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1. South Africa: Matlala's Lawyers Head to Madlanga Commission - South African News Briefs - July 7, 2026

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2. Nigeria: Govt Orders Probe of Meta, Google, X, AI Platforms Over Alleged Exploitation of Nigerian Media

   [This Day] President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, directed Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate major global technology companies and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms over allegations of anti-competitive practices and the exploitation of content belonging to Nigerian media organisations.

3. Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Seeks More Donations As Zimbabwe Struggles to Repatriate Citizens From South Africa

   [New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed to the private sector and other well-wishers to provide additional financial support for Zimbabwe's ongoing repatriation programme to bring home citizens stranded in South Africa.

4. Liberia: Liberia's Largest Trafficking Trial Ends in Convictions for All Defendants

   [FrontPageAfrica] A jury convicted all eight defendants on all charges Monday in Liberia's largest human trafficking trial, delivering a unanimous verdict after roughly 20 minutes of deliberation and closing out a case that has tested the country's justice system under intense international scrutiny.

5. Africa: African States Shouldn't Help the U.S. Endanger Refugees

   [HRW] Disembarking at an airport in Cameroon a few weeks ago, two Cameroonian women shook with fear. They had fled their country over a year before to seek asylum in the United States, but were summarily deported from the US to Equatorial Guinea, whose authorities sent them back to Cameroon. Both women had been previously granted 'withholding of removal' by US immigration judges based on the likelihood they would be persecuted in Cameroon.