News24 | 'Votes are not negotiated': Mozambican candidate Mondlane challenges election results in court

The leading opposition candidate in Mozambique's contentious general elections, Venancio Mondlane, has filed an appeal in the country's Constitutional Court, while saying he is open to dialogue - though "votes are not negotiated, they are counted". Source

News24 | Namibia central bank mandates banks to offer drought relief

Namibia’s central bank unveiled a policy to provide financial relief to the country’s drought-hit farming industry. Source

News24 | Slavery reparations worth trillions see Britain's king and PM differ about history's immutability

King Charles thinks history can be addressed, Keir Starmer thinks it must be left alone, as the Commonwealth gears up to talk about reparations for the slave trade. Source

News24 | Tear gas, attempt to block SA-bound road as Mozambique protests turn violent over disputed vote

The Mozambican capital Maputo awoke to wreckage on Friday as protests overnight turned violent following ruling party Frelimo's re-election after 49 years in power. Source

News24 | Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency loses half its value: Why and what’s next?

Six months in, the gold-backed ZiG touted as a solution to the currency crisis is struggling to win confidence. Source

News24 | Frelimo's Chapo takes 70.67% of vote in disputed Mozambique elections marked by riots and violence

Fifteen days after general elections in Mozambique, the country's National Electoral Commission on Thursday declared a Frelimo landslide victory - amid rising political violence and an alleged strategy by the state to shut down dissent. Source

News24 | African markets expand at fastest pace since 2017, Absa finds

Africa's financial markets are expanding at the fastest pace in seven years, as the continent benefits from a recovery in economic growth and slowing inflation. Source

News24 | Musk's StarLink terminals sold out in Harare, Nigerian cities as demand soars

Harare now joins five cities in Nigeria — which include its capital of Abuja as well as Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Warri — where the high-speed internet service has sold out, according to a map on Starlink's website. Source

News24 | Lions beheaded in suspected ritual-use poaching incident in Zimbabwe park

In what may be the first time Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park has experienced poaching for ritual purposes, three lions were shot dead at on Monday before they were beheaded and their paws cut off, according to the Zimbabwe National Parks Source

News24 | Mozambican opposition leader says security forces killed his lawyer ahead of vote case

A leading opposition candidate in Mozambique's contested general election on Tuesday accused security forces of killing his lawyer, as European Union observers cast doubt on the vote. Source

News24 | 'I will adjourn the House indefinitely': Deadlock in Ghana as dispute shuts Parliament ahead of polls

Ghana's parliament adjourned indefinitely on Tuesday following a legal dispute over the speaker's decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant. Source

News24 | President Paul Biya lands back in Cameroon after health rumours

Cameroonian president Paul Biya landed on Monday at the capital Yaounde's international airport, after several weeks out of the country amid rumours about his health, state broadcaster CRTV showed. Source