[New Zimbabwe] South Africa – The Department of Home Affairs will likely have to pay damages to a tune of R1 million to an illegal immigrant after the Eastern Cape High Court ruled that she was unlawfully detained for a month. Source
[VOA] He works like the ultimate altruist, splitting his time between collecting garbage, planting trees and delivering water, but he was not always so charitable to the environment and the well-being of his community. Source
[Premium Times] Mr Kolade affirmed the urgency of securing their release, noting that the ongoing ordeal revealed the worsening insecurity in the country. Source
[Seychelles News Agency] Mike Tirant is the new second deputy governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) for a six-year mandate with effect as of August 15. Source
[The Point] After a closed-door fruitful discussion that lasted for over five hours, Gambian authorities and their Senegalese counterparts have agreed to the continuation of the e-tracking system for Senegalese trucks in transit in the country to pay escort charges at the point of entry. Source
[New Times] MTN Rwanda Plc’s profit after tax fell by 307.1 per cent in the first half of 2024 to a loss of Rwf10.5 billion, despite posting a 7.5 per cent growth in total subscriber base to 7.5 million in the same period. Source
[Premium Times] More countries appear to be backing Morocco’s plan for ‘autonomy’ rather than independence for Western Sahara, but will that be enough? Source
[Mo Ibrahim Foundation] One year after the coup in Niger which took place on 26 July 2023, Ibrahim Prize Laureate and former President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou has, for the first time, explicitly condemned the coup, in a letter issued following a formal request from the Ibrahim Prize Committee of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Source
[AIM] Maputo — The average level of prices in Mozambican cities fell by 0.05 per cent in July, according to the latest figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Source
[MAP] Rabat — Minister of Health and Social Protection Khalid Ait Taleb held a meeting on Friday with the scientific committee to examine developments in the epidemiological situation of Mpox at national and international level. Source