[Nyasa Times] Pregnant girls who are survivors of sexual assault are still facing serious barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health services--including safe and legal abortion care--despite a court ruling intended to guarantee their rights, stakeholders have revealed.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's opposition groups issued a firm warning on Wednesday against any attempt to extend the mandate of the federal government, following a series of meetings held in Mogadishu with clans seen as close to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

[Liberian Investigator] The body tasked with establishing Liberia's long-awaited War and Economic Crimes Court accused senior government officials Tuesday of deliberately blocking progress, naming the justice minister, the president's legal advisor and the national security advisor as key obstacles.

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[HRW] Martial Law in Ituri Province Restricts Free Speech, Assembly

[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF is planning to flood Parliament with over 45,000 written submissions in favour of the highly contested Constitutional Amendment Bill No.3, leaked messages have revealed.

[allAfrica] IEC Raises Alarm Over 'Significant' KZN Hurdles Ahead of 2026 Polls

[Premium Times] The 13 charges include treason, terrorism, failure to inform security intelligence about the coup plot, money laundering and terrorism financing.

[263Chat] Controversial businessman Wicknel Chivayo has withdrawn his widely debated US$3.6 million pledge to Parliament announcing instead a revised US$5 million commitment to grassroots development projects.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court in Kiambu has lifted conservatory orders that had barred the arrest or detention of governors and other public officials, clearing the way for law enforcement agencies to take action.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Amnesty International Kenya has urged police to exercise restraint ahead of the anticipated nationwide fuel protests scheduled for Tuesday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Members of the Akamba community have filed a lawsuit against the United Kingdom, seeking compensation for alleged historical injustices during the colonial period.

[New Zimbabwe] Discover moreHealth community newsLegal advice servicesMobile news app subscriptionAT LEAST 5,013 people were affected by human rights violations in March, with a significant portion of the abuses occurring during the four-day Parliamentary public hearings on the Constitution Amendment Bill (No. 3).

[Nyasa Times] Malawi is scrambling to contain a fast-escalating humanitarian emergency after devastating floods left tens of thousands homeless, farmlands destroyed and critical services crippled--forcing government to urgently seek $27.89 million (K48.84 billion) for response efforts.

[New Zimbabwe] Nurses in Zimbabwe have embarked on job action over poor remuneration and working conditions, disrupting services at major public hospitals.

[Namibian] No arrest has been made in the case of nine police officers allegedly assaulting 31 boys from Karundu Secondary School at Otjiwarongo in February.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Gauteng Department of Health has urged residents to remain vigilant and seek immediate medical attention if they experience Malaria-like symptoms.

[GroundUp] «This march is a declaration that no one is illegal and that our future is bound together as one human race»

[RFI] MONUSCO, the UN's peacekeeping mission in DR Congo, has hailed progress after Kinshasa and rival M23 rebels agreed to ease humanitarian aid deliveries and release prisoners within 10 days, following talks last week in Switzerland.

[Health-e] South Africans are being told that providing a new HIV prevention tool (lenacapavir) to just about 456,000 people is a victory. It is not. In a country that still records hundreds of new infections every day, partial coverage is unlikely to slow the epidemic in any meaningful way. Worse still, all of the supplies have not yet reached our shores.

[Premium Times] Recurring wildlife collisions with aircraft are exposing environmental and operational gaps across Nigerian airports and testing aviation safety systems.

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[allAfrica] Zimbabwe is marking 46 years of independence (1980-2026)--a journey that began on 18 April 1980, when the country attained majority rule and stepped into a future defined by self-determination and the promise of shared prosperity.

[State Department] The following statement was released by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 Movement, as well as the State of Qatar, the United States of America, the Republic of Togo (as the African Union mediator), the African Union Commission, and Switzerland, on the meetings held April 13 to April 17 in Montreux, Switzerland, on the implementation of the Doha Framework for a Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

[State Department] The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

[Maka] Angola's minister of agriculture, Isaac dos Anjos, deserves a peculiar kind of congratulations. By speaking so bluntly, he has done the country a public service: he has stripped away the pretence and exposed the national self-sabotage in which parts of Angola's ruling elite still indulge.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President Joseph Boakai has distanced himself from ongoing expulsion proceedings against Yekeh Kolubah, stressing that the matter falls strictly within the authority of the Legislature.

[This Day] Warri -- The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro and other prominent Ijaw leaders have endorsed President Bola Tinubu and the Delta State Governor, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, as their candidates for president and governor in 2027.

[United States Senate] Washington, DC -- Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising alarm over reports that the State Department is considering withholding critical HIV/AIDS treatment and economic assistance to Zambia unless the country agrees to favorable economic reforms for U.S. businesses. The Senators warned that conditioning lifesaving assistance on economic concessions would

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[allAfrica] Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of the illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public.

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[allAfrica] A Chinese national, Zhang Kequn, has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to smuggle thousands of live queen garden ants out of Kenya.