Uganda: Masaka Court Orders Recount of Kalungu West Parliamentary Votes

[Nile Post] The Masaka Chief Magistrate's Court has ordered a recount of votes cast in the Kalungu West parliamentary election following a petition challenging the results announced by the Electoral Commission (EC). Source

Uganda: Election Losers Prepare Petitions Amid Call for Strong Evidence

[Nile Post] Several parliamentary candidates in Uganda's 2026 general elections are preparing to petition the Electoral Commission and courts to challenge results in their constituencies, citing alleged irregularities during the polls. Source

Niger: In Niger, Your Job or Your Life

[HRW] Junta's Sanctions on Fuel Transport Operators Raise Rights Concerns Source

Somalia: Somalia Ratifies IGAD Treaty, Pushing Regional Bloc to Operational Threshold

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Somalia has ratified the revised Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Treaty, a landmark decision that brings the regional bloc to the required two-thirds threshold needed to operationalise the new legal framework and deepen cooperation across the Horn of Africa. Source

Mali: Mali Bans Jeune Afrique Over Coverage of Jihadist Fuel and Security Crises

[CPJ] Dakar -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malian authorities to reverse their ban on the distribution, circulation, and sale of the privately owned French news magazine Jeune Afrique, the latest outlet to be prohibited by the allied military governments of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Source

Kenya: Nairobi Hospital Performs Region's First Robotic Knee Replacements

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Metropolitan Hospital in Nairobi, in collaboration with India's Marengo Asia Hospital, has carried out the first robotic-assisted knee replacement surgeries in East and Central Africa. Source

Ethiopia: 2,6 Million-Year-Old Hominin Species Fossil Found in Ethiopia's Afar

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- A research team led by Zeresenay Alemseged, a researcher at the University of Chicago in the United States, discovered 2.6 million-year-old hominin species fossil remains in Ethiopia's Afar region for the first time. Source

Namibia: Windhoek Residents Fear Baboon Attacks As Ministry and Naankuse Seek Solutions

[Namibian] They took my macaroni last week - resident Source

Africa: Why Africa's Terrorism Crisis Is a Governance Crisis First

[Daily Maverick] Countering violent extremism must be reframed as a governance renewal project -- investing in accountable institutions, empowering civil society as an early warning system, institutionalising interfaith and intercultural dialogue, protecting media freedom and addressing structural exclusion. Source

South Africa: Prime Interest Rate May Soon Be Phased Out, Says SA Reserve Bank Governor

[Daily Maverick] The 350 basis point gap between the repo or monetary policy rate and the prime rate has been fixed since 2001. Lenders use it as a baseline depending on the risks and the credit record of borrowers. Source

South Africa: Department of Social Development's Underqualified Chief of Staff Resigns Without Facing Disciplinary Hearing

[Daily Maverick] Lesedi Mabiletja, appointed as chief of staff to the minister of social development at the age of 22 and without the necessary qualifications, has resigned. Source

Uganda: Kampala Calm As Police Deploy Ahead of Lord Mayor Poll

[Nile Post] Kampala Metropolitan Police have urged voters to remain peaceful as the city goes to the polls to elect the Kampala Lord Mayor and councillors, saying the capital remains calm with security fully in place. Source