[The Herald] Rumbidzayi Zinyuke -- ZIMBABWE is set to implement a sweeping reduction of bank charges, licencing fees and levies across key sectors as part of wide-ranging reforms aimed at improving the ease of doing business, strengthening compliance and stimulating economic growth.

[New Times] Since last year, the Government has stopped setting prices for agricultural produce -- a major policy shift that now leaves price negotiations entirely to farmers and buyers.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Six South African activists detained by Israeli authorities during the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla have been released and safely arrived in Jordan. Following their arrival, they are scheduled to return to South Africa tomorrow morning via O.R. Tambo International Airport.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's continued silence over the abduction of its nationals in foreign countries is drawing criticism, as families and rights groups accuse the government of abandoning citizens targeted for their activism abroad.

[GroundUp] 20 years after they were displaced by the Mohale Dam, court tells families to share their compensation payout

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[The Conversation Africa] The Second Africa Climate Summit, held in Ethiopia in September 2025, drew more than 25,000 people - from presidents and ministers to farmers, activists, business leaders and students. They came to talk about how Africa can source finance to grow in greener ways and cope with worsening climate disasters. Africa has barely contributed to greenhouse gas emissions but is highly exposed to climate-caused disasters. At the same time, the continent is not funded enough to adapt to the warming planet. Legal

[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- Since the current conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, the bells have stopped ringing in Sudan's schools, and classrooms have fallen silent without the voices of children. Once filled with lessons and laughter. Many educational facilities have been looted, destroyed, or turned into shelters, erasing the rhythm of learning.

[The Conversation Africa] Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as «dassies», are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible tails. They spend much of their time sunning themselves on rocky outcrops.

[allAfrica] As Tanzanians head to the polls on October 29, 2025, they will be doing more than electing a new government -- they will be defining what kind of democracy their nation aspires to be. For the first time in history, Tanzanians will directly choose whether to elect a woman -- President Samia Suluhu Hassan -- to the highest office in the land.

[allAfrica] Julius Malema, leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), was convicted on multiple charges related to the unlawful discharge of a firearm in public. The guilty verdict centers on a 2018 incident during the EFF's fifth anniversary rally in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, where Malema was filmed discharging a rifle into the air in front of about 20,000 supporters. He was found guilty of five charges, including unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition, discharging a firearm in a

[allAfrica] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Africa is at the center of the global problem of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The continent carries about - 40 % of the worldwide NTD burden, impacting over 500 million people. Twenty of the 21 NTDs identified by the World Health Organization are found in Africa, with many countries facing several NTDs simultaneously. More than three-quarters of African nations are co-endemic for at least five NTDs. Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), soil-transmitted

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[allAfrica] South Africa's ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, was found dead outside a Paris hotel on September 30, 2025, about 24 hours after his wife reported him missing.

[allAfrica] Accra -- Nearly 30 years ago, five of us - bipartisan Congressional staffers on Capitol Hill - joined forces with five African leaders, including officials of the African Union and even a few Heads of State. We locked ourselves into the granular trade details, often late into the night, drafting what would become the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Scores of representatives from African countries grappling with the ongoing mpox crisis in the region have met in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for an «intra-action review» of the response measures of individual states.

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[allAfrica] Seychelles is set for a presidential election run-off after no candidate secured an outright majority. Opposition leader Patrick Herminie won 48.8% of the vote, while incumbent President Wavel Ramkalawan received 46.4%, the electoral commission announced.

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[allAfrica] Kenyan police have rescued 22 people from a suspected human trafficking ring that lured victims with fake job offers in Russia but intended to send them to fight in Ukraine. It follows an intelligence-led raid on a residential apartment on the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi, where officers seized recruitment materials, travel documents, and job offer letters.

[Leadership] The management of Dangote Refinery has accused the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) of spreading falsehoods and unleashing what it described as «terror tactics» in order to achieve its nationwide strike action.

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[allAfrica] Year after year, Africa's leaders take the long journey to New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly. And year after year, they repeat the same demand: Africa must have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. The hall listens politely, the cameras click, and then nothing changes. The speeches are filed away, the issue is ignored, and the cycle continues.

[Interpol] LYON -- Operation targeted romance scams and sextortion in 14 African countries

[Nigeria Health Watch] The shortage of life-saving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in health facilities across the northern part of Nigeria, where they are meant to be provided free of charge to malnourished children, has become deeply concerning. With the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) warning that more than 400,000 children are at risk due to ongoing stockouts, the situation points to the urgency of addressing gaps in the supply chain.

[Nile Post] Ugandan men are being urged to take a more active role in family planning as health advocates warn that low male involvement continues to undermine progress in reproductive health.

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[allAfrica] Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

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[allAfrica] Geneva -- Systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in criminal justice systems around the world is pervasive and deeply entrenched, a group of UN experts said Wednesday.

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