Africa

South Africa: Immigrant Traders See Their Livelihoods Destroyed By March and March

[GroundUp] Traders with documents and permits chased away, leaving Bellville bus terminus market almost empty

11 Aug 2026 3 min 0

Zambia's President Hichilema rallies students ahead of Thursday's election

With just days to go before Thursday’s presidential election, Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema is on the campaign trail. Nearly half of registered voters are aged between 18 and 35, making young people a potentially pivotal bloc.

11 Aug 2026 1 min 0

Africa

South Africa: Gauteng Gets 500,000 Grade 1 and 8 Applications - South African News Briefs - August 11, 2026

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11 Aug 2026 2 min 0

Africa

Somalia: UN Puts Somalia Mission Assets Up for Sale As U.S. Funding Cutoff Looms

[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) has opened a tender seeking licensed auctioneers to sell off a wide range of its vehicles, generators and other equipment in Somalia, a notice published on the UN Global Marketplace shows.

11 Aug 2026 3 min 0

Africa

Malawi: Bombshell Land Audit to Name Ministers, Judges and MPs Over Illegal Plot Grabs

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is set to hold a highly anticipated press briefing this Wednesday to unveil the findings of a pilot land ownership audit conducted in Lilongwe - findings that are set to implicate some of the country's most powerful figures.

11 Aug 2026 2 min 0

Africa

Nigeria: ASUU Shuts Nigerian University, Gives Reason

[Premium Times] The academic union said during a press conference that the industrial action was deemed necessary after several engagements with the university management failed.

11 Aug 2026 4 min 0

Africa

Uganda: Govt Orders Bus Drivers to Switch After Long Journeys to Curb Fatigue

[Nile Post] The government has introduced new measures requiring bus operators to change drivers after long-distance journeys, as authorities intensify efforts to curb driver fatigue following a series of fatal road crashes in recent weeks.

11 Aug 2026 5 min 0

Africa

Nigeria: NAPTIP Says 58% of Survivors Fail to Seek Help After Sexual Violence

[Premium Times] NAPTIP disclosed that 21 per cent of Nigerian women aged 15 to 49 have experienced physical or sexual violence.

11 Aug 2026 6 min 0

Africa

Nigeria: Lassa Fever - 53 Health Workers Infected As Cases Hit 1,000 in 2026

[Premium Times] The NCDC said 23 states have now reported at least one confirmed case across 116 local government areas (LGAs)

11 Aug 2026 3 min 0

Africa

Uganda: Uganda's Widows Need More Than Laws On Matters Land

[Independent (Kampala)] The gap we face today is no longer primarily legislative; it is a crisis of enforcement, awareness, and institutional practice

11 Aug 2026 3 min 0

Africa

Nigeria: Airstrike Hits Bandits Moving From Zamfara to Kebbi

[Daily Trust] Troops of the Nigerian Army's COAS Intervention Battalion 3 under 8 Division, personnel of the Mobile Police Force and the Air Component of Joint Task Force Operation FANSAN YAMMA are currently engaged in a fierce battle with a large group of armed bandits along the Zamfara-Kebbi border.

11 Aug 2026 2 min 0

Africa

Ghana: Ghana Backs Jamaica's Petition to Push UK for Slavery Reparations

[RFI] Jamaica and Ghana, both former British colonies subjected to the transatlantic slave trade, are presenting a united front in the drive for reparatory justice. As Kingston prepares to lodge a formal petition with King Charles III seeking to advance its claim for reparations from the United Kingdom, Ghana's preside

11 Aug 2026 5 min 0