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Friday, 28 August 2026
Sub-Saharan Africa
Cameroon's Indomitable Lionesses win first Women's Africa Cup of Nations title with 3-0 victory over Malawi10dUN warns military alone cannot end Mozambique's jihadist insurgency12dBurkina Faso forces journalists through military 'patriotism' training, raising press freedom alarms12dMozambique seizes 1.4 tonnes of fentanyl hidden in cosmetics shipment from Brazil13dAmerican missionary Kevin Rideout freed after nine months of captivity in Niger13dMali army secures release of 82 soldiers held by jihadist and separatist groups14dUS Senate approves two-year extension of African trade programme AGOA15dNigeria returnees struggle to rebuild lives after xenophobic violence in South Africa16dTanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu's treason trial resumes amid democracy concerns17dSenegal arrests 71 men for same-sex relations as crackdown intensifies17dCameroon and Malawi reach Women's Africa Cup of Nations semifinals with historic upsets17dUganda's parliament votes to send troops to Gaza stabilisation force20dDR Congo conducts first census in 42 years as millions lack official identity documents20dMozambique faces hunger crisis as floods destroy farmland and disrupt food supply21dDRC's Ebola outbreak breaks records as detection delay fuels spread across eastern provinces[Updated]21dAI now drives more than half of cybercrime across Africa, INTERPOL warns23dKenya investigates pesticide link to mysterious deaths of 15 elephants near Amboseli23dGunmen kidnap 52 people in overnight raid on Nigerian village and military base24dWest African nations tighten anti-LGBTQ+ laws as activists warn of regional crackdown26dEbola outbreak deepens hunger crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo28d