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Namibian MP Elder Filipe proposes exempting certain retirement income from tax and calls for a review of the tax framework applying to pensions. His initiative notably aims to boost long-term savings and retirees’ financial security, while assessing the social, economic and budgetary consequences, according to The Namibian.
Source: The Namibian
The Kenyan judiciary plans to destroy old records in courts in Thika, Eldama Ravine and Kerugoya, after giving the parties concerned three months. The records cover civil, criminal, traffic and inquest cases dating from 1968 to 2023, according to notices published in the Kenya Gazette.
Source: Kenyans
Bâ Ousmane has been appointed Defence Minister in the new Mauritanian government, led by President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. Kassataya presents the appointment of a civilian official as unusual in a Sahel where the military currently rule Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
Source: Kassataya
The Senegalese Gendarmerie’s Anti-Drug Unit arrested two Nigerian nationals in Grand-Yoff and Parcelles Assainies, Dakar. Searches led to the seizure of a few grams of cocaine and 67.4 grams of Indian hemp, before they were placed in police custody, Seneweb reports.
Source: Seneweb
The Mauritanian government led by Moctar Ould Djay was reshuffled after he resigned and was reappointed by President Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani. The ministers of defence and the interior, and the secretary-general of the presidency, are leaving their posts after a report was submitted on a contract awarded by the Mauritanian Electricity Company, according to Lecalame.
Source: Lecalame
Kondwani Nankhumwa, president of the People’s Development Party, attended the launch of the reformed Constituency Development Fund in Luchenza, Malawi. The programme includes classrooms, teachers’ housing and health posts, according to the Nyasa Times.
Source: Nyasa Times
Lamin Manneh, an official of Gambia’s United Democratic Party, accuses President Adama Barrow of using his “Meet the People” tour as a campaign financed with public money. He cites a budget of 50 million dalasis this year, after around 70 million for the previous tour, according to an interview with West Coast Radio.
Source: Kerr Fatou
Mosques in Minnesota are strengthening their security after comments by Donald Trump targeting Somali immigrants in the state. The local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations brought imams together to prepare protective measures and raise awareness among worshippers, according to MPR News, as cited by Caasimada Online.
Source: Caasimada Online
CRIET plans to dedicate its 2026-2027 judicial year opening to reconciling the protection of fundamental rights with effective law enforcement. Special Prosecutor Mario Mètonou announced the ceremony for 12 October at 10 am in Cotonou, according to a statement from the court.
Source: La Nouvelle Tribune
Niger’s government has adopted a draft ordinance repealing the 2003 law that established pensions for former MPs. The text provides for the loss of pensions for some beneficiaries and reimbursement of incomplete contributions, following a reform that transferred management to the Ministry of Finance, according to Aïr Info.
Source: Aïr Info
The Genocide Reparations Advocacy Forum is asking German civil society organisations to oppose the 2021 joint declaration on the genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama, committed between 1904 and 1908. It is calling for the agreement to be abandoned, saying many descendants of survivors consider it inadequate, ahead of a debate in the Bundestag, according to the forum cited by The Namibian.
Source: The Namibian
Ugandan national Michael Katungi Mpweire, 45, appeared before a US federal court following his extradition from Uganda, accused of participating in a conspiracy to supply arms to Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation cartel. The charges also involve conspiracies related to cocaine trafficking, firearms possession and support for a terrorist organisation, according to the US Department of Justice.
Source: Eagle
Mauritian anti-drug police arrested a 20-year-old man in Mahébourg in possession of 5.2 grams of synthetic cannabinoids and 6,475 Mauritian rupees. A search of his home revealed no further incriminating evidence and the investigation is continuing, according to Ionnews.
Source: Ionnews
Mauritian Energy and Public Utilities Minister Patrick Assirvaden said the tone used by opposition MP Khushal Lobine when speaking to residents facing water cuts in Vacoas was inappropriate. Assirvaden also raised possible political motives during a programme hosted by Nawaz Noorbux, reports Defimedia.
Source: Defimedia
Madagascan President Michaël Randrianirina has launched the Torohy digital platform for reporting corruption and abuses in the tax sector. He called on the Directorate General of Taxes to punish officials implicated when the facts are established, according to L’Express.
Source: Lexpress
Former Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth criticised Navin Ramgoolam’s trip to London and his 30- to 40-minute meeting with Jonathan Powell, the British adviser on the Chagos issue. He believes the head of government should have met a British minister, according to Ionnews.
Source: Ionnews
Former Liberian Foreign Affairs Minister D. Maxwell Saah Kemayah and other ex-officials have been found guilty in the alleged misappropriation of rice donated by Saudi Arabia. The jury did not, however, rule on the theft and criminal conspiracy charges, reports The Liberian Investigator.
Source: The Liberian Investigator
The Dixinn Court of First Instance sentenced Ibrahima Diallo and Sékou Camara to three months in prison for stealing five plastic chairs in Conakry. The two scrap dealers, detained since 7 August 2026, admitted the offence at their trial on 8 October, Guinee7 reports.
Source: Guinee7
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