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[This Day] The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five suspected arms couriers, including two foreign nationals from Niger Republic, in connection with the abduction of nearly 300 students and staff from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri village, Niger State.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's national army has killed two members of the militant group Al-Shabaab, including a senior commander, during a planned military operation in the Hanti Wadaag area of the Lower Shabelle region, the government said on Sunday.

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[Vanguard] ,,,Pledges Troops' Welfare Support

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[Vanguard] The Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) says businesses across the country are yet to fully experience the expected benefits of the Federal Government's ongoing economic reforms.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the second interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, known as the Madlanga Commission.

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[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has called on South Africans to embrace their shared responsibility as custodians of the Kruger National Park (KNP).

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[Premium Times] INEC had given political parties between 23 April and 30 May to conduct their primaries and pick candidates for the 2027 poll.

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[Shabelle] Baidoa, Somalia -- Speaker of Somalia's Lower House, Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur Madobe, met senior military and intelligence officials on Sunday and received a briefing on a security operation that authorities said thwarted an attempt to disrupt security in Baidoa.

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[Shabelle] Middle Shabelle, Somalia -- Somali National Army forces carried out planned operations targeting militants in parts of the Middle Shabelle region, the military said.

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[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigeria Police Force has cautioned members of the public against carrying out reprisal attacks on South African nationals, businesses, diplomatic facilities and other interests in Nigeria following reports of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

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[Nile Post] A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Uganda on Sunday night, sending tremors across its epicentre in central with parts of western, eastern and sections of the northern corridor reeling from one of the most widely felt seismic events in recent months.

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[Namibian] The body of Nafutal Shinedima (37), who was reported missing on Wednesday, was recovered from the ocean near Swakopmund on Sunday after a two-day search.

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[Liberian Observer] The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has partnered with United Nations Children's Fund and Mother Pattern College of Health Science to launch a new Child Protection Curriculum Development Package aimed at strengthening Liberia's child protection system and improving professional standards in social work across the country.

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[New Times] Health ministers from East African Community (EAC) member states will hold an extraordinary virtual meeting on June 1 and 2 to discuss a coordinated response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda.

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[ENA] Addis Ababa, May 31, 2026 --Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is leading the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM), met today with representatives of the African Diplomatic Corps in Addis Ababa as Ethiopia prepares for its seventh general election scheduled for tomorrow June 1, 2026.

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[ENA] Addis Ababa, May 31, 2026 --Ethiopia has entered a period of contemplation--the mandatory electoral silence period ahead of the June 1 General Election that follows the hectic debates, arguments and counter arguments of the 42 competing parties.

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[Leadership] Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have uncovered consignments of high potency illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped to Lagos from Netherlands.

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[New Zimbabwe] TWO suspects have been arrested in Harare following the discovery of a backyard laboratory used for the illegal manufacture of unregistered cough syrups.

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[Horn Diplomat] Addis Ababa, May 31 (Horn Diplomat) -- Ethiopians headed to the polls on Monday in the country's seventh general election, with more than 54 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots in what authorities describe as an important milestone in the nation's democratic development.

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[Namibian] The Namibian public and the local pharmaceutical fraternity should be encouraged by president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's recent visit to Fabupharm amid the ongoing shortage of medicines in public hospitals and clinics.

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[Leadership] The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun the search for a running mate, investigations by LEADERSHIP Sunday have shown.