Amahle-Imvelo Jaxa gained 100,000 followers in three days after a viral TikTok video about South African peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to The Guardian.
Rwandan singer Aimable Karasira died as he was being released from prison in Kigali, according to the Rwanda Correctional Service.
A 27-year-old woman in Somalia, jailed for participating in peaceful protests, has described being tortured in prison, according to The Guardian.
A baby hippo named Bumpy, found by its dead mother at a lake in Kenya, is being hand-reared by keepers at a wildlife sanctuary after being rescued. According to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the calf was just days old when it became orphaned.
A South African police officer described being lowered from a helicopter into a crocodile-infested river to recover human remains, according to the BBC.
Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia following airstrikes on Khartoum, according to Al Jazeera.
An AI system used to predict how much Kenyans can afford to pay for healthcare has systematically driven up costs for the poor, according to an investigation by Africa Uncensored, Lighthouse Reports, and The Guardian.
A South African police officer was lowered into a crocodile-infested river to recover human remains from a reptile that may have eaten a missing businessman, according to the BBC.
Nigeria has summoned South Africa's acting High Commissioner to address a recent wave of attacks on its nationals in the southern African nation, according to a foreign ministry statement.
A Somali security source confirmed that an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Yemen and is now heading toward Somalia, according to the BBC. This marks the second such incident in 10 days.
Madagascar has detained a French ex-serviceman in connection with an alleged plot to destabilise the island nation, according to a statement by Deputy Prosecutor Nomenarinera Mihamintsoa Ramanantsoa.
Three vessels have been hijacked off the coast of Somalia in the past week, raising fears of a resurgence in piracy around the Horn of Africa, according to the Maritime Security Centre Indian Ocean (MSCIO).
Russia’s defence ministry claimed its Africa Corps group prevented a coup in Mali over the weekend, avoiding mass civilian casualties and inflicting “irreplaceable losses” on rebels, according to a statement. The report comes as rebel forces have seized key towns and killed a key ally of Moscow.
Nigerian singer Fave faced an AI-generated version of her track, prompting her to release her own remix. African music industries are assessing how AI impacts authenticity and intellectual property.
Two months after an employee was shot in the back at the Mugabe family home in a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, a South African court has fined and ordered the deportation of Robert Mugabe’s youngest son over two unrelated charges, according to The Guardian.