By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Weekendpost
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.
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 ·
Former Botswana president Ian Khama says Peter Magosi, the former intelligence chief, must answer for his actions in court. Weekendpost presents the statement in an article about Magosi’s departure and the appointment of Aobakwe Monamo as acting director general.
🇧🇼 Botswana · Source: Weekendpost ·
Cameroonian President Paul Biya has not been seen in public since attending the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing in early September 2026. After a rumour of his death on 15 October, his civil cabinet director Samuel Mvondo Ayolo denied it the following day, Jeune Afrique reports; the Washington Post wrote on 22 October that he appeared to be spending much of his time in Switzerland.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Camer ·
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has acknowledged the student movement's victory in the snap legislative elections. The acknowledgement comes after two years of student-led protests, Le Monde reports.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Source: Le Monde ·
Botswana to fund HIV and tuberculosis programmes alone from 2030The Global Fund has designated its latest grant cycle as the final allocation for Botswana’s HIV and tuberculosis programmes. Botswana will have to finance these programmes entirely from domestic resources by the end of 2030, reports the Sunday Standard.
Three fishermen escape terrorist captivity in MozambiqueThree Mozambican fishermen escaped after their boat and 20 men were kidnapped in Mocímboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province. They reunited with their families in Milamba, as Islamic State Mozambique intensifies attacks on civilians, according to local sources cited by Carta de Moçambique and ACLED.The week in Africa
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