African Affairs Network https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Nigeria: Plateau APC Youths Protest Alleged Imposition of Reps Candidate for PKK Constituency Main VIDEO: Zambia’s Vice President Survives Helicopter Crash During Campaign Egypt Demands FIFA Probe Over Controversial World Cup Defeat to Argentina FIFA Defends VAR Decisions in Argentina-Egypt Round of 16 Clash Rebels Attack Russian-Backed Convoy in Northern Mali Nigerian Senate Approves New Agency to Manage Recovered Crime Assets Egypt Coach Hossam Hassan Alleges Unfair Officiating After World Cup Exit NIGERIA: SERAP Demands Immediate Release of Detained Journalist Zainab Sodiq Morocco Lose Saibari to Injury Ahead of France World Cup Quarter-Final NIGERIA: Edo State INEC Deploys 10,000 Ad Hoc Staff For Local Government Election Nigerian Government Moves to Adopt 112 as Nigeria’s Single Emergency Number Medical Lecturers Give Nigerian Government 21 Days to Act or Face Indefinite Strike NIGERIA: Court Admits Emefiele’s EFCC Statements in Alleged $4.5bn Fraud Trial Police Hunt Father Suspected of Killing Wife and Two Daughters Before Fleeing UK for Zimbabwe Nigeria: Ex-Port Harcourt Refinery Boss Faces 12-Count Money Laundering Charge Nigeria: Obi Accuses Tinubu Administration of Targeting Him and Frustrating His Livelihood NIGERIA: House of Reps Session Turns Rowdy Over Bid to Summon President Tinubu NIGERIA: Dangote Refinery Begins Free Petrol Delivery to Six States, FCT Nigeria: CBN Warns Businesses Rejecting Standard N100 Notes is Illegal and Will Attract Sanctions Zambia Votes in August as Hichilema Seeks Second Term Uganda Judiciary Rejects Lawyers’ Move to Scrap ‘My Lord’ Court Titles NIGERIA: NELFUND Disburses N1.5bn Student Loans to 6,129 Beneficiaries NIGERIA: Court Remands Ex-CCT Chairman Danladi Umar in Kuje Prison Nigeria: Nasarawa Senator Ogoshi Onawo Dumps ADC for APM Less Than Two Weeks After Defecting NIGERIA: Miyetti Allah President Docked Over Alleged $2.63m Financial Crimes ExxonMobil Pledges $1 Billion for Usan Oil Field Revamp in Nigeria Nigeria: SSS Detains Journalist Zainab Sodiq Over Drone, Sowore Alleges Plot to Sabotage Bail NIGERIA: Three Abducted Kwara Church Worshippers Regain Freedom After 105 Days PFIPC Controversy: Adeyemi Pledges Cooperation With ICPC Investigation NIGERIA: President Tinubu Inaugurates Committee to Draft State Police Implementation Bill Nigeria Makes History as First OPEC Country to Join IEA as Associate Member FG Mourns Nigerian Medical Graduate Killed in Russian Airstrike in Ukraine Nigeria: First-Term APC Governors Gather in Kebbi to Strategize Ahead of 2027 Elections Egypt Inflation Forecast to Tick Up to 15.1% in June as Food Costs Rise Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa Signs Law Extending Presidency to 2030, Adds Parliamentary Election Clause Mamelodi Sundowns Defender Divine Lunga Survives Hillbrow Shooting in Johannesburg Nigeria: Two Senior Terrorist Commanders Surrender to Troops in Borno in Major Blow to Insurgents Ghana Postpones Ramaphosa’s State Visit Over Killing of Ghanaian in South Africa Nigeria: Gbajabiamila Threatens N10bn Lawsuit Against ‘Fake’ PFIPC Head Over Defamatory Allegations Nigeria: Bandits Raid Zamfara Community, Abduct Several Residents in Bukkuyum LGA IPI Nigeria Secures Bail Release of Abuja Journalist Stanley Ugagbe France Face Morocco as World Cup Quarter-Finals Get Underway Today Zimbabwe Gets Lights Back On After Fault Triggers Nationwide Blackout Nigeria: Akpabio Says Opposition Will Claim Rigging If Tinubu Wins in 2027, Urges City Boy Movement to Mobilise Senegal’s President Faye To Launch His Own Political Party Amid Split With Sonko Nigeria: Police Arrest Father of Alleged Fake Presidential Council DG in Ogbomoso Raid Nigeria: Ogun Court Remands 3 Men Over Killing of Retired OGTV Broadcaster and Her Guard Nigeria: Court Dismisses ADC Chieftain’s Suit Against FHC Judges, Orders N100m in Costs Nigeria: Court Orders Forfeiture of Ex-Power Minister Saleh Mamman’s Abuja, Kaduna Properties to FG