture and other human rights violations seriously, urging members of the public with information to report such incidents to the nearest police station.

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[Leadership] Former Minister of Education and founder of Fix Politics Nigeria, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has tacitly thrown her weight behind Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, in the race for President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

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[Leadership] Nigeria's former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has arrived in Lake Como, Italy, to join global leaders, policymakers, scholars, and strategic thinkers at an international experts workshop where he is expected to make a strong case for Africa to move beyond aid dependency and embrace strategic partnerships anchored on trade, investment, industrialisation, stronger institutions, domestic resource mobilisation, and African agency.

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[New Times] The FDLR has sustained its operations in DR Congo through multiple streams of income ranging from agriculture and mining to taxation, timber, charcoal and wildlife trafficking, while also receiving support from Kinshasa, according to a former member of the militia.

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[New Times] The number of land transfers in Bugesera District has risen from 5,000 in 2018 to 30,000 in 2025, according to the National Land Authority (NLA).

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[Ayin Network] The Rapid Support Forces' current siege of El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan State, has been, unlike earlier attacks, strategic and methodical. Drones first targeted fuel stations and then electrical generators, effectively making life unbearable for civilians and driving them to evacuate the city. El Obeid has a population of roughly half a million, including between 100,000 and 200,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have already fled violence in other parts of Sudan. "In our assessment,

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[Daily Maverick] South Africa's xenophobia crisis is not driven by a lack of laws or awareness, but by the failure to consistently prevent violence and hold perpetrators accountable. As new anti-migrant threats emerge, the state's response will test whether it can break a cycle of impunity.

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[Nile Post] The National Unity Platform (NUP) has strongly condemned the military's closure and continued siege of media outlets operated by Nation Media Group Uganda, describing the action as an attack on press freedom and citizens' constitutional right to access information.

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[Leadership] The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), to expedite the conclusion of the proposed Technical Equity Partnership with the two Chinese companies for the completion and operation of the Warri and Port Harcourt Refineries.

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[Nile Post] Nation Media Group Uganda (NMG-U) has said an overnight military operation at its premises in Namuwongo and the Kampala Serena International Conference Centre disrupted its television, radio and newspaper operations after the facilities were rendered inaccessible and electricity was disconnected.

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[New Times] The publication of Law No. 023/2026 of 25/05/2026 regulating virtual asset business ("the law") marks a defining moment in Rwanda's digital finance regulatory journey. This development is best understood not as a sudden policy shift, but as the formalisation of a trajectory that has gradually moved from caution to structured engagement with virtual assets.

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[Nile Post] The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate's Court has issued arrest warrants against John Bagunywa Sebutinde, husband of International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Julia Sebutinde in the criminal case arising from the controversial Bugolobi apartment development.

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[Namibian] The Khomas region has recorded major gains in healthcare and social welfare, with 95% of people living with HIV aware of their status, while the government has committed more than N$59.2 million towards key health infrastructure projects.

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[New Times] Kigali's ambition to increase public transport usage from 20 per cent to 50 per cent over the next decade will depend less on expanding bus routes and more on making public transport reliable, efficient and attractive enough to become the preferred choice for commuters.

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[New Times] In Rwanda, women represent 79 per cent of the workforce engaged in agriculture, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources.