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1. Africa: U.S. Defends New HIV Funding Model As Activists Challenge PEPFAR Reforms

   [allAfrica] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- HIV activists confronted U.S. officials before the official start of the AIDS 2026 conference over sweeping changes to Washington's global HIV strategy, accusing the Trump administration of creating a public health emergency through funding cuts, while the United States defended a new financing model that it says will build more sustainable, country-led HIV programmes.

2. South Sudan: South Sudan's First Elections Won't Be Perfect - but Another Delay Could Be Even Riskier

   [The Conversation Africa] South Sudan is expected to hold an election on 22 December 2026, the first in the country's history. It's already been postponed twice, in 2022 and 2024.

3. Nigeria: Nigeria's Federal Police Force Has Failed, but What Does History Say About Local Forces?

   [The Conversation Africa] The Nigerian Senate passed a bill on 24 June 2026 establishing state police in the 36 states of the country. The passage of the executive bill, sent to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, officially opens the way to dismantle the decades-old structure of the Nigeria Police Force and replace it with a dual model, comprising the Federal Police Service and State Police Services. Saheed Balogun Amusa, a police historian, explains that Nigeria had regional police before a central police force. He

4. Nigeria: When Police Extortion Pushes Nigerians Away From the Law

   [African Arguments] On 21 June 2026, Malama Ummulkhairi, an Islamic teacher, was killed by a mob in Maraban Jos, Kaduna State, after an accusation of child theft that police said was not supported by evidence. The police account says officers rescued her, took her to the station for protection and investigation, and were later overpowered by a large crowd that forced her out.

5. Burundi: 'A Doctor Told Me to Buy My Coffin' - How Eric Turned an HIV Diagnosis Into Activism

   [allAfrica] When Eric was diagnosed with HIV at 26, a doctor told him to plan for his funeral and give up on the idea of children.