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Kenya Ebola Cases Reach Seven: Contact Status Update

Hyron Andrews Biography: His Rugby Career and Lions Tributes

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DR.Congo

Inside DRC’s Operation to Bring Denise Dusauchoy to Kinshasa

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Rwanda

Kagame Sides With Journalist Against His Own Foreign Minister

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Guinea

Guinea Landfill Landslide Kills 30 as Search Continues

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Nigeria

Niger Governor Orders Rescue of Worshippers Abducted in Borgu

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South Africa

DJ Maphorisa Biography: Age, Real Name, Songs & Amapiano Rise

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Senegal

Who Is Patrick Vieira, Senegal’s New Head Coach?

DRC NEWS

Justice & Crime

M23 → AFC → FRN: Has Anything Really Changed?

DRC lawmakers approve four ratification bills covering $625 million for women entrepreneurs, primary education, maternal health and emergency preparedness.

Policy and Reforms

DRC Assembly Backs $625m for Schools, Businesses and Health

DR Congo and Algeria sign a hydrocarbons cooperation agreement covering oil exploration, refining, petrochemicals, technology transfer and training.

Regional Economy

DR Congo and Algeria Sign Oil and Gas Cooperation Agreement

Why Joseph Kabila's FRN faces a different Congo from the one his father conquered in 1997, with Rwanda's role, UN scrutiny and sanctions reshaping the conflict.

Justice & Crime

How FRN Cannot Repeat AFDL's Success | XTRAfrica

Patrick Muyaya accuses Joseph Kabila of helping disguise Rwanda's alleged aggression in eastern DRC through the new FRN coalition linked to AFC/M23

Justice & Crime

Kabila Is Helping Rwanda Disguise Its Aggression, Says Muyaya

XTRAfrica examines Joseph Kabila's leadership of the FRN, its continuity with AFC/M23 and the unresolved questions surrounding Rwanda's involvement.

South Africa

Kwagga Smith Biography: Age, Real Name and Springboks Career

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XTRAfrica examines Joseph Kabila's leadership of the FRN, its continuity with AFC/M23 and the unresolved questions surrounding Rwanda's involvement.

DR.Congo

M23 → AFC → FRN: Has Anything Really Changed?

Examine Kagame's security arguments for Rwanda's role in eastern DRC against UN findings on M23, civilian abuses, mineral flows and the reported FRN launch

DR.Congo

Kagame's Failed Justifications for His Military Presence in the DRC

From AFDL and RCD to CNDP, M23, AFC and FRN, analysts question whether Congo's latest rebel restructuring follows a history of Rwandan involvement.

DR.Congo

From AFDL to FRN: Analysts Question Rwanda's Rebel Rebranding

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Tanzania’s health minister wants medicine registration checked before insurance claims are paid. What patients should verify with providers and insurers.

Tanzania

Tanzania Medicine Claims: What the Registration Directive Means

The minister wants TMDA and NHIF systems linked to check medicines before insurance claims are paid.

Antoine Semenyo faces about eight weeks out with a knee injury, Manchester City confirms. Maresca expects a return around December after scans.

Ghana

Semenyo Faces Eight Weeks Out After Manchester City Knee Injury

Maresca expects a December return for the Ghana forward after scans eased initial fears.

Tinubu extends Kemi Nandap’s tenure to June 2028 and Sylvester Nwakuche’s to May 2028, citing succession gaps in Nigeria’s two services.

Nigeria

Tinubu Extends Nandap and Nwakuche’s Tenures to 2028

Immigration and correctional service chiefs receive 18-month extensions to allow succession planning.

Why Joseph Kabila's FRN faces a different Congo from the one his father conquered in 1997, with Rwanda's role, UN scrutiny and sanctions reshaping the conflict.

DR.Congo

How FRN Cannot Repeat AFDL's Success | XTRAfrica

Why Joseph Kabila's FRN cannot simply repeat AFDL's 1997 victory: Rwanda's role, rebel rebranding

Explore Vanessa Nakate’s biography, age, education, Rise Up Movement, UNICEF role, book and work for African climate justice.

Uganda

Vanessa Nakate Biography: Age, Education and Climate Work

The Ugandan activist’s journey from Kampala climate strikes to UNICEF, schools projects and Oxford.

Kenya’s confirmed Ebola cases rose to eight on 18 October. Here is how to read case totals, deaths, contact lists and quarantine figures separately.

Kenya

Kenya Ebola Cases Reach Eight: Contacts Counted Separately

The latest diagnosis changes the case total; contact-tracing figures need a separate, dated breakdown.

Check SARS trust final demands, overdue ITR12T returns, monthly penalties and remission options. The current trust filing deadline is 22 January 2027.

South Africa

SARS Trust Penalties: What Trustees Should Check

Check overdue ITR12T returns and final demands separately from the current trust filing deadline.

Reports of Robert Kabera’s death in Uganda put earlier threats, killings of Rwandan exiles and unlawful returns under scrutiny. Here is what is established.

Robert Kabera Reports Put Rwanda’s Exiled Critics Back Under Scrutiny

His reported death in Uganda raises questions about earlier threats and attacks on Rwandans abroad.

Emmanuel Uduaghan’s biography: his medical training, Delta governorship, election battles, family and death on 19 October 2026, aged 71.

Nigeria

Emmanuel Uduaghan Biography: Life, Family and Delta Legacy

The doctor and former Delta governor died aged 71 on 19 October 2026.

GES has set October 30, 2026 for first-term capitation grants to reach basic schools. See who must act and why district transfers are not school receipts.

Ghana

Ghana School Grants: What the October 30 Deadline Covers

GES has told education directors to move first-term grants to basic schools before November monitoring.

Baxi agents have been told to move funds within 30 days. Here is what to confirm about deadlines, balances, receiving banks and unresolved transactions.

Nigeria

Baxi transition: What Nigerian agents should check now

Onafriq has announced an agent banking wind-down, with a 30-day instruction for moving funds.

Vanessa Nakate’s appointment as AU youth envoy. Read the reported development, her established roles and the AU’s youth priorities.

Uganda

Vanessa Nakate Reported Appointed AU Youth Envoy

Ugandan receives a new continental role for the climate activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Yvette Walsh reportedly challenges SAA over a 2024 flight incident. The official report clarifies which recorded evidence remained available.

Yvette Walsh Challenges SAA Over Findings on 2024 Turbulence Incident

An official report confirms overwritten flight-recorder data, but other recorded evidence survived.

ShattaFest 2026 brought Medikal, Sista Afia and Patapaa to Accra Sports Stadium, with joint performances and an emotional moment for Shatta Wale.

ShattaFest 2026: Medikal and Sista Afia Join Shatta Wale

Patapaa, Fancy Gadam and other guests joined the birthday concert at Accra Sports Stadium.

Patrick Muyaya accuses Joseph Kabila of helping disguise Rwanda's alleged aggression in eastern DRC through the new FRN coalition linked to AFC/M23

DR.Congo

Kabila Is Helping Rwanda Disguise Its Aggression, Says Muyaya

DRC spokesperson accuses Kabila of using the new FRN coalition to conceal Rwanda's role in DRC

Ghana and the US Virgin Islands plan a recruitment memorandum for November. Here is what teachers and nurses can confirm about applications and terms.

Ghana–USVI Recruitment Status: Teachers and Nurses

A November memorandum is planned; application dates and employment terms remain unannounced.

Breaking News

Tanzania’s health minister wants medicine registration checked before insurance claims are paid. What patients should verify with providers and insurers.

Tanzania Medicine Claims: What the Registration Directive Means

Tanzania

Antoine Semenyo faces about eight weeks out with a knee injury, Manchester City confirms. Maresca expects a return around December after scans.

Semenyo Faces Eight Weeks Out After Manchester City Knee Injury

Ghana

Tinubu extends Kemi Nandap’s tenure to June 2028 and Sylvester Nwakuche’s to May 2028, citing succession gaps in Nigeria’s two services.

Tinubu Extends Nandap and Nwakuche’s Tenures to 2028

Nigeria

GES has set October 30, 2026 for first-term capitation grants to reach basic schools. See who must act and why district transfers are not school receipts.

Ghana School Grants: What the October 30 Deadline Covers

Ghana

Job & Opportunities

UNICEF has opened two six-month HR positions in Kinshasa to support its DRC Ebola response. Applications close September 9.

UNICEF Opens Two Ebola Response HR Jobs in Kinshasa

DR.Congo

OBR Burundi is recruiting five Judicial Litigation Officers in Bujumbura. Law graduates with five years' experience can apply by September 11

OBR Burundi Is Hiring 5 Judicial Litigation Officers

Burundi

NDMC Bursary 2027 applications are open until September 30. See eligibility, funding, documents and how to apply online.

NDMC Bursary 2027 Opens for South African Students — Apply by Sept. 30

South Africa

UNICEF is hiring a Partnerships Manager P-4 in Kinshasa. Check qualifications, eligibility and how to apply for Job 595467 by Sept. 15.

UNICEF Hiring Partnerships Manager P-4 in Kinshasa

DR.Congo

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