The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has expressed concern about sustained misinformation on social media about the commission’s management of elections. #Southafrica

The U.S. State Department’s 2025 Investment Climate Statement on Rwanda states: “Some SOEs in Rwanda are historically associated with illegal minerals supply chains originating from conflict zones in the eastern #DRCongo.” This is a commercial risk assessment for U.S. investors.

Washington is now telling its business community: #Rwanda’s state architecture is structurally entangled with conflict mineral flows.

https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-investment-climate-statements/rwanda

#Southafrica : Don't fight AI, HSBC CEO tells staff as banks begin job cuts

The City’s in a State: Joburg mayor’s rosy address at odds with reality

Usindiso fire: Technical error delays judgment as self-confessed arsonist maintains innocence. #Southafrica

A World Health Organization official said that six tons of supplies to fight Ebola were set to arrive in the Democratic Republic of #Congo on Tuesday, including personal protective equipment and other medical supplies.

#Nigeria's anti-graft agency has arrested former power minister Saleh Mamman, days after a court sentenced him in absentia to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8 billion naira ($24.65 million), its chairman said on Tuesday.

#Rwanda's foreign minister said on Tuesday that #Mozambique had secured the funds for Rwanda's army to continue its deployment in the insurgency-hit and gas-rich Cabo Delgado province.

At least 225 protesters have been arrested following protests over high fuel prices in #Nairobi and across the country.

#Kenya : Tensions flared during a live meeting at Transcom House on Monday after matatu sector representatives publicly rejected remarks made by #Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi, insisting that no agreement had been reached on proposed fuel price adjustments.