Kenya: Kenya Turns to Culinary Tourism to Capture Share of Trillion-Shilling Global Market

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya is intensifying efforts to position its food culture as a strategic economic asset, targeting a bigger slice of the fast-expanding global culinary tourism market, which hit Sh1.09 trillion in 2024. Source

Kenya: Woman in Kilimani Pushes Boyfriend to His Death From 14th Floor Apartment

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A 48-year-old woman is due in court for allegedly pushing her 25-year-old boyfriend to his death from a 14th floor apartment in Kilimani. Source

Tanzania: U.S. Issues Security Alert for Tanzania Ahead of Planned Anti-Govt Protests

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States has issued a security alert for its citizens in Tanzania, warning of possible nationwide unrest ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations expected on December 9, with protest activity potentially beginning as early as December 5. Source

Nigeria: Tinubu Shouldn't Seek Re-Election, He Can't Run This Government - Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

[Vanguard] Former spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, says President Bola Tinubu should drop any plan to seek re-election in 2027 and instead support a younger and more capable candidate from within his party. Source

Nigeria: Kwara Monarch, Six Others Escape As Vigilantes Launch Fierce Attack On Bandits

[Vanguard] The abducted monarch of Bayagan community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Kamilu Salami, the Ojibara of Bayagan, has escaped from the custody of armed bandits alongside six other captives, Vanguard has reliably gathered. Source

Nigeria: Insecurity - Bandits Unleash Terror in Kogi, Kano, Sokoto, Kwara

[Vanguard] Bandits in the early hours of yesterday attacked a Cherubim and Seraphim Church at Ejiba in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting the pastor, his wife and several worshippers. Source

Africa: UNAIDS Warns of Historic Setback in Global HIV Response On World Aids Day 2025

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- As the world commemorates World AIDS Day today, UNAIDS is sounding the alarm over a historic setback in the global HIV response, urging nations to make radical shifts in HIV programming and financing or risk losing decades of progress. Source

South Africa: Kimberley - a Provincial Capital Sunk in Sewage

[GroundUp] Salt pans and lowlands around the town are lakes of filth Source

South Africa: U.S.' G20 Non-Participation Based On Baseless, False Allegations

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says it is regrettable that the United States of America, which is a founding member of the G20 and which takes over the Presidency of the G20 from South Africa in 2026, chose not to participate in the G20 Leaders' Summit and the final meetings leading up to it. Source

Nigeria: Governor Radda Joins Rescue Efforts in Two Roads Which Claimed Four Lives

[Premium Times] Governor Radda immediately ordered his convoy to stop and personally supervised the evacuation of the victims Source

Nigeria: Kaduna State's Health Sector Still in Crisis Despite Government's Funding Claims

[Premium Times] Despite these claims, PREMIUM TIMES' reports published between 2023 and 2025 show persistent gaps across the state's health system, raising questions about whether the government's reforms are translating into real improvements for communities. Source

Nigeria: Police Withdrawal From VIPs Charade Must End

[Premium Times] "The National Assembly's prevarication on the creation of state police is sickening." Source