The Kogi State House of Assembly has commenced the process of overhauling the state’s tenancy laws with a public hearing on a bill designed to protect tenants from arbitrary rent increases, unlawful evictions and exploitation by landlords and property agents. The proposed legislation seeks to repeal the Rent Control and Recovery of Residential Premises Law, 2007 and replace it with a new Kogi State Tenancy Law, 2027, aimed at reflecting present-day economic realities and strengthening the rights and responsibilities of landlords, tenants and property agents. The bill, sponsored by the member representing Ankpa I State Constituency, Lawal Akus, comes amid widespread complaints over escalating house rents and excessive agency charges across the state, particularly in the face of Nigeria’s worsening economic hardship. Speaking at the public hearing, Akus said the proposed law was conceived to establish a fair, transparent and balanced legal framework governing tenancy relationships in Kogi State. According...

It’s a tough choice. “If I send my children to school and can’t bring in part of the harvest, we won’t have enough money for food. Or do I take them out of school so we can harvest more cocoaand have three meals a day?” a cocoa farmer from Cote d’Ivoire told DW. Cocoa prices have recently plunged after the historic surge to nearly $13,000 (€11,000) per metric ton in 2024. In early April 2026, the world market price temporarily fell to $3,000, a decline of more than 75% in just over a year. The low prices have had a massive impact on the approximately 2.5 million smallholder farmers who grow cocoa in West Africa. Farmers like Firmin Coulibaly from Cote d’Ivoire are forced to sell their cocoa beans at very low prices. “Producers are dying in poverty even though they have crops. They have no money for medicine or food,” he told DW. In Ghana, too, many farmers are suffering from delayed payments...

Son dossier intervient dans un contexte marqué par la multiplication des procès, des arrestations et des condamnations visant des participants ou sympathisants de cette mobilisation née à l’automne 2025. Facebook

Nacional inicia preparação da época ainda sem novas contratações Facebook

La Présidence de l’Assemblée des États parties au Statut de Rome appelle les trois pays de l’AES à rester dans le système de La Haye, tandis que Bamako, Ouagadougou et Niamey dénoncent une justice internationale jugée sélective et instrumentalisée. Facebook

Political firebrand and veteran politician Miria Matembe has found herself in fresh legal trouble after being formally charged with promoting sectarianism over remarks she allegedly made during a television interview. According to a charge sheet dated June 30, 2026, from Jinja Road Police Station, the 73-year-old businesswoman and former legislator is accused of making statements that allegedly promoted hostility against members of the Banyankole tribe. The charge sheet states that Matembe, a resident of Luzira in Nakawa East, allegedly made the remarks during an appearance on DK TV Uganda in June. Prosecutors claim she stated that “all our taxes are being spent on the Banyankole women ministers,” remarks authorities say were likely to promote hostility, hatred or ill will against members of the Banyankole community. She has been charged under Section 38(1)(d) of the Penal Code Act relating to promoting sectarianism. The charge sheet bears the consent of the Director...

Yusuf Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2026: Thabo Mbeki’s Africa Day Lecture on May 26, 2026 at the Thabo Mbeki Foundation in Johannesburg is a major pushback against the current xenophobia by Black South Africans against African immigrants—a phenomenon that has generated the term Afrophobia. It systematically throws the spotlight on the heroic contributions of Africans to the anti-apartheid struggles, urging his compatriots to reckon with this history and change course. In this lecture, Mbeki recollects his vast experiences in various African countries when the ties between the ANC and Africa were unbreakable. For decades, the continent viewed its own independence as incomplete as long as minority white rule persisted in South Africa. He points out that in the first two decades of South Africa’s liberation, the vision of the ANC government was to embed South Africa’s development within a Pan-African integration framework that would see South Africa and...

En France, les droits voisins ont donné aux médias un vrai rapport de force face à Google. Pour les médias africains, notamment francophones, la question reste largement ouverte : que se passe-t-il quand leurs contenus alimentent les réponses de l’IA sans qu’aucun cadre de compensation n’existe vraiment ? Facebook

Le président de la République, chef de l’État, son Excellence, Général d’Armée Abdourahamane TIANI, a reçu en audience le mardi 30 juin 2026 Son Excellence Madame Fatime Aldjineh Garfa, Ministre Déléguée auprès du Ministre des Affaires Étrangères, Chargée de l’Intégration Africaine et des Tchadiens de l’Étranger, et Envoyée Spéciale de S.E. le Maréchal Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, Président de la République du Tchad. Au cours de cette entrevue, Madame Fatime Aldjineh Garfa a remis à Son Excellence le Président TIANI, une invitation officielle de la part du Chef de l’État tchadien pour participer à la Conférence Internationale sur l’Eau, qui se tiendra à N’Djamena les 15 et 16 juillet 2026. La rencontre a permis d’aborder les modalités de la participation nigérienne et de renforcer la coordination bilatérale en vue de cet événement régional majeur. Les entretiens ont porté principalement sur la nécessaire coopération entre le Niger et le Tchad face...

The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) Board of Directors on Wednesday officially announced the appointment of Victoria Sibeya as the company’s sixth substantive Managing Director. The appointment, which took effect on Wednesday, 1 July, will see Sibeya lead the national oil company for a five-year term. Sibeya is no stranger to NAMCOR, having served the national oil company in different capacities from first female Geoscientist to Asset Manager, among others, since 2006. Up until her new appointment, Sibeya served as Executive Upstream Exploration, a position she has held since April 2019. Sibeya holds several qualifications, which include a Master of Science (MSc) in Geology – University of Namibia; Executive Management Programme – University of Stellenbosch Business School; Bachelor of Science in Geology (Honours) – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University; Bachelor of Science in Geology and Chemistry – University of Namibia. Sibeya has also served as Secretary for the Africa Region...