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• Nigeria: Catfish – a Big Business for a Big Nation
  [FAO] Bolstering Nigeria's booming catfish sector to help feed Africa's most populous country
• Mozambique: Eskom's Debt Among Factors Delaying Import of More Power From Mozambique
  [AIM] Maputo — The South African Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has claimed that the supposedly complicated nature of the transaction, a lack of urgency from the South [...]
• Senegal: Senegal Added to Human Rights Watchlist as Attacks Against the Political Opposition Escalate Ahead of 2024 Elections
  [CIVICUS] Popular opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, arrested, his political party dissolved Several journalists imprisoned Excessive and lethal force used to repress protests
• Somalia: Somalia Bans Resale of Aid After Alleged Theft of EU Funds Through WFP
  [Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia — Somalia banned the trading of humanitarian aid stuff in a black market following the suspension of EU funds through the UN Food Agency [WFP] over theft.
• Uganda: Ugandans Warned Heavy El-Nino Rains Could Cost Lives, Economy
  [Nile Post] The government has issued a warning about the possibility of social and economic disruptions, as well as a loss of livelihoods, in various parts of the country due to El Nin [...]
• West Africa: Burkina Faso's Parliament Approves Sending Troops to Niger
  [allAfrica] Harare — The Burkinabe parliament gave the go-ahead for Captain Ibrahim Traore to send troops to neighboring Niger in response to a potential foreign military intervention [...]
• Namibia: Nandi-Ndaitwah Might Be Namibia's Next President, Geingob Tells UN
  [Namibian] During his address to the United Nation's General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday, president Hage Geingob said Namibia's potential future president could be Netumbo Nandi [...]
• Nigeria: Central Bank Postpones Interest Rate Decision
  [Premium Times] "A new date will be communicated in new course," the apex bank disclosed in the document seen by PREMIUM TIMES, with an apology for any inconvenience the chang [...]
• South Africa: President Mourns Passing of South African Navy Submariners
  [Govt of SA] As Commander-in-Chief of South Africa's Armed Forces, President Cyril Ramaphosa is deeply saddened by the loss of three crew members of the South African Navy submarin [...]
• Rwanda: Alleged Serial Killer Kazungu Appears In Court
  [New Times] Suspected serial killer Denis Kazungu was on Thursday, September 21, arraigned before Kicukiro Primary Court and charged with 10 counts including murder, rape, forgery, and [...]
• Gabon: Son of Deposed Gabon Leader Bongo Charged With Treason, Corruption
  [allAfrica] Harare — The son of former Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, as well as some of his associates, were charged with high treason and corruption, and are being held in det [...]
• South Africa: South Africa to Host US-Africa Trade Summit Despite Diplomatic Tensions
  [allAfrica] Harare — South Africa will host a U.S.-Africa trade meeting in November despite earlier calls from U.S. politicians for the event to be shifted due to what they claimed was [...]