[Daba Finance] Landlocked Mali could gain direct access to the Atlantic Ocean under an ambitious plan to transform the Senegal River into a major commercial shipping corridor linking Mali to Senegal's coast.

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana is losing more than GH¢6.2 billion every year due to poor waste management and sanitation, a new report has revealed.

[spotlight] Individual rare diseases impact only a very small fraction of people, but collectively they are estimated to affect over three million in South Africa. As we mark International Rare Disease Day on 28 February, Spotlight assesses the state of play with rare diseases in the country.

[263Chat] Zimbabwe's tobacco auction floors will officially open to buyers on 4 March 2026, with authorities confirming that all farmers have received payments from last season's sales.

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[Nile Post] The Supreme Court of Uganda has confirmed President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the duly elected President of Uganda after granting an application to withdraw a petition challenging his victory in the January 15, 2026 general elections.

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[Vanguard] Kenya began administering the first dose of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug in a Nairobi slum on Thursday.

[Africa Check] Fake graphics claim that Kenyan president hinted at dropping his deputy as running mate for 2027 elections

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah has accused Vice President Jeremiah Koung of orchestrating efforts to have him jailed in order to advance his own presidential ambition.

[Namibian] Health minister Esperance Luvindao has told parliamentarians who do not want to use public hospitals that they are not going to be forced to do so.

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[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Trump administration is canceling humanitarian aid programs it previously identified as lifesaving, according to an internal State Department email obtained by The Atlantic.

[GroundUp] Corrupt officials made millions selling permanent residency permits

[HRW] Nairobi -- UN Should Support Victims' Appeal, Reparations

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[RFI] Ethiopia and Eritrea say they are preparing for the possibility of war, with landlocked Ethiopia's claim it needs access to the Red Sea seen as a provocation by Eritrea. As tensions build, violence is escalating on their shared border in the Tigray region.

[RFI] Somaliland is willing to give the United States access to its minerals and military bases, the minister of the presidency has said, as the breakaway region of Somalia pushes for global recognition.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali elite commandos have captured several areas from Al-Shabaab militants during a planned military operation in central Somalia, military officials said on Sunday.

[allAfrica] A new scramble for Africa is underway. It is not marked by warships or colonial flags, but by battery supply chains, green transition targets, and high-level trade delegations. The race is for lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, platinum group metals and rare earth elements -- the minerals powering electric vehicles, renewable energy systems and digital infrastructure.

[Nile Post] President Museveni has hosted Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at State House, Entebbe, for high-level talks focused on ending the ongoing conflict in Sudan and restoring regional stability.

[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Babanusa -- Report by Sebastian Vandermeersch and Amgad Abdelgadir

[IPS] United Nations -- A new UN report warns of the «brutal and normalized reality» for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya as they face exploitation and human rights violations.

[Premium Times] «Ghana has taken this step to avoid an escalation of incidents that have created tensions between some of our institutions and to promote an amicable resolution.»

[New Era] Over 23% of urban residents in Khomas do not have access to flushing toilets. This is according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) Khomas 2023 Census Regional Profile report, which was launched this week by Khomas region Governor Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma.

[Africa Check] In 2025, Africa Check investigated over 20 scams circulating online in Nigeria, from Facebook pages impersonating popular commercial banks to fake money-doubling investment opportunities.

[SAnews.gov.za] The climate transition is not only a developmental goal for South Africa, but a matter of survival for humanity and the globe.

[New Zimbabwe] Bellarmine Chatunga, the son of late former President Robert Mugabe , has been arrested in South Africa after allegedly opening fire on an employee at his home in Hyde Park, Johannesburg.

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[allAfrica] Geneva - Sudan's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission says in a new report that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a coordinated destruction campaign against non-Arab communities in the north of the country, pointing to genocide.