Uganda: Ugandan President Re-Elected for 7th Time As Observers Decry Intimidation

[RFI] President Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of Uganda's election on Saturday, granting Africa's longest-serving leader a seventh term in office. African observers have denounced "reports of intimidation, arrest and abductions" targeting the opposition that they say undermined the polls' credibility. Source

Nigeria: How Imoudu Became 'Labour Leader Number One'

[Premium Times] In a paper I presented at the 20th posthumous commemoration of Comrade Michael Aithokhaimen Omiunu Imoudu's passing in Lagos, Nigeria, I highlighted how he acquired the sobriquet, 'Labour Leader Number One' Source

Nigeria: Many Militants Surrender As Sophisticated Arms, Ammunition Are Recovered in Cross River

[Premium Times] During the exercise, the militants voluntarily surrendered a cache of sophisticated weapons, ammunition, and other items Source

Nigeria: IMF Welcomes Nigeria's December Inflation Easing, Backs New Cpi Methodology

[Premium Times] Under the revised approach, the NBS linked the old CPI series to a rebased and reweighted index using the full year of 2024 as the reference period. Source

Nigeria: Geregu Power Plans N22.5 Billion Dividend

[Premium Times] The planned cash distribution translates into a total payout of N22.5 billion, marking a 5.9 per cent increase over what it paid shareholders for the 2024 financial year. Source

Ethiopia: Trump puts GERD at 'top' of his 'agenda,' offers to restart U.S. mediation in letter to Egypt, CCd to Saudi Arabia

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- US President Donald J. Trump has offered to restart United States-led mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile waters and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), describing the staus as ''truly understandable'' but warning against the risk of military confrontation. Source

Uganda: Uganda Presidential Candidate Bobi Wine Issues Statement from 'Safe Location'

[allAfrica] Following in the text of a post on X by Ugandan Presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert (Bobi Wine). WATCH VIDEO Source

Sudan: SJS - 14 Sudanese Journalists Murdered, 67 Press Freedom Violations in 2025

[Dabanga] The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS) documented 67 violations against Sudanese media in 2025, including the killing of at least 14 journalists and media workers. This brings the total number of violations recorded since the outbreak of war to 590. Source

Sudan: Amid Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis, Chad Shows 'Act of Solidarity'

[UN News] In war-torn Sudan, local communities say they don't have enough settlements for the internally displaced, few solutions for women who have suffered sexual violence - and there's a lack of aid available for people with disabilities. Source

Africa: Museveni's Militarised Elections - A Gen Z Reckoning

[African Arguments] The 15 January elections in Uganda are almost a foregone conclusion, preceded, as has become customary, by a violent crackdown against the opposition. As the results begin to trickle in, what are the prospects for the NUPs Bobi Wine and Uganda's Gen Z? Source

Angola: A Spy Network That Exists Only On Paper

[Maka] This text examines the espionage charges within Case File 3846/25-CE, the same case in which Judge António Negrão uncritically validated the terrorism theory already dismissed by the Public Prosecutor. If the claim of terrorism was absurd, the accusation of espionage is nothing short of a parody. Source

Central Africa: Aid Cuts Push Millions in West and Central Africa Deeper Into Hunger

[UN News] A staggering 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to suffer crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the lean season from June to August as funding cuts to humanitarian operations continue amid rising violence and displacement. Source