[allAfrica]

[Vanguard] The Anambra State Police Command has taken 36 persons into custody over alleged involvement in child labour, street hawking and related forms of child exploitation.

[Vanguard] Twenty years after its last population and housing census, Nigeria finds itself in an unusual position: governing one of Africa's largest populations without a current official count of how many people actually live within its borders.

[New Times] Members of Parliament have summoned the ministers of agriculture, trade, and local government to explain persistent shortcomings in the agriculture sector.

[New Times] Rwanda and Kenya have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate the importation of refined petroleum products into Rwanda through the Northern Corridor transit route.

[Namibian] While digitisation offers immense promise for Namibia's oil and gas sector, its success depends on the country's ability to overcome critical challenges.

[Namibian] Lawyer Richard Metcalfe says Starlink can still challenge Cran's rejection of its licence application in the High Court through review proceedings and condonation.

[Namibian] Namibia may be keeping inflation under control, but a new global ranking shows that the country is struggling to compete with other economies because of problems affecting businesses, investment and economic growth.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia has advanced discussions on its National Electrification Program (NEP 3.0), bringing together government institutions, development partners, the private sector, and international stakeholders.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia and Italy have today signed a €70 million concessional budget support loan to be utilized for the third Development Policy Operation (DPO3), which will be aligned with financing to be obtained from the World Bank.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy Party Leader Rigathi Gachagua has expanded his political outreach to the Coast region, while accusing President William Ruto's administration of sidelining local communities.

[Daily News] Arusha -- THE Government has called for increased investment in climate science, advanced technologies and stronger international collaboration to improve operational climate prediction and early warning systems.

[263Chat] Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume says the city's new smart traffic management system will improve the enforcement of traffic laws by using technology to identify offenders and issue fines directly to motorists.

[GroundUp] Xenophobia is "intended to distract attention from the abject failures of government" says COSATU's Malvern de Bruyn

[This Day] Abuja -- Nigerians continued to contend with elevated energy costs in May as the prices of the country's three major fuels remained substantially higher than they were a year earlier, with diesel recording the sharpest annual increase of 86.4 per cent.

[African Arguments] A New Lens on Sudan's Recovery

[The Conversation Africa] The global push for a transition to green energy has sparked demand for critical minerals such as lithium, vanadium, copper and cobalt. These are needed for electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels. Sub-Saharan Africa hosts about 30% of the world's mineral reserves, including huge quantities of critical minerals: 92% of all platinum, 36% of all chromium, 54% of all manganese and 56% of all cobalt.

[Dabanga] Port Sudan -- Sudan's Ministry of Finance has signed an agreement with China to cancel part of the country's debt, with Beijing agreeing to write off four interest-free loans owed by Sudan worth a total of 344.52m Chinese yuan (CNY), equivalent to about $50m. The agreement was signed in Port Sudan by Sudan's finance minister, Dr Jibril Ibrahim, on behalf of the Sudanese government, and by Xu Jian, China's chargé d'affaires in Sudan, on behalf of the Chinese government.

[Reporter] The Ministry of Finance announced today it has reached an agreement in principle with an Ad Hoc Committee representing investors behind its one-billion-dollar Eurobond.

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom has crossed an infrastructure milestone, hitting 406 consecutive days without load shedding, even as plummeting winter temperatures drive up power use across the country.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto is commissioning the Ngong Road-Naivasha Road Flyover at Junction Mall.

[Daily News] Mwanza -- THE multi-billion-dollar Nyanzaga Gold Project has already injected 457.7bn/- into Tanzania's economy, ahead of the start of commercial gold production, expected in the first quarter of 2027.

[Daily News] Tanga -- TANGA Regional Commissioner Dr Batilda Burian has warned that health workers who negligently process National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) claims and cause financial losses to public health facilities will be personally surcharged.

[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE government has allayed fears over the rise in the national debt-to-GDP ratio to 40.7 per cent, explaining that the current level is largely due to borrowing used to finance mega projects aimed at boosting economic growth and improving the living standards of citizens.

[Nile Post] The Democratic Front (DF) has strongly condemned the military raid and closure of Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda media outlets, describing the action as a violation of constitutional guarantees on freedom of expression and press freedom.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Absa Bank Kenya Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Abdi Mohamed has resigned after serving the lender for 32 years.In a statement, the bank said Mohamed will leave his position with immediate effect to pursue other career opportunities.

[Nile Post] Farmers in Ntungamo District are racing against worsening drought conditions as crops wither, water sources diminish and pasturelands dry up across several rural communities.

[Leadership] The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned refiners, importers, depot operators, marketers and retail outlet owners against exploiting consumers after finding only marginal reductions in the prices of petroleum products despite a sharp fall in global crude oil prices.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Safaricom says adoption of its unified "My OneApp" platform has reached 4.7 million registered users in Kenya as the telecommunications giant accelerates plans to phase out its legacy digital applications.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has assented to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill 2026, paving the way for the equitable sharing of revenue among county governments across the country.