By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Weekendpost
Regional chairpersons of the Botswana Democratic Party are calling on Mpho Balopi to step down as party leader while he answers several criminal charges. The internal challenge reveals a leadership crisis within the main opposition party, reports Weekend Post.
John Thite says Botswana’s Director of Public Prosecutions has revived a case he thought was definitively closed after he won it. He says he received a new summons several years after the proceedings ended, Weekend Post reports.
🇧🇼 Botswana · Source: Weekendpost ·
The term of Brigadier Peter Fana Magosi, director general of Botswana’s Directorate of Intelligence and Security, is due to expire on 13 October 2026. President Duma Boko will then have to decide the future of this strategic directorate, according to Weekend Post.
🇧🇼 Botswana · Source: Weekendpost ·
Idrissa Seck, a former Senegalese Prime Minister and leader of the Rewmi party, has spoken out after more than two years of silence. His supporters see this return as a new opportunity for the opposition ahead of the next presidential election, reports Lesoleil.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Lesoleil ·
FRN rebels claim to have captured several locations around Uvira, in eastern DR Congo, and to be advancing towards the city. They are also seeking to cut the road linking Uvira to Kalemie, while their forces clash with Congolese soldiers and allies, Taarifa reports.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Taarifa ·
Botswana petrol price reaches 1,975 thebe per litreThe Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority is raising the price of petrol by 154 thebe per litre and diesel by 283 thebe from 23 October. A litre will cost 1,975 thebe and 2,376 thebe respectively, driven by higher international oil and transport costs, according to Weekendpost.
Malawi president postpones Parliament to fund El Niño and fuel responseMalawi's President Peter Mutharika has postponed the fourth meeting of the 52nd Parliament until the next budget session to direct public resources towards the El Niño crisis and the fuel situation. His letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, dated 23 October 2026, allows MPs to continue committee work.The week in Africa
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