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  1. Uganda: Govt Officials, Police Hold Crisis Meeting Over Rising School Tour Accidents

    [Nile Post] Officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Works and Transport, and Uganda Police Force have held a crisis meeting to address the growing number of road accidents involving schools travelling for study tours.
  2. Central Africa: Gabon's Public Debt Rises 23 Percent As Government Turns to Regional Markets

    [Daba Finance] Gabon's outstanding public debt rose 23% year-on-year to 8,780.3 billion FCFA at the end of December 2025, driven by a sharp increase in domestic borrowing as the government shifted away from traditional external financing.
  3. Uganda: Anthony Natif Notes From Court - Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and Others July 16/2026 B

    [Independent (Kampala)] The last few weeks in the Katanga case have been about getting to the bottom of DNA evidence and its implications on understanding whether Mrs Molly Katanga and/or her deceased husband pulled the trigger that ended Mr Katanga's life on the morning of 2 November 2023.
  4. Nigeria: Ododo Reaffirms No-Ransom Policy As Security Forces Rescue Abducted Neco Candidates in Kogi

    [Leadership] Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has reiterated his administration's policy of not negotiating with kidnappers or paying ransom, following the successful rescue of four persons abducted from a NECO examination centre in Dekina Local Government Area of the state.
  5. Liberia: Civil Society Council Challenges Suspension of H/Rights Commission Chair, Cites Constitutional Violations

    [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL), along with its membership-based Human Rights Coalitions, has gravely criticized President Joseph Nyuma Boakai's decision to suspend the Chairperson of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR), Cllr. Dempster Brown, stating that the move as unconstitutional and is in violation of the INCHR Act of 2005.