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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] What's the context? One year into draconian anti-gay law, LGBTQ+ Ugandans face record evictions - even shelters aren't safe

[The Conversation Africa] When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels off South Africa's pristine Wild Coast, Indigenous communities in the area immediately fought back through the country's courts.

The US says its soldiers will be out by 15 September, after the junta-led government asked them to leave.

At least three people were killed in the attack in the capital Kinshasa.

Ex-President Jacob holds a rally in the historic township of Soweto as he returns to the political front line.

The star of viral hit People talks to the BBC about getting death threats for waving a Cameroonian flag.

Esperance and Egypt's Al Ahly draw 0-0 in the first leg of the African Champions League final in Tunisia.

Spraying money - flinging cash at the happy couple - is a highlight of many ceremonies but is illegal.

Spraying money - flinging cash at the happy couple - is a highlight of many ceremonies but is illegal.

[IFAD] The Government of Senegal, in partnership with several international organizations including the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), officially launched the Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme (AIRCM) today. The programme aims to strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers to the impacts of climate change in seven Sahelian countries participating in the Great Green Wall: Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Ghosts can register and vote without being seen and Gaza ghosts will have 6 seats in parliament and Inhambane ghosts 1 seat. But candidates for parliament must be real people who can be seen, so these 7 seats will be filled by real Frelimo members of parliament. But there has been some restraint in Gaza, which has 10 ghost seats in the current parliament and only 6 in the next one.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Patron of the Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS), has today inaugurated the MRCS 2024 flag week with a donation of K2 Million.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- One of the great athletics rivalries of all time will be renewed at Paris 2024 after Kenenisa Bekele was named in Ethiopia's marathon squad.

[Accra Times] The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has sworn in newly-elected Ejisu MP, Kwabena Boateng during an emergency parliamentary session on Friday.

[Accra Times] Other allegations by the petitioner against Agyabeng include violations of citizens' rights through arrests and detentions, violations of the right to information, and improper appointments of personnel to the office.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The government of Ethiopia has been exerting efforts to expand solar water pumps for irrigation development in an effort to raise the productivity and incomes of smallholder farmers in the country, according to Ministry of Water and Energy.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration disclosed that the country has obtained more than 2.5 billion USD in the past nine months of the Ethiopian Fiscal Year.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the gains Ethiopia has made in the agricultural sector are now being replicated in the industrial sector.

[CPJ] New York -- Angolan authorities should credibly investigate a break-in at the home of prominent journalist William Tonet and drop the criminal defamation charges he faces, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.

[Dabanga] El Obeid -- Community leaders of El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, earlier this week reached an agreement with commanders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the area to reopen the road linking El Obeid with Tandalti in White Nile state. The North Kordofan capital, besieged by the RSF since the war began in April last year, is witnessing relative calm these days. The city is facing severe drinking water and power outages.