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1. Africa: All of Africa Today - September 22, 2026

   [allAfrica] Monrovia -- South Africa Pushes for Permanent African Seat on UN Security Council

2. Niger: Junta Strips 5 More Exiled Critics of Nationality

   [HRW] Nairobi -- Latest Crackdown Heightens Rights Concerns Amid Renewed Political Tensions

3. Djibouti: Djibouti Frees Top SA Investigative Journalist Micah Reddy

   [Daily Maverick] South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists was detained on Saturday, but is now on his way back to South Africa.

4. Sudan: Drone Strikes Destroy More Than 330,000 Learning Materials in Sudan's North Kordofan State

   [Unicef] New York/Nairobi/Khartoum -- Drone strikes on two warehouses in Shikan locality, North Kordofan, on 20 September destroyed over 292,000 school textbooks, 40,000 Arabic Language and Mathematics Review Books, and other learning materials intended for distribution to children.

5. North Africa: Egypt Declares Suez Canal Secure As August Revenue Surges to $567 Million

   [Radio Dalsan] CAIRO -- Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has declared the waterway safe, with maritime traffic flowing normally as August revenue rose 56.7 percent year-on-year to $567.1 million, up from $326 million in the same month of 2025. SCA Chairman Osama Rabie announced the figures during a ceremony in Alexandria marking World Maritime Day 2026, organized by the Maritime Transport Sector of the Ministry of Transport.