Uganda: Sixteen MPs Warm to People's Front for Freedom Ahead of 2026 Polls

[Nile Post] Sixteen current and former Members of Parliament have thrown their political weight behind the newly formed People's Front for Freedom (PFF), signaling growing momentum around the party's rise ahead of the 2026 general elections. Source

South Africa: Trump Imposes 30% Tariff on South African Goods - South African News Briefs - July 8, 2025

[allAfrica] Trump Imposes 30% Tariff on South African Goods Source

Uganda: Corruption Will Not Be Tolerated - Museveni Tells Public Sector

[Nile Post] President Museveni has urged public servants to take the lead in advancing the country's economic transformation agenda by promoting commercial agriculture, industrialization, ICT, services, and efficient service delivery. Source

Kenya: How Kenya's Youth Shut Down Nairobi Without Throwing a Stone

[Capital FM] On Monday, July 7, 2025, a familiar pattern played out across Nairobi and several towns in Kenya: closed shops, empty roads, and unusually quiet city streets. Yet, this time, the disruption wasn't triggered by violence or formal opposition calls to action -- it was orchestrated by Kenya's digitally native youth, the Gen Z generation, armed only with smartphones and the power of social media. Source

Congo-Kinshasa: Minerals for Peace? How to Make the Rwanda-DRC Deal Stick.

[HRW] A U.S.-brokered peace deal, signed on June 27 between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, will link economic integration and respect for territorial integrity with the promise of Western investment. It is a mineral deal first, an opportunity for peace second. Making the deal work will depend on continued monitoring by the U.S. government and support from Congress. Source

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Doctor Arrested After Health Worker Strike

[HRW] Drop Politically Motivated Charges, End Crackdown Source

Niger: Prominent Activist Remains Detained in Niger

[HRW] Authorities Should Release Moussa Tiangari, Stop Harassing Civil Society Source

Sudan: UN Warns of Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan As Displacement, Hunger and Disease Escalate

[UN News] UN humanitarians on Monday sounded the alarm over the worsening conditions in Sudan, as violence continues, and food and water remain at critically low levels. Source

Sudan: Sudan Media Forum - War Disruption to Education Puts Children At Risk of Becoming a 'Lost Generation'

[Dabanga] Wad Madani / Khartoum -- Sudan Media Forum Joint Editing Room - Compiled by Sudans Reporters Source

West Africa: West Africa Terror - Why Attacks On Military Bases Are Rising - and Four Ways to Respond

[The Conversation Africa] More than 40 Malian soldiers were killed and one of the country's military bases was taken over in early June 2025 in a major attack by an al-Qaeda linked group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), on the town of Boulikessi. Source

West Africa: Desert to Power - Independent Power Production in Sahel Takes Decisive Step Forward At Fifth Ministerial Meeting

[African Development Bank (AfDB)] On 30 June 2025 in Ouagadougou, representatives from six member countries of the Desert to Power Initiative approved key strategic documents to boost independent power production in the Sahel, at the fifth ministerial meeting of the project, spearheaded by the African Development Bank. Source

Kenya: 10 Killed, Dozens Injured in Deadly Saba Saba Protests

[Capital FM] At least ten people have been confirmed dead, scores injured and others abducted during Wednesday's Saba Saba protests, marking one of the bloodiest days since Kenya's youth-led Gen Z uprising began in June. Source