[Nile Post] President Museveni has revealed that the late Kenyan politician Cyrus Jirongo was the person who alerted him that Uganda was procuring petroleum products through middlemen in Kenya.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Egypt has agreed to South Sudan's planned Grand Fula Dam after reviewing technical studies on the project, Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam said, as Cairo simultaneously reiterated its objections to Ethiopia's unilateral operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

[Vanguard] The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has suspended three more personnel and ordered three days of half-mast to mourn alleged illegal miners who died in its Niger State custody.

[Nile Post] The Minister of State for Investment and Privatisation, Aminah Mukalazi, on Friday, September 18, announced that the government would resettle families who own land and property around the Dei BioPharma Ltd medicines and vaccines campus in Matugga, Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District.

[This Day] The World Bank has reported that Nigeria's cash-based social intervention programmes reached 67.19 million people and 10.44 million households by August 2026, even as questions over the identification and traceability of beneficiaries continue to trail the federal government's cash transfer programme.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has defended Kenya's Government-to-Government (G-to-G) fuel importation arrangement, saying the country has adopted a model that is different from and, in his words, better than Uganda's current system.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Jubilee Party Deputy Leader Fred Matiang'i has demanded the publication of Kenya's Government-to-Government (G-to-G) oil importation agreement following remarks by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on the involvement of intermediaries in the petroleum supply chain.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Chief Justice David Maraga has held talks with Delaware Governor Matt Meyer on issues affecting the cost of manufacturing and doing business in Kenya, including energy costs and taxation.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has witnessed the signing of an agreement between Kenya, the United Nations and Equity Group aimed at deepening the participation of Kenyans in the diaspora in the country's development through investment, skills transfer and enterprise creation.

[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Eight people have been injured after a building collapsed in Maomboleo, Kisumu County, the Kenya Red Cross has said.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto are in New York ahead of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), beginning a week of high-level engagements focused on Kenya's economic, diplomatic and development priorities.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Domestic parcels handled by the Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) rose 549.2 per cent to 667,978 between April and June 2026, driven by increased Express Mail Service (EMS) items and growth in e-commerce deliveries.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has defended Kenya's government-to-government (G-to-G) fuel importation arrangement, saying the programme helped address severe US dollar shortages and safeguard the country's petroleum supply.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has called for greater caution and discipline on Kenyan roads following the death of four traders from Chwele in a road accident at Maai Mahiu.

[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Rescue efforts are underway after a building collapsed in Maomboleo, Kisumu, with emergency response teams heading to the scene.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has clarified remarks that triggered a fresh debate over petroleum imports between Kenya and Uganda, saying sections of the Kenyan media misrepresented what he said about the use of middlemen in fuel procurement.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's expanding renewable energy capacity and growing cross-border grid interconnections are proving to be a key catalyst for regional economic integration, according to a European Union (EU) official.

[State Department] At his press conference in Abuja on Friday, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar reiterated his proposed "production subsidy" for locally refined petrol, which he said would reduce pump prices. He went further to ask President Bola Tinubu to slash the cost of diesel and petrol at the pump.

[Daily Trust] The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is eyeing accelerated delivery of its 1.4 million barrels per day expansion target by 2029, according to Vice President, Oil and Gas and Fertiliser, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Devakumar Edwin.

[Leadership] Nigeria's nine scheduled airlines failed to make Africa's top 10 in the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, as high operating costs and weak passenger demand continue to strain the ability of domestic carriers to sustain operations and expand their networks.

[Daily Trust] The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has stated that it does not set petrol pump prices or issue administrative price templates, saying pricing is strictly controlled by market forces under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021.

[Premium Times] CPPE's call followed a protest by some auto spare parts traders at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex against the alleged involvement of some Chinese nationals in retail trading.

[Nile Post] President YMuseveni has urged Ugandans to prioritize fighting poverty in their households alongside benefiting from development projects being implemented by the government.

[Daily Trust] Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has expressed sympathy over the recent deaths of 37 artisanal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State.

[Nile Post] Uganda's Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ambassador Rebecca Amuge Otengo, has called for sustained follow-up on financing for development and the implementation of the Sevilla commitments.

[AIM] Maputo -- A Zimbabwean journalist's media accreditation has been suspended for one year over repeated breaches of professional and ethical journalism standards in his reporting on Chinese companies and investments in Zimbabwe.

[263Chat] Young Zimbabweans have pledged to use advocacy, storytelling and civic engagement to highlight the challenges facing mining communities, following a critical minerals justice conference in Harare.

[Dabanga] El Ansari Market, Red Sea State -- At least six artisanal miners have been killed and dozens injured after four mining shafts collapsed at the Oni El Dakkan mine in Jebeit Minerals locality in Sudan's Red Sea state. Miners told Radio Dabanga that those injured were taken from the mine, near El Ansari market, to Port Sudan, about 300km away.

[AI London] The plunder by M23 and Rwanda of DRC's gold and coltan may amount to war crime of pillage M23's multiple violations that also involve Rwandans may amount to war crimes "Rwanda has continued to illegally profit from DRC's mineral wealth," Agnès Callamard Minerals linked to abuses by M23 are prevalent in electronic devices owned by millions across the world