News24 | Angola will attempt to broker direct talks between Congo and M23, presidency says

Angola said on Tuesday it would attempt to broker direct talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the coming days. Source

News24 | 'Declaration of war': Uganda troops deploy in South Sudan as tensions increase

Uganda's military chief said his country had deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it" as tensions between President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar stoke fears of a return to civil war. Source

News24 | 11 killed in jihadist revenge attack in Nigeria

Fighters from a new jihadist group torched seven villages in northwest Nigeria over the weekend and killed 11 people in a revenge attack, a police spokesperson told AFP on Monday. Source

News24 | Dialogue or confrontation? Mozambique's Chapo chooses both

President Chapo has invited opposition leaders to enter a dialogue but has excluded opposition leader Mondlane, instead using violence against his supporters. Observers are doubtful about any real peacebuilding efforts. Source

News24 | South Sudan president calls for calm after deadly attack on UN helicopter

South Sudan's president appealed for calm and pledged his country would "not go back to war", after a UN helicopter was attacked and a crew member killed on a rescue mission on Friday. Source

News24 | South Sudan: Minister and general arrested in crackdown

Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol and General Doup Lam have been arrested, and Vice President Riek Machar's residence surrounded, as troops loyal to South Sudan's President Salva Kiir conduct an apparent crackdown. Source

News24 | Zimbabwe battles aid shortages as drought bites

As the effects of a devastating drought take hold in Zimbabwe, rural residents must also contend with fewer aid deliveries amid the Trump administration's sudden cuts to foreign humanitarian programmes. Source

News24 | 'Embarrassed' Lesotho says not taking Trump's comments lightly, LGBTQ group 'not receiving US grants'

Lesotho was taken aback by US President Donald Trump's mockery of the southern African nation, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, as the country's main LGBTQ rights organisation denied receiving funds from Washington. Source

News24 | Mozambique police fire on opposition march, leader's location unknown

Mozambican police fired on supporters of opposition leader Venancio Mondlane marching in the capital Maputo on Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, Mondlane's team and a human rights researcher said. Source

News24 | Pressure mounts for wealth tax on Africa's super-rich

Many African countries are facing acute economic challenges. As the number of super-rich on the continent grows, so do calls to impose wealth taxes. Source

News24 | Germany halts new aid to Rwanda over DRC conflict

Germany has halted new development aid to Rwanda and is reviewing its existing commitments in response to the African nation's role in the conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, the German development ministry said on Tuesday. Source

News24 | 'I have been completely depressed': Father loses 4 children as malaria ravages Ethiopia

Lema Tefera's voice broke as he described losing four children to malaria in just one month - deaths that could likely have been prevented if not for the conflict in Ethiopia's Oromia region. Source