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1. Benin: How Benin Is Turning Its Cotton Wealth Into An Industrial Economy

   [Bird Story Agency] Benin is using its position as West Africa's largest cotton producer to pursue a bigger economic prize: processing more of what it grows at home. At the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ), cotton is being turned into fabrics and garments, creating jobs and retaining value that previously left the country with the trade of raw fibres. Its progress offers an emerging model for industrialisation for the continent.

2. South Africa: Thabo Bester Trial Postponed Again, This Time to 2027

   [Scrolla] The plea and trial of Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana has been postponed to 19 April 2027. Bester's legal team has raised concerns about prison conditions and his access to a laptop to prepare his defence.

3. Kenya: Police Deployed As Nairobi Traders Protest Increased Taxes On Imports

   [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Police have been deployed around the Archives, Luthuli Avenue and Railways Roundabout in Nairobi's central business district as traders prepare to march to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) offices in protest against a revised customs valuation benchmark.

4. Nigeria: Simon Ekpa Appeals Six-Year Terrorism Sentence in Finland

   [Vanguard] Simon Ekpa, the pro-Biafra separatist campaigner, has appealed his six-year prison sentence for terrorism-related offences in Finland.

5. Africa: All of Africa Today - August 28, 2026

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