[AIM] Maputo -- Up until Saturday, the Mozambican government and its partners had rescued 19,254 people from the flood-stricken areas of southern Mozambique.

[Daily News] Dodoma -- As President Samia Suluhu Hassan approaches 100 days in office, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has posted tremendous gains from expanded youth financing and new factories to soaring business registrations and strengthened value-addition across key regions.

[Shabelle] Nairobi -- Somalia's Future Council, an opposition-aligned political platform, met international representatives in Nairobi to discuss the country's fragile political situation and ways to break a deadlock over constitutional reforms and the electoral process.

[Dabanga] Dilling -- Drone attacks attributable to both sides in the Sudan conflict have wreaked death and injury among civilians in South Kordofan, including women and children, as intensified fighting in has forced thousands of people to flee their homes.

[Dabanga] Abu Jubeiha -- A collapse at the Umm Fakrun gold mine in Abu Jubeiha locality in South Kordofan has left at least six miners dead, 12 injured and dozens are still unaccounted for as searchers scramble frantically through the rubble.

[UN News] «Giving up is not an option - so many people depend on you,» the words of Maryanne Gichanga, a participant in a UN supported initiative, which aims to help farmers in Kenya find solutions to alleviate the pressures of climate change on agriculture production.

[RFI] In almost three years of civil war in Sudan, the country's museums have been ravaged, with thousands of its archaeological treasures looted and feared trafficked. Researchers in Sudan and beyond are racing to catalogue and recover the losses, estimated at $110 million.

[Nile Post] The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has strongly condemned the violent home invasion and assault on Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi at her residence in Magere, Wakiso District, describing the incident as a grave abuse of state power and a violation of fundamental human rights.

[Scrolla] Sunrisers Eastern Cape stormed into the Betway SA20 final with a commanding seven-wicket win over the Paarl Royals in qualifier two at the Wanderers on Friday.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has unveiled today CBE Connect, a digital platform that bundles together over seven financial services, eliminating barriers with direct transfers from global banks to Ethiopian fintech wallets.

[Daily Trust] Avi-Cenna International School and Grange School, both located in Lagos, have temporarily suspended physical academic activities following threats of a possible explosion.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Former Somali prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Friday congratulated Jubbaland regional forces and the elite Danab commando unit after what he described as a successful operation against Al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia.

[RFI] A week after Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected for a seventh term, opposition leader Bobi Wine says he has evidence the polls were rigged. In an interview with RFI, he calls for peaceful protests - and a firmer stance from the international community.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- Weeks of heavy rainfall have caused widespread flooding in southern and central Mozambique, forcing families from their homes and submerging entire neighbourhoods as rivers overflow, the United Nations said Friday.

[GroundUp] 73% of water authorities in South Africa have «poor» or «critical» water systems

[Premium Times] According to the Kebbi State Nutrition Office, 608 severely malnourished children died between January and September 2025 across 21 treatment centres in five local government areas.

[Premium Times] The final will be remembered not only for silverware, but for a defining debate about officiating, emotion, and where protest ends, and passion begins in African football's biggest moments

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In early 2026, Saudi Arabia issued an unusually forthright public accusation against the United Arab Emirates (UAE)--a fellow Gulf Arab state and former coalition partner in the Yemen conflict--alleging that Abu Dhabi had undermined its national security. The language employed by Riyadh is among the most direct it has ever used toward the UAE, signaling deepening unease within the Saudi leadership over Abu Dhabi's increasingly autonomous foreign policy.

[Maka] Angola has yet to experience a real democratic movement at all. What exists instead is a formal democratic Constitution that permits to entrench an increasingly authoritarian system of power, sustained by the absence of real political democratic alternation, weakened institutions and a systematically shrinking civic space. This system is usually referred to as an anocracy, combining elements typical of democracies with dictatorial practices. These systems are inherently unstable and prone to arbitrariness.

[GroundUp] Education department rejects claims that immigrants are given preference

[Scrolla] 14 learners have now died after a scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark on Monday, 19 January 2026, police confirmed on Thursday. Police charged a 22-year-old scholar transport driver with 14 counts of culpable homicide after two more learners died in hospital.

[HRW] UN Child Rights Body Should Urge Mine Suspension, Independent Assessment

[Premium Times] The veneer of Kano as one of the safer states in the North-west has been broken in recent months with the spillover of banditry from neighbouring Katsina State.

[Nile Post] Police have confirmed the arrest of outgoing Butambala County legislator Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi in connection with alleged acts of political violence during the January 15, 2026 general election in Butambala District.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Criminal Court «A» has ordered the Clar Hope Foundation, owned by former First Lady Clar Marie Weah, to turn over all financial and administrative records relating to the construction of its multi-purpose complex in Marshall, Margibi County, intensifying a growing government probe into alleged corruption and possible misuse of public funds.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has upheld a Sh145,000 judgment arising from an agreement that was never written, signed or stamped, affirming that contracts formed through phone calls and WhatsApp messages can be legally binding if key elements of a contract are proven.

[Nile Post] The Uganda Prisons Service failed to produce opposition veteran Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused before the High Court today, a move that comes just twenty-four hours after authorities reportedly disputed claims that the politician was unwell.

[Africa Check] No, US military has not bombed Nigeria's capital city in an attempt to capture president Bola Tinubu

[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- «The news is completely false; we have no evidence of any such attack,» said Sule Shuaibu, Commissioner for Internal Security in Kaduna State, refuting to the press the reports of the alleged kidnapping of 163 faithful. This mass kidnapping reportedly took place on Sunday, January 18, in Kurmin Wali, a community in the Kajuru area of Kaduna State, while several religious services were being held simultaneously: a mass at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), another at a community belonging to the

[allAfrica] Moronvia -- The UN children's agency, UNICEF, warns severe flooding in Mozambique poses a «deadly threat» to children, as extreme weather continues to cause havoc across the region. Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, UNICEF's Chief of Communication in Mozambique, Guy Taylor, said heavy rains triggered a «rapidly escalating» emergency across vast swathes of the country.

[Vanguard] Over 100 worshipers were kidnapped in Kaduna on Sunday as gunmen carried out coordinated attacks on three churches in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru LGA of the state.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- As we look back on 2025, the world experienced a year of both remarkable achievement and profound challenge in global health. Multilateralism, science and solidarity were tested as never before, underscoring a fundamental truth: international cooperation is not optional. It is essential if we are to protect and promote health for everyone, everywhere in 2026 and beyond.

[GroundUp] More than 40 families displaced since 14 January

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] A flood as bad as the one in 2000 is hitting southern and central Mozambique and is worsening. More rain is expected today and tomorrow, and more flood waters will come in rivers from South Africa and Zimbabwe, which have also been hit by torrential rain. All the dams in the south are full and so any incoming water continues down the rivers.

[Vanguard] Following a recent proposal by the Federal Government of Nigeria to expand the exportation of electricity to neighbouring countries, a familiar national debate may be in the offing. Should Nigeria sell power to neighbouring countries when millions of its citizens live in darkness?