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1. Uganda: HIV Injection Is Not a Vaccine, Experts Warn

   [Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Experts have urged those who already received their first injection of the twice-yearly HIV preventing drug Lenacapavir to consider using combination prevention options, warning that the game changer injection is not a vaccine.

2. East Africa: U.S. Senators Urge Rubio to Address Impact of Ebola Outbreak on Women

   [United States Senate] WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the State Department to take swift action to protect women and infants from the deadly impact of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Africa. The Senators called on the Trump Administration to promptly use congressionally appropriated funds for voluntary family planning programming to distribute already purchased family planning

3. Nigeria: FG to End Electricity Subsidy From 2027

   [Vanguard] The Federal Government has announced plans to phase out electricity subsidy payments from 2027 as part of efforts to address mounting debts in the power sector.

4. Nigeria: Nigerian Police Deploy New CP to Oversee Osun Governorship Poll

   [Premium Times] The deployment comes after months of controversies sourrounding the conduct of the Osun State Police command led by former CP Ibrahim Gotan and calls for his redeployment by the state government.

5. Somalia: Somalia's President Arrives in Uganda Ahead of Aussom Summit, Holds Talks With Museveni

   [Shabelle] Kampala -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Uganda's capital Kampala on Friday, where he held bilateral talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ahead of a summit expected to shape the future of the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM).