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1. Congo-Brazzaville: Congo's Wealth Is Not Yet Power

   [allAfrica] Across Africa, the decisive economic contest lies between raw material and finished product. For cotton, it is the distance from fibre to fabric. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is the distance from mineral and hydropower wealth to electricity, industrial capacity and productive work. The sectors differ, but the development question is the same: who captures the value created between extraction and the final product?

2. Kenya: Gachagua Rules Out Ruto Alliance Deal, Says 'I Cannot Be Bought'

   [Capital FM] Nairobi -- DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua says he was ready to carry the opposition ticket if fellow leaders chose him, insisting that he would remain firm despite political pressure.

3. Somalia: Supreme Court Annuls Galmudug Election Results

   [Radio Dalsan] Somalia's Federal Supreme Court has annulled the Galmudug election results. The court made the ruling on Monday. Judges found that the July 30 vote broke the constitution and the electoral law. Chief Justice Bashe Yusuf Ahmed announced the decision in Mogadishu. He also ordered a new election.

4. Somalia: Six Million Somalis Face Acute Hunger As Drought and Conflict Worsen

   [RFI] Six million people in Somalia are facing acute hunger, with nearly two million children at emergency levels, as severe drought, conflict and falling humanitarian funding deepen what the UN describes as one of the world's worst malnutrition crises. Medical charity MSF tells RFI it's sounding the alarm "before it's too late".

5. Zambia: Hichilema Wins a Stronger Mandate, but Zambia's Democratic Test Isn't Over

   [ISS] Late reforms and weak checks on power expose democratic fault lines and raise the stakes for Hichilema's second term.